Turkish police have detained more than 20 Islamic State suspects, including a Syrian man believed to be organising an attack in Istanbul, a local newspaper reported on Saturday. Police arrested the man, identified as Ali al-Aggal and code-named Azzov, believed to be the ISIS group’s organiser of Turkey attacks, in[…]
US-led coalition air raids reportedly killed dozens of Syrian soldiers on Saturday, endangering a US-Russian brokered ceasefire and prompting an emergency UN Security meeting as tensions between Washington and Moscow escalated. The US military said the coalition stopped its strikes against what it believed to be ISIL positions in the[…]
At least 29 people suffered minor injuries in an explosion in a busy part of New York that the city’s mayor said appeared to be intentional, adding there was no evidence of a “terror connection”. “There is no specific and credible threat against New York City at this point in[…]
The Philippines is firmly committed to its alliance with the United States but will not be lectured on human rights and treated like a “little brown brother,” the country’s Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay said on Thursday. Speaking in Washington after recent remarks by the Philippines’ outspoken new President Rodrigo Duterte[…]
A white US police officer has shot and killed a 13-year-old black boy in the state of Ohio while chasing down suspects of a reported robbery, after the teenager allegedly pulled out a pellet gun. Police in the town of Columbus, where the incident took place, said they were investigating[…]
The UN has called on the Syrian government to “immediately” allow life-saving aid into eastern Aleppo, where about 300,000 people are living under siege. Speaking in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, Staffan de Mistura, the UN special envoy, said there were 20 aid lorries ready to cross the border from Turkey[…]
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Shoura Council have criticized the 9/11 Bill passed by the US Congress as “ill-advised” and a “dangerous precedent.” Iyad Madani, the OIC secretary-general, said: “In passing the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, or JASTA, Congress disrupts international relations, threatens to plunge[…]
U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said on Wednesday South Sudan’s government had not taken any action on a pledge it made 10 days ago to cooperate on the deployment of more United Nations troops in a bid to avoid a possible arms embargo. During a U.N. Security Council visit to[…]
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have carried out overnight strikes on the Gaza Strip targeting members of the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, in retaliation to a single rocket that struck an open area in southern Israel. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed that Israeli planes targeted three[…]
A Karachi-bound express train has collided with a stationary freight train in Pakistan’s central Punjab region, killing at least six people and injuring more than 150, according to Geo TV. The accident occurred about 25km from the city of Multan at about 2:30am local time on Thursday when the Awam[…]
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