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Obama seeks Security Council meet on threat of 'foreign fighters' in terror groups
Fp Archives • 11 years agoUS President Barack Obama will convene a Security Council summit on "growing and dangerous phenomenon" of foreign terrorist fighters, American envoy to the UN Samantha Power said on Wednesday.
Islamic State abducted Yazidi women, guilty of war crimes: Amnesty
Fp Archives • 11 years agoAmnesty International said ISIL abducted "hundreds, if not thousands" of women and girls of the Yazidi faith. The extremists also killed "hundreds" of Yazidi men and boys.
How Middle East channels are mocking Islamic State militants with satire
Fp Archives • 11 years agoTelevision networks across the Middle East have begun airing cartoons and comedy programs using satire to criticise the group and its claims of representing Islam.
Rooting out a cancer like ISIL will not be quick or easy, says Obama
Fp Archives • 11 years agoTerming the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as a "cancer", US President Barack Obama has said that the top American priority was to roll back the gains made by the terrorist outfit in Iraq.
ISIS holds journalist hostage: Paying ransom will endanger Americans, says US
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe US has said payment of routine ransom to terrorist only puts other innocent American citizens at risk while defending its decision to swap five Taliban prisoners with the kidnapped soldiers in Afghanistan.