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Islamic State leader Baghdadi almost certainly alive: Kurdish security official
A top Kurdish counter-terrorism official said on Monday he was 99 percent sure that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was alive and located south of the Syrian city of Raqqa, after reports that he had been killed.
Arizona flash flood: At least nine killed in unsuspecting storm, including five kids
At least nine people were killed, including five children, as a flash flood swept away unsuspecting family and friends at a popular swimming hole in Arizona and a desperate search was underway for a missing teen.
Egypt Red sea resort stabbing: Six tourists wounded
A man has been arrested after six tourists were injured in mass stabbings at a hotel in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, Egyptian officials say.
Gunmen kill five Egyptian policemen near Cairo
Gunmen ambushed an Egyptian security checkpoint, opening fire on a car and killing five policemen in an area just south of the capital, state-run MENA news agency and the interior ministry said.
Kim Jong Un sends North Korean slaves to Russia to earn cash for regime
Brutal North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is shipping tens of thousands of impoverished citizens to Russia for the hard currency his cash-strapped regime desperately needs, Fox News has found.
Border Patrol Says It’s Barred From Searching Cloud Data on Phones
U.S. border officers aren’t allowed to look at any data stored only in the “cloud” — including social media data — when they search U.S. travelers’ phones, Customs and Border Protection acknowledged in a letter obtained Wednesday by NBC News.
Multiple remains found on Pennsylvania farm in search for missing men, 1 man ID’d
Multiple sets of human remains were unearthed from a 12-foot-deep mass grave on an isolated Pennsylvania farm early Thursday as authorities continued digging for the bodies of four young men who disappeared last week.
EU Executive Plans Crackdown on Plunder Smugglers, Militants
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU officials proposed new rules on Thursday to stop traders smuggling ancient scrolls, artworks and other antiquities into Europe, an illegal trade they said was funding militants.
Iraq strikes Islamic State in Mosul days after declaring victory
Iraqi forces clashed with Islamic State militants holding out in Mosul’s Old City on Wednesday, more than 36 hours after Baghdad declared victory over the jihadists in what they had declared the de facto Iraqi capital of their “caliphate”.
China to open first overseas military base in Djibouti
China’s deal with Djibouti allows the presence of up to 10,000 soldiers in the country until 2026.
