A double bomb attack Tuesday in the northern Syrian city of Raqa, a former bastion of the Islamic State group, killed 13 people, mostly civilians, a war monitor said.

Bomb attack kills 13 in Syria's Raqa: War monitor

During a lull in Afghanistan's never-ending war, before the fighting season resumes once again in the spring, Taliban fighters recall laying down their Kalashnikovs and, for a brief moment, enjoying a game of cricket.

Swapping Kalashnikovs for bat and pads: Afghan cricket, the Taliban and peace

Kurdish-led forces on Friday battled a small group of Islamic State jihadists refusing to surrender and still defending the last few acres of their moribund "caliphate" in eastern Syria.

Clashes are ongoing: Syrian Democratic Forces deny White House claim of 'wiped out' caliphate

Almost 100 people, mostly women and children, died Thursday as a ferry packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year sank in a swollen river in the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul, in Iraq's worst accident in years.

Iraq: Almost 100 dead as overloaded ferry sinks in Tigris river, PM Mahdi declares national mourning

Morocco said Sunday it had repatriated eight of its nationals from Syria, who will be investigated for "suspected involvement in acts linked to terrorism". "The competent Moroccan authorities proceeded on March 10 to repatriate a group of eight Moroccan citizens who were in conflict zones in Syria," the interior ministry said in a statement.

Morocco repatriates eight alleged jihadists from Syria

After IS, Mosul tackles another terror: super-resistant bacteria

The battle against the Islamic State group is "far from over" and the jihadists remain unbroken and prepared for a resurgence despite the elimination of their physical base in Syria, a top US commander said Thursday.

Fight against Islamic State 'far from over': US commander

German prosecutors have formally charged a Russian Islamist and acquaintance of Berlin Christmas market attacker Anis Amri with plotting an explosives attack, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Russian Islamist charged with bomb plot in Germany

US-backed fighters trucked out civilians from the last speck of the Islamic State group's dying "caliphate" in Syria on Friday, eager to press on with the battle to crush the jihadists.

Syria force evacuates women, children from Islamic State holdout

Britain will strip citizenship from Shamima Begum, a UK teenager who joined the Islamic State group in Syria and wants to return home with a newborn baby, a lawyer for her family said Tuesday.

Britain to strip teen who joined Islamic State of citizenship: Lawyer

Afghan spy agency says it has arrested two operatives from the Islamic State group suspected to be behind a twin bombing at a sports club in Kabul last year that killed at least 26 people, including two journalists.

Islamic State group suspects behind Kabul twin bombing arrested: Officials

A group of 27 Russian children whose mothers are being held in Iraq for belonging to the Islamic State group arrived home in Russia Sunday. The children landed at Ramenskoye airport, near Moscow, on Sunday evening, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Emergency Situations, quoted by TASS agency.

Russia 'repatriates' 27 Islamic State children from Iraq

The Islamic State group made an aborted attempt to retake a village from US-backed forces in eastern Syria Thursday, a monitor said, leaving 50 fighters dead on both sides.

Dozens killed in failed IS counterattack in east Syria

Over 600 people were evacuated Saturday from the Islamic State group's remaining holdout in eastern Syria, a monitor said, as US-backed fighters prepare for a final assault on the area.

600 people leave in first evacuation from Syria IS holdout: Monitor

Air strikes by the US-led coalition killed 13 jihadist fighters and 14 of their relatives Friday in eastern Syria, a war monitor said. The strikes came two days after US President Donald Trump's decision to pull troops out of Syria raised fears the Islamic State group would use the vacuum to regroup.

Air strikes by US-led coalition kill 27 in eastern Syria: War monitor

Three men who allegedly plotted "chilling" terror attacks in Melbourne were arrested early Tuesday, less than two weeks after a stabbing rampage inspired by the Islamic State group left two dead in Australia's second largest city, police said.

Three arrested over alleged Melbourne terror plot which killed two people

The Islamic State group claimed the responsibility of the stabbing which took place in the Australian city of Melbourne on Friday. The incident killed one person and wounded two others.

Islamic State group claims Melbourne stabbing that killed one person

Islamic State group claims Melbourne stabbing that killed one person The Islamic State group claimed a stabbing Friday in the Australian city of Melbourne that killed one person and wounded two others, its propaganda channel said.

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The Islamic State group killed 12 US-backed fighters in a surprise attack Sunday from the jihadists' holdout in eastern Syria on the Iraqi border, a Britain-based monitor said.

Islamic State attack kills 12 US-backed fighters in east Syria: Monitor

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for suicide bomb attack which targeted the Afghan election commission's office in Kabul on Monday. A police officer said that at least one was killed and five were injured.

Islamic State group claims responsibility for suicide bombing near Kabul election office

The Islamic State group has killed 60 US-backed fighters in Syria who are battling to oust the jihadists from their eastern holdout of Hajin on the Iraqi border, a war monitor said Saturday.

Islamic State group kills 60 US-backed fighters in eastern Syria: Monitor

The families of Druze hostages held by the Islamic State group rallied for a third day Friday to demand action by the Syrian government to free them, witnesses said.

Syria families demand regime action to free IS hostages

The gardens give the women who tend them the rare chance to work outside the home in one of Afghanistan's most conservative and unstable provinces

How Afghanistan's urban gardens are changing women's lives

The library-on-wheels offers pupils and street kids free access to children's books, which are in short supply at public schools and libraries

Kabul library bus drives Afghan children to read

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