The infamously black-clad English-speaking militant, aka "Jihadi John," who has played a vital role in the extremist group Islamic State's propaganda machine and appeared in beheading videos, was identified as a middle-class Briton born in Kuwait, according to U.S. media reports.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with his Russian and Iranian counterparts in Switzerland next week over the situation in eastern Ukraine and nuclear talks with Tehran, the State Department said on Thursday.
The Co-CEO of Germany's largest bank, Deutsche Bank (DB), will appear in court on an obstruction of justices charge, German press reported on Thursday.
The Islamic State (IS) militants on Monday kidnapped 56 Syrian Christians of the Assyrian minority in a northern Syrian province, a monitoring group reported.
Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al- Sisi urged on Sunday the Arab countries to form a unified military force to fight the growing threat of terrorism in the region.
More terrorists have been killed in a concerted air campaign on Thursday by the Nigerian air force to clear terrorists from all their enclaves, an official said.
A Syrian helicopter was reportedly downed by the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front over a military base in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on Monday, a monitoring group reported.
Top Pakistani Taliban commander, Omar Khalid Khorasani, has been wounded in a joint operation by the Afghan and NATO forces on the Afghan side of the border, a spokesman for Khorasani said on Sunday.
Top Pakistani Taliban commander, Omar Khalid Khorasani, has been wounded in a joint operation by the Afghan and NATO forces on the Afghan side of the border, a spokesman for Khorasani said on Sunday.
A senior Al-Shabaab member was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week in southern Somalia, the Somali intelligence agency confirmed Wednesday.
A major Islamic State (IS) loss on the battlefield earlier this week in Kobani, Syria underscores the terrorist force's limits, but the group remains a tough adversary for the U.S. and its allies, U.S. experts said.
The Islamic State (IS) militant group on Monday called on the Muslims to commit more attacks in Europe.
Dozens of Palestinians belonging to a radical Salafi group demonstrated in Gaza on Monday against the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo cartoons satirical of Prophet Muhammad of Islam.
Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka- shing announced a sweeping reshuffle of his business empire and the switch of incorporation base from Hong Kong to Cayman Islands last Friday, in a bid to boost their value and attract more investors.
Many fighters of the Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Saturday when the Syrian troops foiled their attack against government-controlled areas in the province of Deir al-Zour, the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported.
All eyes were on Australia Monday after a gunman took hostages at a Sydney cafe, begging the question of whether Islamist radicals, particularly the Islamic State, could strike the United States. But while the majority of Americans believe an Islamic State attack on the U.S. is possible, some experts said it's unlikely.
At least one policeman was injured on Thursday while defusing an explosive device near Ain Shams University in the Egyptian capital Cairo, state-run Al-Ahram news website reported.
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