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Islamic State leader dead after US commandos raid house in Syria
Eric Schmidt and Ben Hubbard of the New York Times, Published on 04/02/2022
» NEW YORK: A risky predawn raid by US special operations forces that resulted in the death of the Islamic State group’s leader on Thursday was set in motion months ago with a tip that the top terrorist was hiding out on the top floor of a house in northwest Syria.
ISIS branch biggest immediate terror threat to evacuation in Kabul
Eric Schmitt of the New York Times, Published on 26/08/2021
» WASHINGTON: The United States has been battling the Taliban and their militant partners in Afghanistan, al-Qaida and the Haqqani network, for 20 years. But the biggest immediate threat to both the Americans and the Taliban as the United States escalates its evacuation at the Kabul airport before an Aug 31 withdrawal deadline is a common rival that is lesser known: Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, the terrorist group’s affiliate in Afghanistan.
Blue Origin sets date for first space mission
Business, Eric M. Johnson, Published on 07/05/2021
» SEATTLE: Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, is targeting July 20 for its first suborbital sightseeing trip on its New Shepard spacecraft, a landmark moment in a competition to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel.