August 17th, 2017

As US close to victory vs. ISIS in Syria, Al Qaeda takes territorial control

While the U.S.-led fight against ISIS in Syria is inching closer to victory, the worst may not be over.


August 17th, 2017

Mother-of-six and friend gunned down in family home in Dublin

Gunmen open fire at a house full of kids, in a gangland style attack in the middle of the afternoon.


August 17th, 2017

Taliban Woos Women With Magazine Promoting Female Fighters

The Pakistani Taliban has circulated an English-language magazine targeting Muslim women and encouraging them to spread the group’s fundamentalist message and support holy war.


August 16th, 2017

13 accused ‘Columbus Clique’ MS-13 gang members arrested in Ohio, Indiana

More than a dozen alleged members of the feared MS-13 street gang were arrested during early morning raids Tuesday in Ohio and Indiana, the Department of Justice said.


August 16th, 2017

Afghan police discover mass graves after village attack

Afghan police have discovered mass grave containing the bodies of at least 36 victims of a recent militant attack on a village, officials said on Wednesday.


August 16th, 2017

Suicide Bombers Kill 27, Wound 83 in Northeast Nigeria

A woman blew herself up and killed 27 other people at a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday in an attack bearing the hallmark of Boko Haram militants, two local officials said.


August 16th, 2017

U.S. Worried North Korea Will Unleash Cyberattacks

As tensions rise over North Korea’s potential nuclear missile threat, U.S. officials and outside experts are increasingly concerned the rogue regime will respond to international pressure by lashing out with a weapon it has already mastered: cyberattacks that can disable corporate networks, steal money from banks and potentially disrupt critical infrastructure.


August 16th, 2017

Philippine police kill 32 drug suspects in one day

Police slaughter dozens of suspected drug dealers and arrest more than 100 in raids near the capital, Manila.


August 15th, 2017

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un appears to ease rhetoric in standoff over nuclear weapons

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to take a step back from the brink of nuclear war Tuesday, when state media reported that he would “watch a little more the foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees.”


August 15th, 2017

Taliban letter to Trump urges US to leave Afghanistan

Armed group presses US president for a complete withdrawal to save the lives of Americans and Afghans in an open letter.