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Turkey says it didn’t know downed plane was Russian
27 Nov 2015
Tuesday's incident prompted a tough response from Moscow, a major trade partner and Turkey's largest energy supplier
Anonymous hits ISIS with music video links featuring Risk Astley
25 Nov 2015
Anonymous is flooding the terror group's social media accounts with links to Astley's 1987 hit song Never Gonna Give You Up as they seek to divert the killers from their stated goal of global jihad
3 Pak militants, one civilian killed in Tangdhar gunfight
25 Nov 2015
The attack coincides with the seventh anniversary of the Mumbai attack by the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, which killed 166 people
Terror groups still active, US warns travellers
25 Nov 2015
US authorities say the likelihood of attacks will continue as members of IS return from Syria and Iraq, and other individuals not affiliated with terror groups engage in violence on their own
Turkey downs Russian fighter jet; Putin calls it 'stab in the back'
24 Nov 2015
The Russian Su-24 jet was shot down by F-16 fighters near Syria border after allegedly violating its airspace and it is not clear whether the pilots are dead or alive
Indian ISIS fighters seen as inferior, get less perks
24 Nov 2015
In a report drawn up with the help of the British MI6, the CIA says in the ISIS, Indian, Pakistani, African and Bangladeshi fighters are paid less as they are considered "inferior to Arab fighters"
Modi calls for deeper India-Malaysia defence ties
23 Nov 2015
India and Malaysia today signed three memorandums of agreements for cooperation in cyber security, public administration and culture
16 held in Belgium raids; key figure still elusive
23 Nov 2015
Belgian prosecutors announced early today that police had detained 16 people in 22 raids related to the Paris attacks, but that fugitive Salah Abdeslam was not among them
Secret hacker group counters cyber jihadis
21 Nov 2015
UN Security Council calls on countries to eradicate Islamic State threat
21 Nov 2015
In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 15-member body declared the group’s terrorist attacks abroad “a global and unprecedented threat to international peace and security”
Three killed as gunmen seize 170 hostages at Radisson Blu hotel in Mali capital
20 Nov 2015
Gunmen shouting Islamic slogans attacked the luxury Radisson Blu in Mali's capital Bamako early in the morning and seized 170 guests and staff
Paris terror attacks spark encryption debate'
20 Nov 2015
After Paris, France contemplates a reckoning
17 Nov 2015
Instead of pulling back from the global coalition working against jihadism, it appears that the French will renew and perhaps expand their efforts to pursue revenge for the most recent assault. Republished with permission of Stratfor
After France, Russia bombs IS stronghold in Syria
17 Nov 2015
Russia on Tuesday staged a "significant number" of air strikes on the Islamic State group stronghold of Raqqa in Syria
ISIS video warns of attack on Washington in
17 Nov 2015
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