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US Drone Strike in Pakistan Renews Calls for Transparency
The strike was unprecedented. For the first time, a U.S. drone struck Pakistan outside its lawless border area with Afghanistan, killing the leader of the Afghan Taliban in the country’s southwestern province of Baluchistan. “It would have been better if Pakistan had targeted him inside its own territory,”...
Euro 2016 football tournament in France could be terror target, US warns
The US has warned that the Euro 2016 football championship being held in France next month could be a target of militant attacks. "The large number of tourists visiting Europe in the summer months will present greater targets for terrorists," the State Department said. The event is being hosted from 10 June to 10 July...
Dramatic Rise in Number of Afghans Displaced by Conflict
The number of Afghans who have fled violence and remain trapped in their own country has doubled over the past three years, says a new report by Amnesty International. A staggering 1.2 million people are internally displaced in Afghanistan, showing a dramatic increase from some 500,000 in 2013, says the report in an attempt to...
Fear For Civilians As Islamic State Halts Iraqi Army At Gates Of Falluja
Islamic State fighters halted an Iraqi army assault on the city of Falluja with a counter-attack at its southern gates on Tuesday, while the United Nations warned of peril for civilians trapped in the city and used by militants as human shields. The Iraqi army’s assault on Falluja has begun what is expected to be one of...
Hollywood star Tim Roth slams Tony Blair and orders him to be JAILED over Iraq War debacle
DIVISIVE ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair should have been jailed for his part in the Iraq War, according to Hollywood legend Tim Roth. The Reservoir Dogs actor – who stars as an anti-war campaigner in a BBC drama airing next month – claimed he had “nothing but contempt” and “very low...
‘We Lived Like Animals’ Under IS Rule in Fallujah
Families escaping the fighting in the Iraqi city of Fallujah said Islamic State was forcing them out of their homes and moving them from house to house in the crossfire. "We tried going back to our house, but when we saw lots of other families fleeing, we joined them," said one woman who gave her name as Suad....
Thousands of Syrians Trapped as Islamic State Pushes to Border
Concern mounted Monday for the fate of tens of thousands of displaced Syrian civilians caught in the middle of a desperate fight in the countryside north of Aleppo. Days of clashes between moderate and Islamist rebel factions and the Islamic State group, which has mounted a fierce offensive on two key border towns, imperils...
Concerns Over Civilian Suffering as Iraqi Forces Surround Fallujah
Iraqi security forces began an operation Monday to retake the city of Fallujah from Islamic State extremists, storming the stronghold from various points, military leaders said. "We started early this morning our operations to break into Fallujah," Sabah al-Norman, a spokesman for Iraq's elite counterterrorism...
Islamic State: Iraqi army makes gains in Falluja offensive
Iraqi government forces have made gains in their offensive to drive Islamic State militants from Falluja — one the country's two major cities in IS hands. The nearby town of Karma, the first line of IS defence, is now in the army's hands, a BBC correspondent says. Large numbers of elite combat troops have also...
Syria war: Turkey anger over US commando photos
Turkey has hit out at the US over images said to show US special forces in Syria wearing insignia of Kurdish militia, during joint operations against so-called Islamic State (IS). Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called the US "two-faced" and said the practice was "unacceptable". The images appear...
Syria war: Turkey anger over US commando photos
Turkey has hit out at the US over images said to show US special forces in Syria wearing insignia of Kurdish militia, during joint operations against so-called Islamic State (IS). Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called the US "two-faced" and said the practice was "unacceptable". The images appear...
‘ISIS soldiers are EASY to kill’ Female fighter boasts about blitzing jihadists in Syria
A BRAVE young woman who fought Islamic State on the frontline for 12 months has boasted the jihadists are "easy to kill". Blonde politics student Joanna Palani fled the safety of her home to help blitz depraved ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria. The 23-year-old, from Denmark, revealed she went to fight with Kurds...
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