(The Guardian)- An Irish former altar boy has become the latest suicide bomber to blow himself up as part of Islamic State’s furious defence of Mosul, its last major stronghold in Iraq. Khalid Kelly, born Terrence Edward in south Dublin in 1967, converted to Islam when serving a jail term...

(Daily Mail)- Iraqi special forces threw themselves back into battle Saturday after a first foray into Mosul was blunted by stiffer than expected resistance from jihadists defending the birthplace of their "caliphate". While the elite Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) fought the Islamic State...

A journalist working for Afghan television station Ariana News was killed by a roadside bomb in the southern province of Helmand Friday, his employer said, adding to a growing toll on media workers in Afghanistan this year. Witnesses said Nematullah Zaheer had been travelling with other...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian resistance in eastern Hama damaged a Sukh-22 airplane by launching a number of colorful balloons filled with hydrogen gas in its direction. The plane was forced emergency land in Hama’s military airport on October 12, and it went out of services following the...