TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia said Saturday it had arrested 10 terror suspects for planning attacks against security forces. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said seven suspects were arrested for “suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization”. It did not name the organization The statement said the suspects were wanted for involveme...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A federal judge in the US state of Virginia sentenced on Friday a former British national to life in prison after he confessed to being part of a Daesh/ISIS terror cell collectively referred to as the “Beatles.” Alexanda Kotey pleaded guilty in September to being part of the hostage taking group that [&helli...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 10 people were killed and 30 others wounded when a bomb exploded in a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul during Friday prayers, authorities said. The bomb went off in a Khanqah adjacent to a mosque in the Alauddin area of Kabul’s Police District 6, Kabul Security Department spokesperson Khalid […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Fearing suicide attacks on soft targets, Iraqi authorities on Friday announced a state of high alert for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. “The Iraqi forces will enter a state of alert level C (maximum) starting from May 1 to May 5, to secure the Eid prayers, entertainment areas, markets, restaurants and […]
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish armed forces killed a dozen PKK fighters in northern Syria as they were preparing to attack areas cleared by Turkiye’s military operations, the Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday. “Our heroic Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) continue to destroy terror nests in northern Syria,” the ministry said in a statement, [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has demanded a “thorough investigation” into the attack in Pakistan’s financial hub Karachi that killed at least four people, including three Chinese citizens. An explosion ripped through a van near the University of Karachi’s Confucius Institute, a Chinese language learning center, on Tuesday. Amo...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least four people, including three Chinese nationals, were killed as an explosion ripped through a van at a university in Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi on Tuesday, police said. The explosion targeted the vehicle near the University of Karachi’s Confucius Institute, a Chinese language learning cen...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq on Saturday launched a large-scale military operation against the ISIS in five provinces, according to the defense ministry. A ministry statement said the offensive targets ISIS remnants in the provinces of Anbar, Nineveh, Salah al-Din, Diyala and Kirkuk. Forces from the army, border guards and the pro-government Hashd al-S...
On Thursday, at least 16 people were killed in two Afghan cities by bomb blasts claimed by ISIS. Twelve worshippers were killed at a Shia mosque in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, said Ahmad Zia Zindani, provincial health department spokesman. He added, 58 people were wounded, including 32 in serious condition. ISIS also claimed responsib...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – At least seven people died and 19 got seriously injured after an explosive device went off at a bar in Nigeria’s northeastern Taraba state. An eyewitness, Fanen James, said Wednesday that they counted seven bodies before they were transported to a hospital. The police said earlier that three people were dead [&hellip...
