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British PM Cameron vows to hunt down 'Jihadi John'

(Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed on Friday to use all means at his disposal to hunt down militants such as "Jihadi John" after the killer was unmasked as a Kuwaiti-born computer programming graduate from London. The black-clad militant brandishing a knife and...

With sledgehammer, Islamic State smashes Iraqi history

(Reuters) - Ultra-radical Islamist militants in northern  Iraq  have destroyed a priceless collection of statues and sculptures from the ancient Assyrian era, inflicting what an archaeologist described as incalculable damage to a piece of shared human history. A video...

U.S. warns citizens of threat against malls in Jordan

(Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Amman has warned its citizens to avoid upscale shopping malls in the Jordanian capital, saying it had received what it called credible information that they could be targeted by militants. In a statement posted on its website late on Wednesday,...

Five bombs explode in Cairo, one killed, five wounded

 One person was killed and five others including policemen were wounded when five bombs exploded in Cairo on Thursday, security sources said. A bomb exploded outside a restaurant in the residential district of Imbaba, killing one and wounding two, the Interior Ministry...