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US rejoins Unesco: pay at door
Oped, Published on 13/07/2023
» Unesco is one of those United Nations agencies that most people feel pretty comfortable with.
Taliban blamed for at least 72 extrajudicial killings: UN
AFP, Published on 15/12/2021
» GENEVA - The UN has said there are "credible allegations" of more than 100 extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan since the Taliban took power in August, with most blamed on the country's new rulers.
Mawla the 'Destroyer', brutal new head of Islamic State
AFP, Published on 21/07/2020
» PARIS: With monikers as divergent as the "Professor" and the "Destroyer", the Islamic State group's new head has a reputation for brutality, but otherwise remains largely an enigma.
US-backed Syrian forces seek to evacuate civilians from IS holdout
AFP, Published on 19/02/2019
» NEAR BAGHOUZ (SYRIA) - US-backed forces Tuesday said they were trying to evacuate civilians from the Islamic State group's last dreg of territory in Syria and warned jihadists to surrender or face death.
Philippine MPs approve martial rule extension for south
AFP, Published on 12/12/2018
» MANILA: The Philippine Congress granted President Rodrigo Duterte's request to extend martial law in the country's south until the end of 2019 on Wednesday, ignoring opposition warnings of a creep towards authoritarian rule.
Australia terror attacker 'inspired by Islamic State'
AFP, Published on 11/11/2018
» SYDNEY: A Somali-born Australian who went on a deadly knife rampage in the country's second-largest city Melbourne was inspired by Islamic State but did not have a direct link to the jihadist group, the government said Sunday.
Year after siege, Philippine city bears physical, emotional scars
Associated Press, Published on 23/05/2018
» MARAWI, Philippines: Thousands of displaced remain in emergency shelters and the threat of Islamic extremists and unexploded bombs lingers in the rubble of a southern Philippine city, where survivors on Wednesday remembered a disastrous five-month siege by Islamic State group-aligned fighters that began a year ago.
13 dead, 41 hurt as 'suicide family' bombs Indonesian churches
Published on 13/05/2018
» SURABAYA, Indonesia: Suicide bombers on motorcycles and including a woman with children targeted Sunday Mass congregations in three churches in Indonesia's second largest city, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens in one of the worst attacks on the Christian minority, police said.
Pakistani was Islamic State forger, Prawit says
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/01/2018
» A Pakistani recently arrested in Bangkok produced fake passports for ISIS members, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said Tuesday.