September 26, 2017 Turkish police officer stabbed to death by suspected ISIS suicide bomber in Istanbul A Turkish police officer was stabbed to death in Istanbul late Sunday by a suspected ISIS member, according to state media.
September 26, 2017 As US close to victory vs. ISIS in Syria, Al Qaeda takes territorial control While the U.S-led fight against ISIS in Syria is inching closer and closer to victory, the worst may not be over as Al Qaeda-linked militants continue to make strong advances and maintain territorial control in the north-west of the war-shattered country.
September 26, 2017 Raqqa's escaping victims forced to live in toxic oil refinery with gasoline-laced water and no sewer system Thousands of Raqqa residents are trying to get out of the Islamic State's so-called capital in Syria, but their hell is far from over once they've escaped the war-ravished remnants of the city.
September 26, 2017 Lebanon votes to repeal marry-your-rapist law Following years of advocating by women’s activist groups, Lebanon’s 128-member Parliament on Wednesday voted to repeal a controversial law that allowed rapists to be exonerated if they married their victims.
September 25, 2017 Brits who risked their lives to fight ISIS say they return home only to be accused of terrorism Even as the west continues to be battered by ISIS-claimed terrorist attacks on its own soil, some western volunteers who risked their own lives to take down that terrorist outfit at its source in Iraq and Syria – fighting with predominantly Kurdish groups supported by the U.S-led coalition such as the Peshmerga and YPG – say they are returning home only to be targeted by authorities as suspected terrorists themselves.
September 25, 2017 Turkey to stop teaching evolution in schools, report says Young students in Turkey will no longer be taught about evolution, as the country’s government has decided to phase out education about the theory.
September 25, 2017 Barbie doll bomb was to be used to blow up plane, Lebanese official says A Barbie doll and a meat grinder each packed with explosives were the weapons of choice of the terror cell behind a foiled plot to blow up an Australian airliner, a Lebanese official said Monday.
September 25, 2017 Iran says only 5 days needed to ramp up uranium enrichment Iran’s atomic chief warned Tuesday the country needs only five days to bolster its uranium enrichment to a level at which the material could be used for a nuclear weapon.
September 25, 2017 Thousands of US troops expected to arrive in Afghanistan soon Several thousand troops from the 82nd Airborne Division are expected to arrive in Afghanistan in the coming weeks, a U.S. defense official told Fox News Tuesday.
September 25, 2017 The struggle to recover and identify the dead in Mosul after ISIS It has been almost two months since Mosul was officially declared liberated from Islamic State, but for scores of Iraqis, the battle is far from over as they try to find their loved ones’ bodies from western parts of the city.
