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'Clear hostile act': Baghdad condemns action after US launches strikes on Iraq over drone attack
Fp Staff •The United States carried out retaliatory air strikes on Monday in Iraq after a one-way drone attack earlier in the day by Iran-aligned militants that left one U.S. service member in critical condition and wounded two others.
How US is fighting Iran-backed militias in West Asia
Fp Explainers •The Biden administration has taken a cautious stance in reaction to the attacks on its US forces. This is due to concerns that more substantial retaliation could escalate the violence and trigger more deadly attacks
IS terrorist from notorious 'Beatles' cell jailed in UK for 8 years
•The 'Beatles' group, so called because of the members' distinctive British accents, tortured, and beheaded victims and released videos of the gruesome murders
Israel-Hamas war: Al-Qaida and IS call on followers to attack Israeli, US and Jewish targets
Fp Staff •More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, mostly civilians who died in the initial Hamas rampage into southern Israel. In addition, 222 people including foreigners were believed captured by Hamas during the incursion and taken into Gaza, Israel's military has said.
Pakistan copies the Canadian cat against India only to be shot in the foot like Ottawa
Tara Kartha •Pakistan should be presented with a mirror large enough for it to take stock of its own actions and their inevitable consequences
Iran arrests 28 Islamic State members for plotting to target Tehran
•The terrorists allegedly plotted to carry out 30 explosions in densely populated centres of Tehran on the anniversary of the Anti-Hijab protests that rocked Iran last year
Islamic State incites Indian Muslims, threatens Haryana minister Anil Vij amid Nuh violence
Fp Staff •Islamic State in its latest edition of propaganda magazine - 'Voice of Khurasan' has also used abusive languages about Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP)
IS attack on Syria army bus kills 23 soldiers, injures over 10
•At least 23 soldiers have been killed in Syria's war-torn east, a monitor said on Friday, the deadliest in a new wave of attacks blamed on Islamic State group jihadists
Russian jets harass American drones in Syria for second time in 24 hours: US
Fp Staff •For the second time in less than 24 hours, Russian aircraft harassed American drones participating in operations against the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria on Thursday, said a US commander
Iraq's 'stadium of horrors' in ruins, but the game goes on for Mosul Sports Club
•The bullet-riddled 20,000-seater stadium, home to Mosul Sports Cub, was not spared, caught up in the deadly battles for control.