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Islamic State fighter 'behind attack at London bridge'Islamic State said the London Bridge attack on Friday was carried out by one of its fighters, the group’s Amaq news agency reported on Saturday. The group did not provide any evidence. It added that the a More… |
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Islamic State fighter 'behind attack at London bridge'Islamic State said the London Bridge attack on Friday was carried out by one of its fighters, the group’s Amaq news agency reported on Saturday. The group did not provide any evidence. It added that the a More… |
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Paris shootout leaves police officer deadA gunman wielding an assault rifle on Thursday night killed a police officer on Paris’s most iconic boulevard, the Champs-Élysées, a report said. The gunman was shot dead by the police as he tried to flee on fo More… |
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US hits Islamic State with ‘mother of all bombs’The US dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday against a series of caves used by Islamic State militants, a report said. It was the first time the More… |
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IS claims Istanbul shooting; killer still at largeThe Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the New Year's attack at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey that left 39 people dead and scores wounded, media sources reported. "In continuation of the blessed operat More… |
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Iraqi forces launch fresh offensive for MosulIraqi forces have launched a fresh round of offensive in a bid to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State after two weeks of lull, a report said. It is the second phase of an attack on the last major stronghold of IS in Iraq, which More… |
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Surrender, Iraqi PM tells ISThe Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi has urged Islamic State (IS) militants fighting in Mosul to lay down their weapons even as the Iraqi security forces drove reached within a few km of an airport on the edge of the city. Spe More… |
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Battle for Mosul: Iraqi forces on city edgeIraqi forces were on the eastern edge of Islamic State-held Mosul on Tuesday, encountering snipers, landmines and road-blocking boulders, a report said. Troops came within hundreds of meters of Mosul on Monday evening and are now More… |
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Iraqi forces within striking distance of MosulAdvancing Iraqi troops broke through Islamic State defences in an eastern suburb of Mosul on Monday, advancing to within a few hundred metres of a city they lost to the militant group two years back, a report said. Forces from the More… |
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Iraqi forces advance within 8km from MosulKurdish Peshmerga forces were within eight kilometres of Mosul on Sunday, after days of fighting and sweeping territorial gains in the operation to free the key Iraqi city from the control of Islamic State (IS), a report said. Ent More… |
