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Anti-ISIS Coalition Falling Short, Says Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Monday that the US-led coalition against Islamic State was not doing as well as had been hoped in Syria and parts of Iraq.
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Nine Japanese Said to Have Joined Islamic State
Nine Japanese nationals have joined Islamic State, Japan's former air force chief, Toshio Tamogami, quoted a senior Israeli government official as saying, but the government's top spokesman said on Friday it had not confirmed the information.
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France Says Fresh Round of Air Strikes Carried out in Iraq
France carried out a second round of air strikes in Iraq on Thursday, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said, as part of a US-led coalition helping the Iraqi army fight Islamic State (IS) jihadists.
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Britain Readies for Iraq Air Strikes, Arrests Islamists
British Prime Minister David Cameron was preparing on Thursday for a key vote on joining air strikes in Iraq as police arrested nine people, including a notorious radical preacher, accused of links to Islamist extremism.
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Islamic Fighters Advance in Syria Despite US Strikes
US planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance in a Kurdish area where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and captives beheaded.
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US Says Won't Link Iran Cooperation on Islamic State to Nuclear Talks
The United States said on Monday it will refuse any effort by Iran to gain its cooperation on fighting Islamic State forces by being more flexible about Tehran's nuclear program.
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Islamic State Militants Ban Mathematics, Social Studies for Children
Thousands of children in swaths of war-torn Syria, now controlled by dreaded Islamic State militants, can no longer study math or social studies under new diktats issued by the jihadists.
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Anti-ISIS Coalition Falling Short, Says Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Monday that the US-led coalition against Islamic State was not doing as well as had been hoped in Syria and parts of Iraq.
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Nine Japanese Said to Have Joined Islamic State
Nine Japanese nationals have joined Islamic State, Japan's former air force chief, Toshio Tamogami, quoted a senior Israeli government official as saying, but the government's top spokesman said on Friday it had not confirmed the information.
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France Says Fresh Round of Air Strikes Carried out in Iraq
France carried out a second round of air strikes in Iraq on Thursday, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said, as part of a US-led coalition helping the Iraqi army fight Islamic State (IS) jihadists.
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Britain Readies for Iraq Air Strikes, Arrests Islamists
British Prime Minister David Cameron was preparing on Thursday for a key vote on joining air strikes in Iraq as police arrested nine people, including a notorious radical preacher, accused of links to Islamist extremism.
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Islamic Fighters Advance in Syria Despite US Strikes
US planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance in a Kurdish area where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and captives beheaded.
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US Says Won't Link Iran Cooperation on Islamic State to Nuclear Talks
The United States said on Monday it will refuse any effort by Iran to gain its cooperation on fighting Islamic State forces by being more flexible about Tehran's nuclear program.
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Islamic State Militants Ban Mathematics, Social Studies for Children
Thousands of children in swaths of war-torn Syria, now controlled by dreaded Islamic State militants, can no longer study math or social studies under new diktats issued by the jihadists.
