The United States on Friday launched airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State (IS) targets across central Syria in retaliation for a deadly attack on US personnel, officials said. USSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a Christmas service at the Pentagon.(AFP) Defence secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that the strikes targeted “ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons…
The shooting attack at a Jewish Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach put the spotlight on Islamic State, which police said appeared to inspire the gunmen. Mourners stand near tributes piled together at the front of the Bondi Pavilion, in memory of the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting, in Sydney on December 17, 2025….
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — An American missionary has been kidnapped in Niger’s capital, Niamey, according to security sources and local media. The unidentified man was kidnapped overnight Tuesday into Wednesday by three armed individuals in a Toyota Corolla and was probably driven out of town, according to a security source with direct knowledge of the…
MI5 efficiently disrupted a Chinese espionage scheme targeted at the United Kingdom the previous week, disclosed its Director General, Sir Ken McCallum, as he expressed frustration in the collapse of a high-profile spy trial. Sir Ken highlighted that he would ‘never back off from confronting threats to the UK’ following a significant espionage case unraveled…
Published on: Oct 01, 2025 08:43 pm IST Washington and Baghdad agreed last year that the international coalition against IS would end its military mission in Iraq by the end of September 2025. US and allied forces are reducing their presence in Iraq, the Pentagon said Wednesday, winding down a more than decade-long mission there…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran executed two men in separate cases Wednesday, accusing one of spying for Israel and another of being a member of the Islamic State group, state media reported. A report by the judiciary news website Mizanonline identified the alleged spy as Rouzbeh Vadi, who was accused of relaying classified…