Palestine: Israeli forces open fire on Gaza farmlands
Palestine: Israeli army expels 19 families for military training
Pakistan: Governor Punjab Sarwar resigns
Australia cafe siege victim killed by police bullet fragments
Bahrain opposition Chief goes on trial, rejects all charges
Jordan agrees to free female terrorist in exchange ISIS hostage
Israel attacks S Lebanon after Hizbullah targets army convoy
US executes man despite disability claim
Palestine: Israeli army kidnaps 3 Palestinians near Jenin
Palestine: Israel issues demolition orders, confiscates hundreds of dunams
Palestine: 3 Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem
Palestine: Seven kidnapped in West Bank
Egypt: Grand Mufti backs Brotherhood crackdown
Yemen: US drone strike kills 11-year-old boy
Libya: ISIS hotel attack kills 8
US: Blizzard shuts down New York, much of US Northeast
Palestine: Israeli navy sinks Palestinian fishing boat in Gaza
Palestine: Israeli settlers storm holy sites near Nablus
Syria: ‘Islamic State’ versus al-Nusra: Will Baghdadi ask for al-Talli’s head?
[Photo: An al-Nusra Front fighter stationed in the Syrian region of al-Qalamoun bordering Lebanon. Al-Akhbar/Radwan Mortada] By: Radwan Mortada (Al Akhbar): The calm in the Qalamoun front will not last very long. The truce between the “brothers … Continued
Pakistan: Seven killed in North Waziristan US drone strike
SHAWAL, (The News): At least seven militants were killed in two drone strikes in North Waziristan. According to sources the drone strikes took place in the Kunad and Mangoti areas of Shawal. Militant hideouts were targeted … Continued
Turkey, Iraq pledge greater cooperation in fight against ‘Islamic State’
[Photo:Prime Ministers Ahmet Davutoğlu of Turkey and Haider al-Abadi of Iraq address (AKP)] Turkey and Iraq have pledged to work towards greater military cooperation in the fight against “Islamic State” militants. The ultra-radical Sunni fighters control large swathes … Continued
Iraq: Suicide attack kills 33 anti Isis Sunni fighters
A suicide bomber attacked fighters opposed to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist group as they gathered Wednesday to receive salaries south of Baghdad, killing at least 33 people and wounding 55 others, Iraqi police … Continued
Iraq: First Western journalist granted access to ‘Islamic State’ returns to Germany
Jürgen Todenhöfer has returned to Germany from “Islamic State” territories. In an interview with German website TZ, he says IS is “much stronger and much more dangerous” than the West realizes. Following seven months of negotiations with leaders of … Continued
Iraq: Kurds break Mount Sinjar siege against ‘Islamic State,’ free Yazidis
It has been deemed ‘the most successful’ offensive to date against the “Islamic State.” Kurdish forces announced Thursday they have broken the siege on Mount Sinjar and recaptured territory in a two-day assault. Kurdish forces, pressing deep into “Islamic … Continued
Yemen: Ansar al-Sharia claims responsibility for twin car bombs
Twin car bomb attacks by the al-Qaeda-affiliated Ansar al-Sharia group in Yemen’s western port city of Hodeidah targeting Houthi militiamen left dozens of people dead and wounded on Thursday, a security official said. “The two explosions were the … Continued
Tunisia: ISIS-linked group claims 2013 murders of secular Tunisian politicians
Jihadists who have since joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group claimed the 2013 murders of two secular politicians (pictured above) that plunged Tunisia into crisis, warning of more killings just days before a presidential … Continued
Pakistan: Afghanistan promise action against Taliban group
By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, (Dawn): Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif got assurances on Wednesday from the Afghan government and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (Isaf) for action against a Kunar-based Taliban splinter group which is believed … Continued
Yemen twin car bombs kill 25, including 15 children
[Photo: Wave of car bombings hit central Sanaa on December 8, 2014. Anadolu / Mohammed Hamoud] At least 25 people, including 15 children, died when two car bombs exploded in Radaa city in Yemen’s central province of al-Bayda, … Continued
India: Schools across India observe 2-minute silence over Peshawar massacre
[Photo from twitter: ANI ✔ @ANI_news Follow Mumbai: School students pay tribute to victims of Peshawar terror attack #PeshawarAttack #PrayForPeshawar 4:19 AM – 17 Dec 2014 320 Retweets 251 favorites ] New Delhi, (Agencies): Hundreds of thousands of children in … Continued
Pakistan: National flag lowered to half-mast as Pakistan plunges into mourning
Tuesday’s terrorist attack in Peshawar has plunged Pakistan into deep mourning. Never has the country seen the kind of callous orchestration of an attack as witnessed yesterday – one whose target was defenceless children in a … Continued
Pakistan: Peshawar school carnage: 141 martyred, 124 injured
[Women mourn their relative, a student who was killed during attack by Taliban terrorists on School] PESHAWAR, (The News): The death toll from Tuesday’s terrorist attack on Army Public School has mounted to 141, 132 of them students, while more … Continued
Pakistan: Terrorists storm Peshawar school, two students killed
Security forces arrive at the site. — DawnNews screengrab By Zahir Shah Sherazi Peshawar, (AFP, Reuters, Dawn): Unknown armed men have entered an army-run school on Warsak road, taking it hostage. 12:28pm – TTP says militants ordered to … Continued
Qatar: Interpol urged to “rapidly” remove Qaradawi from wanted list
Dozens of Muslim clerics in a joint statement distributed by the Doha-based International Union for Muslim Scholars, headed by Qaradawi himself, on Monday urged Interpol to “rapidly” remove the name of influential Egypt-born preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi from its wanted … Continued
Iraq says 2700 missing since ISIS onslaught in June
At least 2,700 people, mostly soldiers, are missing as a result of attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in Iraq, the human rights ministry said on Monday. More than half of those registered … Continued
Australia: Police clear Martin Place after gunman holds hostages at Lindt Chocolat Cafe
[A screenshot of tactical police as hostages leave the Lindt cafe. Photo: Channel Seven] By Megan Levy, Patrick Begley Five hostages have fled the Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Martin Place, hours after a gunman first holed himself up … Continued
Afghanistan: Suicide attack against army bus wounds 14 in Kabul
KABUL, (Xinhua): A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a bus carrying army personnel in Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, injuring 14 people, a local television channel Tolo reported. “It is said that 14 persons were injured as a … Continued
Nigeria: Dozens killed in twin explosions in Jos
[File Photo: Bombing in Jos in May 2014] More than 30 people have been killed in two blasts which rocked the city of Jos in central Nigeria. Authorities believe that the attacks may be the work of the … Continued
Afghanistan: Taliban suicide attack in Kabul kills 6, wounds 11
KABUL, (Xinhua): More than a dozen Afghan army personnel were killed and injured as a suicide bomber targeted a bus of national army in Kabul on Thursday, officials confirmed. “A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a … Continued
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