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Islamic State advances on ancient Syrian ruins of Palmyra

43 killed in attack on bus carrying Ismailis in Karachi – Pakistan

Iraqi forces overpowered at Baiji refinery

Taliban gains pull US units back into fight in Afghanistan

Coalition debates expanding Islamic State fight

Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemeni capital, ships shell Aden-residents

Syrian jets pound insurgent-held town: monitor

Somalia's al Shabaab kills three officials, former lawmaker in Mogadishu

Nigerian soldiers retreat from mined Boko Haram stronghold

The nine lives of Sufi Mohammad

McCain: New Islamic State war powers request 'is not going anywhere'

Wily, methodical Kurds learn what it takes to drive back surprisingly resourceful Islamic State fighters

Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria begins Sambisa ground offensive

Yemen rebels demand complete end to attacks, seek talks

Iraqi forces fight to rout Islamic State militants from Ramadi

Islamic State shot and beheaded 30 people in Libya: video

Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen despite calling off air campaign.

Police personnel, residents return to Iraqi city of Ramadi as panic subsides

Southern Syria rebels set collision course with al Qaeda

Obama warns Iran its fighters in Iraq must answer to Baghdad

Muslim Brotherhood

via Egypt court confirms death sentence for Muslim Brotherhood chief, 11 others

Bangladesh hangs Jamaat-e-Islami leader for 1971 war massacre

Yemeni militiamen say captured two Iranian officers in Aden

Reuters Iraq bureau chief threatened, denounced over story

Pakistan declines Saudi call for armed support in Yemen fight

Saudi-led coalition batters Yemen with intense raids

FBI: Man plotted suicide bomb attack at Kansas military base

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Boston Marathon bomber found guilty

Yemen's Houthis battle in central Aden, first medical aid arrives

Canada conducts first air strike in Syria

Kenyan authorities say son of official was among gunmen in university attack

Kenyan fighter jets bomb Shabaab training camps in Somalia

Yemen's Aden suffers amid clashes, aid deliveries delayed

French forces free Dutch hostage in Mali

Al Qaeda franchise in Yemen exploits chaos to rebuild, officials say

Somali militants vow to turn Kenyan cities 'red with blood'

Yemen tribal forces say will retake Mukalla from al Qaeda

A US concession to reality in the battle against Islamic State

Special Report: After Iraqi forces take Tikrit, a wave of looting and lynching

Iraq’s Tikrit, free of the Islamic State, is a city in ruins

Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ukraine Among World's Most Dangerous Countries

$45 Billion in Tax Dollars Goes Missing in Afghanistan

Islamic State forces 'enter Yarmouk refugee camp' in Syrian capital

Iraq's interior minister says most of Tikrit is liberated, fight goes on

Clashes with Taliban halt supply of power in south Afghanistan

Official says commander of group that massacred 21 in Tunisia is dead

Iraqi army weighs cost of US-led strikes in Tikrit

Apparent airstrike kills scores at UN refugee camp in northern Yemen

UN Secretary General troubled by Iraq abuse claims, refugees

Suicide bombing kills 7 in Kabul

Nigeria denies that Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds in northeast

US-led coalition, Iraqis pound Islamic State in Tikrit

Saudi Arabia, allies launch air campaign in Yemen against Houthi fighters

Iraq request for US-led Tikrit air strikes 'imminent': diplomat

Islamic State recruits 400 children since January: Syria monitor

Hadi forces check Houthi push towards Yemen’s Aden

Afghanistan and Pakistan: The false promise of rapprochement

Third Tunis Bardo Museum attacker 'on the run'

Syrian army helicopter crashes; crew captured by al Qaeda

Fearing Islamic State, Afghan Shias seek help from Taliban

Rebels seize key parts of Yemen’s 3rd largest city, Taiz

Afghan intelligence agency says it foiled attempt to kill vice-president

Canadian jury finds two men guilty in plot to derail train

US has flown 2,320 strikes against Islamic State at a cost of $1.83 billion

US aircraft strike Islamic State drone in Iraq

US likely to delay planned closure of two Afghanistan bases

Syrian army takes control of strategic village north of Aleppo

Gunmen storm Tunisian museum, leaving 19 dead

Islamic State militants kill 10 pro-Tripoli fighters in central Libya

Senior Islamic State commander killed in Libya

Chemical weapons attack alleged in Syria

Lawmaker questions Dunford on Yemen embassy evacuation

Pentagon loses track of $500 million in weapons, equipment given to Yemen

US loses drone over Syria, which claims to have brought it down

Iraq's militia leader calls Iranian support 'unconditional'

Islamic State suffers serious reversals in northern Iraq

Iraqi offensive for Tikrit stalls as Islamic State inflicts casualties

Kerry’s comments on Assad create uproar in the Middle East

Nigerian, Cameroon troops oust Boko Haram from town, village

Yemen’s Houthis free prime minister from house arrest

US to keep more troops in Afghanistan than planned: officials

CIA funds found their way into Qaeda coffers

Iran's Qasem Soleimani is guiding Iraqi forces in fight against Islamic State

Little progress in key plank of Obama anti-Islamic State strategy

Officials say bombings across Afghanistan kill at least 13

Yemen's Army pushes al Qaeda militants out of southern city

Foreigners seized by Islamic State in Libya: Austria

US military: Operations against Islamic State may last years

Chad, Niger launch joint offensive against Boko Haram in Nigeria

Rocket attack hits Kidal UN base in northern Mali

US sees bigger test for Iraq after Tikrit battle.

Nigerian city of Maiduguri hit by multiple blasts.

Militants kill five in attack on restaurant in Mali capital

UK charities cease funding Cage, group linked to 'Jihadi John'.

Syria to West: Accept that Assad is here to stay

Detainee traded for Bergdahl may have contacted Taliban: officials

US denounces award-winning cleric who called 9/11 ‘inside job’.

Iranian 'operation' in Yemen frees kidnapped diplomat

Iran buries 7 Afghan fighters killed in Syria

Haqqani Network, Taliban Quetta Shura must for talks’ success: Pakistan.