A severe fuel shortage is behind the move by the Nigeria-based terrorist group, say civilian and military sources in the African nation.
A Tuesday strike at a crowded market may have been the deadliest attack since a partial ceasefire took effect Feb. 27, a monitoring group said.
Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke made the requests at a meeting Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The suicide bombing by the Taliban in the Afghan capital occurred near government offices and resulted in more than 300 injuries.
The U.S. forces will be training and advising Iraqi troops in their fight against the Islamic State terrorist group.
Both candidates are backing a bill that would allow 9/11 victims' families to sue Saudi Arabia for any role it played in the terrorist attacks.
Government troops succeeded after several hours of air strikes and heavy combat, a military official told Reuters.
Authorities reported that 46 people were killed in clashes between Philippine troops and Islamic rebels this week, as fighting entered its sixth day Thursday.
While the Islamic State group has focused on attacks in Europe, its numbers have decreased in Syria and Iraq, the U.S. says.
Only 13 percent of respondents to a recent survey said they’d support the Islamic State group even if it became less violent.
The extremist group has increasingly relied on its army of child soldiers as it has lost land in its stronghold in northeastern Nigeria, a new report has found.
The companies that have signed up to fight terror online include Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba Group, according to the Cyberspace Administration of China.
According to Russian news agency Interfax, two militants were killed when one blew himself up near the police station in Stavropol.
The perpetrators decided to attack Brussels as they were “surprised by the speed of the progress in the ongoing investigation,” Belgian officials said.
The assault was carried out for 10 hours after the military attacked a stronghold of Abu Sayyaf rebels on the island of Basilan.
The militants took them to a remote area and killed them by firing squad. Seventeen other captives escaped.
Authorities say Mohamed Abrini, photographed at a Brussels airport just before the March 22 attacks, is one of four suspects facing charges.
Chadians must decide whether to re-elect one of the longest-serving leaders in Africa, President Idriss Déby.
Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladesh division of the al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, reportedly said that Nazimuddin Samad was attacked because he “abused” Islam.
A group called “Jahba East Africa” has pledged allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, calling him the “rightful khalifa (leader) of all Muslims.”
In an online statement released Tuesday, the Nigerian military urged other militants to abandon the Islamic insurgency.
Russia’s fraying relations with Egypt and Turkey have hit the two countries’ important tourism sectors.
