ISIL video threatens China with ‘rivers of bloodshed’

ISIL fighters from China’s Uighur ethnic minority have vowed to return home and “shed blood like rivers” in what security experts said marked the first such threat against Chinese targets.

Taliban commander among 5 killed or wounded in Nangarhar drone strike

A commander of the Taliban group was among at least five militants killed or wounded in a US drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.

Helmand: Taliban kill policemen and confiscate weapons

Afghan officials say at least 11 police officers have been shot and killed by a fellow policeman at a checkpoint in the southern Helmand province.

ISIS fighters’ handwritten letters found at abandoned Mosul training compound

Alaa Abd al-Akeedi asked his family for forgiveness and not to mourn him before ending his life in a suicide bomb attack against Iraqi security forces last year.

Bomb Blasts Near Newly Liberated Syrian Town Kill at Least 60

Two attacks Friday near a Syrian town just captured by Turkish forces and Syrian opposition fighters from the ISIS killed at least 60 people, including two Turkish soldiers, Turkey’s news agency and Syrian activists said.

Homes burned, shops looted in anti-migrant attacks

Violence against foreigners has flared up again in parts of South Africa.

Earlier this month, immigrants’ homes and businesses were looted and torched in suburbs of Johannesburg and Pretoria, the capital city, raising concerns about anti-foreigner sentiment in the country.

Blast near Mogadishu hours after al-Shabab vows attack

A car laden with explosives has blown up near an army checkpoint outside Mogadishu, wounding at least four soldiers, according to a Somali security officer.

South Africa plans drive against illegal foreign workers

South African officials will inspect workplaces to see if firms are employing undocumented foreigners, the home affairs minister says.

18 ISIS loyalists killed as clearance operations continue in East of Afghanistan

At least eighteen loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed during the ongoing clearance operations in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.

Iraqi forces take control of Mosul Airport

US-backed Iraqi security forces closing in on the ISIL-held western half of Mosul have stormed the city’s airport and a nearby military base, state television said.