For weeks Syrian officials have slammed U.S. plans to strike the Islamic State (IS) militant group on its soil, saying the move violates it sovereignty. But some analysts say Damascus has toned down its fiery rhetoric and now even tacitly supports the airstrikes against the armed group that has been wreaking havoc on the region.
An Algerian armed group claimed on Monday responsibility for the abduction of a French tourist in the central north of Algeria, according to a video posted on internet by the group.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved President Barack Obama's plan to train and equip Syrian rebels as part of efforts to fight the Islamic State militant group.
Yemeni riot police on Sunday evening fired tear gas to disperse Shiite Houth rebels who blocked a main road to the Sanaa International Airport in an escalation of their standoff with the government, witnesses told Xinhua. About 10 Shiite protesters were injured in the clashes.
Arab foreign ministers agreed on Sunday to jointly act against extremist groups, particularly the Islamic State (IS), but did not clearly mention possible coordination with the United States, the official MENA reported.
American Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power on Wednesday said that U.S. President Barack Obama will convene a Security Council summit on "growing and dangerous phenomenon" of foreign terrorist fighters.
The leader of al-Shabab extremist group was the target of U.S. military airstrike in Somalia that destroyed an encampment and a vehicle there on Monday night, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
The United States is worried about a possible future attack from the Islamic State terror group, but it remains unclear just how much of a threat the radicals pose to the country.
The United States is worried about a possible future attack from the Islamic State terror group, but it remains unclear just how much of a threat the radicals pose to the country.
The Secretary General of the international police organization (Interpol) on Thursday condemned in the strongest terms the murder of U.S. journalist James Foley by the Islamic militant group.
South Korean civic groups on Wednesday rallied in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to protest against Japan's reinterpretation of its pacifist constitution to allow itself to exercise the right to collective self-defense.
Three people were sentenced to death and five others were jailed on Monday by a court in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region over a terror attack near Beijing's Tian'anmen Square in October 2013.
A group of nearly 100 tourists from six countries and regions arrived on Monday in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Ownership transfer of Samsung Group, South Korea's largest conglomerate, is expected to speed up as plans to list its de facto holding company will help the heir apparent secure funds to take control of the group's affiliates.
A total of 16 military personnel from U.S. Africa Command have joined the international effort to help find hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists nearly one month ago, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday.
French President Francois Hollande announced on Wednesday a dispatch of security agents to Nigeria to help find abducted schoolgirls and crack down the Islamist group Boko Haram after seizing more than 234 girls last month.
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