TERRORISM

The Russian Defense Ministry has said there is no evidence linking Russian airstrikes to recent attacks on hospitals in Syria.

It was not clear when the recording was made but references to Russian aggression suggest it was made after Russia, an ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, launched air raids against opposition groups and Islamic State in Syria on Sept. 30.

Attacks on secular writers and their publishers threaten to stifle free speech in the South Asian nation.

Responses included skepticism about the Obama administration's announcement.

This is, essentially, a strategy to dislodge ISIS from its Syrian headquarters. "To really make this successful, you need to have a strong degree of coordination of air and ground forces," a top analyst said.

Cuspert was reportedly killed by missiles fired by two coalition planes near a gas station in Hunaida on the road between Raqqa and al-Tabqa in Syria.

Russia, which began airstrikes in Syria on Sept. 30, maintains that it has been targeting only ISIS militants.

Officials have urged citizens to stock up on water and other necessary commodities while they investigate the issue.

Baghdad granted Moscow its permission just days after Washington sought assurances that Iraq would not allow Russian jets to conduct operations inside its territory.

The bombing reportedly occurred as worshipers began to pray in the mosque for the first time.

Israel is responsible for the “instability, despair and rage in the Middle East,” according to the Iranian ambassador to the U.N.

The Facebook account used a state trooper and has stirred concern that the Islamic State group may be trying to gather intelligence on US law enforcement.

The aging and slow flying A-10 can hit smaller targets more accurately than newer hi-tech jets.

The leader of the gang, originally from Morocco, also actively recruited fighters for the group.

In a TV appearance Tuesday evening, the Republican said his 2000 book, "The America We Deserve," warned of terrorist threats, including from Osama bin Laden.

The email, allegedly sent by a banned Islamist group in the country, also asked Bangladesh's media houses to fire female workers and threatened to kill atheist bloggers.

Counterterrorism police raided some 18 apartments they believed were being used as Islamic State group training camps.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Sunday that if the U.S. had announced a plan to stop using foreign oil, Arab countries would have revealed Osama bin Laden right away.

Arabs in the U.K., whom the government wants to step up and counter extremist ideology, constitute less than four percent of Muslims in the country.

It was not immediately clear who carried out the airstrike killing the commander and two other fighters.

"We have heard … about situations where recruiters were paid from $2,000, $3,000 to $10,000, depending on ... who was recruited," a U.N. expert said Friday.