Suicide bomber’s belt of explosives blew up before he got to Christian church service in Egypt
Egyptian security forces have thwarted a suicide bomber as he attempted to position himself among members of a church congregation wearing a belt of explosives, during a religious celebration at a heavily guarded Christian church. The suicide bomber was attempting to enter the Church of the Virgin Mary in Mostorod, Shubra Al-Khaim, when tight security […]
UN Central Mali G5 Military Base Bomb and Grenade Attack Leaves Six Dead
A daylight attack by militants in Mali on a UN compound has killed at least six people. A car bomb and rocket propelled grenades were met with return fire from G5 troops. At least six soldiers were killed and many more wounded when a car packed with explosives was blown up at the new, five-nation […]
Islamic State Sneaking Extremists From Syria Into Nigeria – Report
Leaders of Islamic State (IS) are sneaking battle-hardened extremists from Syria into Nigeria, UK Sun reported Monday, saying some of the fighters are reportedly sent to the Middle East for training in a “chilling exchange programme”. Muslim fundamentalists massed in the Boko Haram sect had held Nigeria by the jugular since 2009, maiming and killing […]
Egyptian police kill 7 suspected Islamic State militants in shootout
Egyptian security forces killed seven suspected Islamic State militants in a shootout on Monday as they were meeting to plan attacks on minority Christians, the Interior Ministry said. The incident in the southern city of Assiut occurred a day after Egypt’s cabinet approved a three-month state of emergency in the wake of Islamic State attacks […]
Kenyan Doctors Killed in Raid On Libya Isis Base
Two Kenyan trainee doctors on the police list of wanted terrorists have been killed in a sting operation in Libya. Farah Dagane Hassan, 26 and Hiish Ahmed Ali, 25, who were interns at Kitale hospital before they fled Kenya, died in the Libyan city of Sirte after a raid against Islamic State remnants there. Before […]
Worst humanitarian crisis hits three African countries as Trump slashes foreign aid
The world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years has been declared in three African countries on the brink of famine, just as President Donald Trump’s proposed foreign aid cuts threaten to pull the United States from its historic role as the world’s top emergency donor. If the deep cuts are approved by Congress and the […]
The Islamic State releases video threatening Iran for tolerating Jews
Members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, stand under an Islamic State (IS) group banner in the recently recaptured town of Al-Karamah, 26 kms from the IS bastion of Raqa, as they advance to encircle the jihadists The Islamic State group threatened Iran for […]
Women and Tribal Leaders Call for ‘Balanced’ Libyan Peace Process
A delegation of Libyan tribal leaders and women leaders has called on the UN to take a balanced approach to the Libyan peace process. The delegation from the National Movement for Libya (NML) met with UN officials and U.S. government representatives while visiting New York and Washington D.C. to discuss the UN-led peace process in […]
Zimbabwe to Turn Into Islamic State As OPEC Funds Education Minister Lazarus Dokora With $20mil to Build 83 Muslim Schools
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora who says Islam was the nation’s number one religion at independence in 1980, has secured a large $20 million loan from Islamic organisations to build Muslim schools in Zimbabwe. As part of a controversial grand plan to make Islam dominant in Zimbabwe’s education system, described as an ‘Islamic Jihad’, Dokora […]
Fall of Mosul won’t spell end of ISIS, Iraq may split apart – Kurd leader
The much-awaited fall of Mosul will not result in ISIS’ defeat in Iraq, which is likely to split like Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and other states torn by political or ethnic rifts, the leader of Iraqi Kurdistan said in an interview with Italian media. Masoud Barzani, president of the Iraqi Kurdistan region since 2005, told La Stampa […]
