Islamic Militants

• Rocket fire in Gaza disrupts tentative truce with Israel, killing at least 8

  Before the truce was announced, a pre-dawn Israeli airstrike killed eight members of the same family in Gaza.

  World

  Nov 14, 2019
  
• Kurdish-led Syrian democratic forces launch new coalition against Islamic state

  U.S.-backed Syrian forces made new progress against Islamic State militants along the southern bank of the Euphrates River on Saturday

  News

  Jun 3, 2017
  
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• At least 75 killed in attack on Pakistan shrine

  A suicide bomber attacked a crowded Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan on Thursday.

  World

  Feb 16, 2017
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• Germany debates tougher new anti-terror measures after attacks

  Germany’s Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere announced new security measures for the country on Thursday.

  Crime

  Aug 11, 2016
• Florida arms seller can’t confirm gun’s link to Paris attacks

  A Florida-based online arms seller says it can't confirm that a gun it sold is linked to Islamic militants in the Paris attacks.

  World

  Dec 12, 2015
• Somalia: 5 Islamic militants attack hotel in capital, kill 6

  Five Islamic extremists attacked a hotel at dawn Sunday in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least six people and injuring 10, before all the assailants were killed, a police official said.

  World

  Nov 1, 2015
• 5 suspected Islamic militants sentenced to death in 2006 Mumbai train bombings

  An Indian court on Wednesday sentenced five suspected Islamic militants to death and gave seven others life in prison for bombing attacks nine years ago on seven Mumbai commuter trains that killed 188 people and wounded more than 800.

  World

  Sep 30, 2015
• UN chief condemns recent attacks by Boko Haram extremist group

  U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has condemned recent attacks by Islamic militants that killed hundreds of people in Nigeria.

  Politics

  Jan 12, 2015
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• Obama lays out strategy for confronting the Islamic State group

  In a dramatic shift, U.S. President Barack Obama has opened a new front in the fight against Islamic rebels, promising to lead a long-term international effort that will spread to Syrian turf.

  World

  Sep 10, 2014
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• NATO summit: US, UK say West will ‘not be cowed’ by Islamic militants

  Faced with a mounting militant threat in the Middle East, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron declared Thursday that their nations will "not be cowed" by extremists who have killed two American journalists.

  Sep 4, 2014