Tunisia’s Ennahda claims victory in landmark local elections
Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda party claimed victory late on Sunday in the country’s first free municipal elections, a…
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Merkel cuts short holiday to face refugee policy storm after attacks
Chancellor Angela Merkel interrupted her vacation on Thursday to face down accusations at home and abroad that her…
Facebook, Twitter helped arrest alleged militants in Brazil
The judge overseeing the probe that led to the arrest last week of suspected Islamist militants in Brazil said…
Munich gunman fixated on mass killing, had no Islamist ties
A German-Iranian teenager who shot dead nine people in Munich was a deranged lone gunman obsessed with mass…
Bangladesh hunts for six accomplices of cafe attackers
Bangladeshi police hunted on Tuesday for six members of a domestic Islamist group they suspect helped gunmen attack…
Trump says Florida massacre proves he’s right on Islamist threat
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gave an aggressive response to the deadliest mass shooting in U.S.…
Al-Qaeda’s Zawahri pledges allegiance to new Taliban leader
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan…
Gaza-Egypt crossing opens for second time in a month
Egypt opened its border with Gaza for the second time in a month on Wednesday, giving Palestinians a four-day…
Iran says several of its Revolutionary Guards killed near Syria’s Aleppo
Several Iranian soldiers were killed near Aleppo, the Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday, in what appeared to…
Saudi builder Binladin terminates 50,000 jobs
Construction company Saudi Binladin Group has laid off 50,000 staff, a newspaper reported on Friday, as pressure…
