Kenya kills over 100 al-Shabab rebels behind attack that left 28 dead
Kenyan security forces have pursued and killed more than 100 militants and destroyed their camp in Somalia after the ambush of a Nairobi-bound bus that left 28 people dead, Deputy President William Ruto said Sunday. Somalia's Islamist al-Shabab militants have claimed responsibility for the attack ...
Several former Canadian soldiers plan to join Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in the coming weeks, with at least one already in Iraq, Canadian media reported Friday, bolstering the ranks of foreigners fighting alongside the Kurds. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said a half-dozen former ...
First responders including police and fire fighters conducted a drill at a Tokyo subway station on Thursday, the first of its kind held at an actual transit facility. Around 300 specialists responded to a hypothetical emergency involving sarin nerve gas at Hibiya Station, which is ...
The Diet on Wednesday enacted a law to freeze financial and real estate transactions in Japan by organizations and individuals involved in terrorism, including al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. The passage of the law on special anti-terrorism measures at the House of Councilors is ...
China domestic security chief visits Iran to push anti-terrorism tie-ups
China's domestic security chief has visited Iran to push for greater cooperation in the fight against terrorism, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, as Beijing seeks allies in its efforts to maintain stability in its far-west Xinjiang region. Beijing says it faces a threat from ...
Iran sending funds via China bank to elite Quds force, report says
There is no trace of Shenzhen Lanhao Days Electronic Technology Co. Ltd. at its listed address in the beige and pink-tiled "Fragrant Villa" apartment complex in this southern Chinese city. The building's managers say they've never heard of it. But a Western intelligence report reviewed ...
Prosecutors to be tapped for secrecy panel, in hopes of mollifying law's opponents
The Abe administration plans to appoint public prosecutors to a review body for the state secrets law, which enters into force Dec. 10, government sources said. The law has drawn criticism from experts who fear it could lead to arbitrary classification of state secrets and ...
In Iraq, Iranian masters behind feared Shiite militias
Among the thousands of militia fighters who flocked to northern Iraq to battle the extremist Islamic State group over the summer was Qais al-Khazali. Like the fighters, al-Khazali wore green camouflage. But he also sported a shoulder-strapped pistol and sunglasses and was flanked by armed ...
The Upper House on Friday passed a toughened law on preventing terrorism funding that makes harboring terrorists or supplying them with weapons punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The amended law, which could take effect as early as next month, follows international calls ...
Turbulent path for Syrian Kurd fighters' 'first foreign female recruit'
A Canadian-born immigrant to Israel has become the first foreign woman to join Kurds battling Islamic State in Syria, a Kurdish source said on Tuesday, as details surfaced of the volunteer's turbulent past. Gill Rosenberg, 31, is a civil aviation pilot who enlisted in an ...
U.S. veterans sue banks, claiming they should pay over Iran funds used in Iraq attacks
Wounded U.S. veterans and family members of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq sued five European banks on Monday, seeking to hold them responsible for shootings and roadside bombings because they allegedly processed Iranian money that paid for the attacks. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District ...
Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as advisers, trainers
President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground to advise and retrain Iraqis in their battle against the militant group Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Friday. Obama's decision greatly ...
