Tag: Islamic State group
Election rally attack Pakistan’s second deadliest as toll hits 149
AFP | The death toll from a suicide bombing that hit southwestern Pakistan on Friday has risen to 149, making it the second most lethal...
Twin explosions target Iraq communist party HQ: spokesman
AFP | Two bombs exploded Friday close to the Baghdad headquarters of the Iraqi Communist Party, said a spokesman for the political alliance which alongside...
Iran’s Syria intervention gets cinematic treatment
AFP | While Iran's presence in Syria raises global fears of an all-out conflict with Israel, one cinematic version of its intervention has been a...
Suicide bombers, gunmen attack Kabul police stations
AFP | Suicide bombers and gunmen launched apparently coordinated attacks on two Kabul police stations Wednesday, killing at least five people, with security forces still...
The Cold War between Iran and Saudi Arabia
AFP | Relations between Middle East heavyweights Iran and Saudi Arabia have been fraught for decades as they spar over regional influence and religion. Each...
Can ISIS be stopped from expanding into Asia?
Naveed Ahmed | Quietly but surely, the Islamic State group (IS, formerly known as ISIS) is benefitting from the failures of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Roughly...
