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The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group in Egypt said in a statement that it had “resisted a military operation in the Western Desert” on Sunday.

Mexico will wait for the results of an Egyptian government investigation into the mistaken attack by security forces that killed eight Mexican tourists before determining what action to take, the foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Tensions in Turkey escalated in late July, when the country launched a military campaign against the PKK in southern Turkey and northern Iraq, after the militants claimed responsibility for the murders of two Turkish police officers.

Oman’s Foreign Ministry today announced that two Americans, three Saudis and a British hostage were released.

PM Khaled Bahah will hold a meeting in the next two days in Aden in which reconstruction and humanitarian relief top the agenda.

Despite years of intimidation by the violent extremist group Boko Haram, the people of southeastern Niger’s Diffa region had never held a summit to confront the threat – perhaps with good reason, Reuters reports.

Claudia Ruiz Massieu, Mexico’s foreign minister – and most recently, the tourism minister – said on Monday that only two Mexicans were confirmed dead by the government.

She called for a “comprehensive, prompt and transparent investigation” into the “tragic and unprecedented events” on Sunday.

Pakistani authorities on Saturday arrested 28 suspects, including eight Afghans, a day after the deadly Taliban attack on an air force base near here that killed 42 people.

A senior US official said Shoigu told Carter that Russia’s increased military activities are defensive in nature, and designed to honor Moscow’s commitments to the Assad government.

Taliban gunmen have stormed a Pakistani air force base, killing at least 17 people, most of whom were offering prayers in a mosque, the deadliest such attack in years.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Friday that he was ready to talk with the Russians about the ongoing civil war in Syria, and Moscow’s continuing presence there.

The assault shows the Taliban retain the capability to mount devastating attacks despite a military campaign and a government crackdown against them following the massacre of more than 150 people, mostly children, at an army-run school last December. In this particular case,...

Speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons, he said around 24 people were killed and many others wounded, with many of them in critical condition.

On Sunday at around four in the afternoon, the Egyptian security forces allegedly killed 12 tourists and guides and injured 10 others during an anti-terror operation in the Bahariya oasis in Egypt’s western desert.