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Trump lawyers make Supreme Court appeal on US travel ban
Associated Press, Published on 22/06/2017
» WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Wednesday made its final plea to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow its proposed ban on travellers from six Muslim-majority countries to go into effect as the justices weigh how to handle the hotly contested dispute.
US downs Iranian-made drone over Syria
Associated Press, Published on 21/06/2017
» BEIRUT - The US military said it shot down an Iranian-made, armed drone in southern Syria on Tuesday, marking the third time this month that that the US has downed aircraft affiliated with Syrian President Bashar Assad's government.
Singapore arrests two 'radicalised' police
Associated Press, Published on 21/06/2017
» SINGAPORE - A Singapore auxiliary police officer who planned to join the armed conflict against Syria's government has been arrested along with one of his colleagues, the Home Affairs Ministry said Tuesday.
Singapore arrests 2 police over plan to join Syria conflict
Associated Press, Published on 20/06/2017
» SINGAPORE - Singapore's government says an auxiliary police officer who planned to join the armed conflict against Syria's government has been arrested along with one of his colleagues.
Australia suspends airstrikes in Syria after US downed jet
Associated Press, Published on 20/06/2017
» BEIRUT -- Australia on Tuesday suspended its airstrikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria as a precaution, after a US fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane earlier this week and Russia warned the US-led coalition from flying over Syrian army positions west of the Euphrates River.
Russia warns US after downing of Syrian warplane
Associated Press, Published on 20/06/2017
» MOSCOW - Warplanes from the US-led coalition operating over Syrian government-controlled areas west of the Euphrates River will be tracked as potential targets, Russia's Defence Ministry said Monday, a day after the US military shot down a Syrian air force jet.
US shoots down Syrian aircraft
Associated Press, Published on 19/06/2017
» WASHINGTON - The US military on Sunday shot down a Syrian Air Force fighter jet that bombed local forces aligned with the Americans in the fight against Islamic State militants, an action that appeared to mark a new escalation of the conflict.
Russia verifying whether it killed IS leader in airstrike
Associated Press, Published on 16/06/2017
» BEIRUT: Russia said Friday it was verifying whether it had killed the leader of the Islamic State group in an airstrike targeting a meeting of IS leaders just outside the group's de facto capital in Syria, dealing a potentially severe blow to the extremist group as it fights to hang on to its strongholds in Syria and Iraq.
Indonesia, Philippines make arrests linked to city siege
Associated Press, Published on 08/06/2017
» JAKARTA - Indonesian and Philippine authorities have arrested several people suspected of links to Islamic militants who overran a city in the southern Philippines and two others who allegedly helped inspire a double suicide bombing in Jakarta, officials said Thursday.
IS claims 'stunning' attacks in heart of Iran
Associated Press, Published on 08/06/2017
» TEHRAN - The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Wednesday for a pair of stunning attacks on Iran's parliament and the tomb of its revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 40.