At least seven members of Iraq’s security forces were killed and 16 wounded overnight in two separate attacks by Islamic State militants, police said on Thursday. Three members of the paramilitary Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) and two policemen were killed in an attack in the Sayed Gharib area north of …
Read More »Facebook defeats charges that it aided Hamas
Facebook Inc on Wednesday defeated an appeal by American victims of Hamas attacks in Israel, who sought to hold the company liable for providing the group a social media platform to further its goals. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the Communications Decency Act, a 1996 …
Read More »Turkey mulls offensive into Syria
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar met military officials on Thursday to discuss a possible offensive east of the Euphrates River in Syria as Ankara ramped up warnings of a cross-border operation. A Turkish military tank is seen near Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi The …
Read More »Defence talks between UAE and Pakistan
Matar Salim Ali Al Dhaheri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, this morning received Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan. The meeting, which was held at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Abu Dhabi, touched upon cooperation relations in the defence fields and ways to further …
Read More »France continues flight to Cairo, unlike Germany and UK
Air France (AIRF.PA) is maintaining its flights to Cairo, a spokesman for the airline said on Sunday, following the decision by rivals British Airways and Lufthansa to suspend flights to Egypt’s capital over security concerns. British Airways, a unit of IAG (ICAG.L) said on Saturday it was suspending flights to …
Read More »UAE highlights fight against intolerance
he UAE condemned as a ”flagrant violation of international law” acts of terrorism on commercial ships in its regional waters and drone attacks on two pump stations in Saudi Arabia, said H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, while delivering the …
Read More »NASA scientist released from Turkish prisons
Turkish-American former NASA scientist Serkan Golge, newly released from jail in Turkey, said on Thursday he would like to go back to the United States and get his job back, but the terms of his probation won’t allow it. Earlier this year Golge was found guilty of being a member …
Read More »US caught redhanded smuggling ISIS suspected to Iraq
U.S. forces have quietly sent at least 30 suspected foreign Islamic State fighters captured in Syria last year and in late 2017 to stand trial in Iraq, interviews with the men, Iraqi sources and court documents show. FILE PHOTO: Islamic state fighters and their families walk as they surrender in …
Read More »A Show on Future Weapons: Discovering hidden politics
By Gouthama Siddarthan* The Discovery Channelhas been doing a yeoman’s service in visually capturing day-to-day activities of dangerous animals and rare birds in forests untouched by human footfalls, animals living in depths of oceans and animals facing extinction threat.It has been winning laurels for reconstructing the life of tribals and …
Read More »Terror accused gets 15 years in jail in UAE
The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeals on Wednesday sentenced an Arab national to 15 years in prison, followed by deportation after serving his term. The court convicted him of joining Daesh, the terrorist organisation in Syria, and also ordered him to bear all the judicial expenses. The accused, M.D.M.A., whose …
Read More »Syrian Foreign Minister Says Country’s ‘Battle Against Terrorism Is Almost Over’
Syria’s top diplomat told the world Saturday that his country’s “battle against terrorism is almost over” after more than seven years of civil war, as an envoy from another of the planet’s most troubled spots — North Korea — prepared to address the U.N. General Assembly. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid …
Read More »3 Saudis accused of terrorism killed
hree Saudi men accused of terrorism were killed on Wednesday after they resisted arrest in the eastern region of Qatif, a Saudi security spokesman said on Thursday. Three members of the Saudi security forces suffered light injuries, he said. The three killed “are linked to the terror incidents that happened …
Read More »Iran warns U.S, Israel to expect a ‘devastating’ revenge: state TV
The deputy head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned U.S. and Israeli leaders on Monday to expect a “devastating” response from Iran, accusing them of involvement in Saturday’s attack on a military parade in the city of Ahvaz that killed 25 people. “You have seen our revenge before … You will …
Read More »Iran’s president blames US after attack on military parade
Injured soldiers lie on the ground at the scene of an attack on a military parade that was marking the anniversary of the outbreak of its devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, Ahvaz, Khuzestan, September 22. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that an unnamed U.S.-allied country in the …
Read More »India cancels rare Pakistan meeting over ‘brutal killings’
India cancelled on Friday a rare meeting between its foreign minister and her Pakistani counterpart scheduled to have taken place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, only a day after announcing it would take place. The Indian foreign ministry said the cancellation followed the “latest brutal killings of …
Read More »4 people sentenced to 14 years in prison over killing 4 Shiites
Giza Criminal Court sentenced four people to 14 years in prison over charges including deliberately murdering prominent Shia Muslim leader Hassan Shahata, and three other Shias in 2013. The case is known in media as the “Shia strife.” The defendants carried Molotov cocktails, sticks and bladed weapons, and headed to …
Read More »U.S. Embassy Bombing Attempt in Cairo Misfires
An apparent attempt to bomb the American Embassy in Cairo failed on Tuesday when an explosive detonated prematurely in the backpack of a would-be attacker, the Egyptian government said in a statement. No one was injured. It was the latest reminder of the continuing threat to Western interests from the …
Read More »Multiple attacks on police in Chechnya: leader
Armed assailants attacked policemen in various locations in the Russian republic of Chechnya on Monday, the region’s leader said, adding that several officers sustained injuries. Daesh has since claimed the bombing. One assailant attempted a suicide bombing but failed, Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov said. Two policemen were wounded in the …
Read More »36 killed in explosion near Syrian-Turkish border
An explosion killed 36 people Sunday in the Syrian town of Sarmada, near the Turkish border, according to the White Helmets, a Syrian volunteer force. Women and children were among the dead, the United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights reported. The group said the explosion took place at the …
Read More »ISIS Suicide Bombings Kill Dozens, Setting Off Intense Fighting In Syria
Suicide bombers struck an open-air market and other targets in the southern Syrian city of Sweida early Wednesday. The four attacks killed dozens of people and injured dozens more, local media say, in a region where the government has been fighting ISIS militants. Citing the Syrian regime’s state media agency, …
Read More »Suicide blast kills 128 at Pakistan election rally
A suicide bomber targeting a political rally in southwest Pakistan Friday killed 128 people, an official said, the deadliest in a string of attacks on campaign events that have raised security fears ahead of nationwide polls. The blast – which was claimed by the Daesh extremist group – ripped through …
Read More »Germany deports ‘bin Laden bodyguard’ to Tunisia: ministry
A Tunisian man who allegedly served as a bodyguard to Osama Bin Laden was deported from Germany Friday, more than a decade after his asylum bid was first rejected, officials said. The 42-year-old, identified only as Sami A., had lived in Germany for more than two decades, but outrage over …
Read More »Bomb kills 13 at Pakistan election rally
A suicide bombing at an election rally killed at least 13 people, including a politician, in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, police said, amid concerns about security ahead of national polls later this month. The attack targeted a campaign event organised in the city of Peshawar by the Awami National Party, …
Read More »At least 9 killed in attack on Somalia’s interior ministry
A least nine people were killed in an attack on Somalia’s interior ministry and security forces killed all three attackers after a two-hour gun battle inside, police said on Saturday, as the Al Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility. A number of people, mostly government workers, were trapped in the ministry …
Read More »From Deep In The Iraqi Desert, A New U.S. Fire Base Targets ISIS In Syria
As U.S. military bases go, Um Jurius isn’t much to look at: a collection of armored vehicles, makeshift wooden benches covered with camouflage netting and groups of tents pitched in the sand. The fire base has sprung up in the past month in the northern Iraqi desert, just over a …
Read More »Salem Al Badwawi gets Tolerance Award
Salem Abdullah Bin Nabhan Al Badwawi, an officer of the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs Dubai (GDRFA), who shot to prominence following his noble gesture of offering his car to a stranded family at Hatta border recently has been awarded the inaugural International Tolerance Award. Al Badwawi’s gesture …
Read More »Afghanistan blast: Sikhs among 19 dead in Jalalabad suicide attack
A suicide bombing in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad has killed at least 19 people, most of them members of the country’s Sikh minority. Police said they had been travelling in a vehicle to meet President Ashraf Ghani, who is visiting Nangarhar province, when the bomber struck. Among those …
Read More »Through the Looking Glass, Darkly: On the Hinterland between Arab and Israeli Prevarications
By Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD There are many avenues you can pursue to make sense of the Israelis, it emerges, once you dabble in the second-hand book market here in Egypt. One way of getting to the bottom of them is to look at how they look at us, …
Read More »Indonesian cleric sentenced to death over 2016 terror attack
Indonesian cleric Aman Abdurrahman was sentenced to death Friday over his role in a 2016 Daesh militant group’s terror attack that saw a suicide bomber blow himself up at a Jakarta Starbucks cafe. Heavily armed police guarded the hearing at a Jakarta court – which had earlier found Abdurrahman guilty …
Read More »Islamic State executes 30 members in Syria, near borders with Iraq
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State has executed thirty of its members in a Syrian region near borders with Iraq, a paramilitary leader in Anbar said on Tuesday. Speaking to BasNews website, Qutri al-Samarmad, a leader with tribal mobilization forces in Anbar, said “information by the intelligence and eyewitnesses from Syrian regions …
Read More »Ahead of truce, suicide bomber kills at least 13 in Afghan capital
A suicide bomber killed at least 13 people at the entrance of an Afghan government building Monday, the day before a truce with Taliban insurgents was supposed to take hold. The Health Ministry said 13 employees of the Ministry of Rural Development were killed and 25 were wounded when the …
Read More »UAE-Saudi council to help counter regional threats
The UAE-Saudi Strategy of Resolve announced on Wednesday by leaders of the two countries will tilt the regional balance of power in favour of the two countries, analysts said Thursday. “The UAE-Saudi Arabia alliance with its economic, military, political and strategic power will tilt the regional balance of power towards …
Read More »At least 18 killed, 90 wounded in Baghdad explosion
At least 18 people have been killed and over 90 more injured in an ammunitions depot blast in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. An Iraqi police source said on Wednesday night the incident took place in Baghdad’s Sadr City district, while ammunitions stored near a local mosque were being transferred to a car park. …
Read More »Islamic clerics hit by bomber right after suicide attack “fatwa”
An attack targeting a meeting of Afghanistan’s top religious body on Monday left at least seven people dead and nine others wounded, according to Kabul police. Ghafor Aziz, the police chief of Kabul’s 5th District, said officers were working to secure the area after the attack. A suicide bomber struck …
Read More »Two men set off bomb in restaurant in Canada, 15 wounded
Two unidentified men walked into a restaurant in the Canadian city of Mississauga and set off a bomb, wounding more than a dozen people, and then fleeing, authorities said. The blast went off in the Bombay Bhel restaurant at about 10:30 pm on Thursday. Fifteen people were taken to hospital, …
Read More »UAE imposes economic sanctions on senior leadership of Hezbollah
UAE has imposed economic sanctions against 10 leaders of Lebanon’s Hezbollah which are on its terrorism list including Hassan Nasrallah and his deputy Naim Qassem. The move comes in line with significant actions taken by the seven members of the Terrorist Financing and Targeting Center (TFTC) to disrupt Iran’s destabilising influence in the …
Read More »Indonesia church attacks kill 9, dozens wounded
A wave of blasts including a suicide bombing struck outside churches in Indonesia on Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens of others, police said, the latest assault on a religious minority in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country. Three separate locations in the city of Surabaya were hit …
Read More »Over a dozen killed in mosque blast, as violence grips Afghanistan
At least 13 people were killed, and dozens more injured, after an explosion at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in the country in recent weeks. The mosque, in the city of Khost, was also being used as a voter registration …
Read More »UAE leads global efforts to prevent extremism, FNC speaker says
The UAE has been leading global efforts to promote tolerance and coexistence, counter the root causes of extremism and disrupt the messages that lead to radicalisation, an international meeting in Abu Dhabi heard on Wednesday. The UAE has placed prevention at the centre of its policies and adopted measures to …
Read More »More than 60 killed in Nigeria suicide blasts
Suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a mosque and a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, in a twin attack bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram and a day after US President Donald Trump pledged greater support to fight the extremists and militants. The blasts, said to have …
Read More »Suicide blast hits Afghan voter registration center, killing dozens
A suicide blast killed 48 people — including five children — and wounded over 100 more on Sunday at a voter registration center in Kabul, according to Afghan officials. Carnage in Kabul adds to US challenges in Afghanistan The bomber was on foot when he detonated his explosives at the …
Read More »Saudi ministry: Gunmen attack, kill 4 policemen in the south
Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry says four policemen were killed after gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in the southwestern province of Asir, which borders Yemen. A ministry statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency says two of the gunmen were arrested following the attack, which took place shortly after midnight on …
Read More »Egypt sentences 3 to life, 36 to 10 years on terror charges
An Egyptian court has sentenced three Muslim Brotherhood members to life in prison on terror-related charges. The Zagazig criminal court, northeast of the capital Cairo, sentenced another 36 defendants to 10 years in prison on similar charges, including rioting, inciting violence against security forces and joining an outlawed group, a …
Read More »Trump’s would-be secretary of state has an Islamophobia problem
Mike Pompeo, the CIA director who was tapped by President Trump to lead the State Department, faces a confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday. For the White House, it couldn’t come sooner. It’s not an ideal moment for the post of the United States’ top diplomat to …
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