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“For boys living under the rule of the Islamic State there are only two career choices: jihadist fighter or suicide bomber,” The UK-based daily The Times said in a special article Saturday.Entitled “Boys tell how Isis turned them into suicide bombers,” Hannah Lucinda Smith interviewed a teenage boy who was …

The United Nations has named June 19 as the “International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict” in a bid to end abuses against women and girls in conflict zones worldwide.The UN General Assembly on Friday approved the resolution, co-sponsored by 113 countries, and the day will be …

Millions of Muslims all around the world mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.Religious authorities in Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and most other countries declared Thursday as the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.It is unprecedented that most of the Muslim countries announce an identical …

At least 40 civilians have been killed after Boko Haram Takfiri militants attacked two villages in southern Niger, an official says.Boko Haram militants, based in Nigeria, attacked two villages in southern Niger’s Diffa region Wednesday night, Diffa Governor Yakouba Soumana Goah said Thursday.After killing the villagers, the militants set fire …

ISIL recruiters have stepped up attempts to entice vulnerable youths in Australia to join the ranks of the Takfiri terror group mainly operating in Iraq and Syria, a British daily reports.The recruiters infiltrate youth welfare services in Australia under the guise of youth workers in Bankstown, a suburb of the …

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for an immediate two-week humanitarian pause in Yemen for the holy month of Ramadan as talks got underway in Geneva to try and resolve the bloody conflict.“I hope this week starts the beginning of the end of the fighting,” Ban said.

Cairo Citadel which lies on Sabr mountain in Taiz was one of the targets of the Saudi-led aggression on Yemen which has been ongoing since March 26.

Nearly 30 Takfiri militants have been killed in internecine clashes between ISIL terrorists and al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front and other militants over the control of a village in Syria’s northwestern province of Aleppo.Nusra Front militants and allied forces on board ten tanks and armored vehicles stormed the village of al-Bal, which …

Former US president George W. Bush has criticized President Barack Obama for his war strategy against ISIL, saying the United States should send combat troops to Iraq.In an interview with an Israeli newspaper published on Friday, the ex-president said Obama “will have to make that determination.” “My position was that …

Fresh attacks by Saudi Arabian warplanes in two provinces in Yemen have killed at least 79 people and injured more than 100 others.The Wednesday attacks targeted Sana’a and Hajjah provinces in Yemen’s west and northwest, respectively. The Al Mayadeen satellite television reported that Saudi aerial offensive against a military center …