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A former US schoolteacher who became a high-ranking Islamic State official and organized an all-female IS military battalion, pleaded guilty Tuesday to supporting a foreign terrorist group, the Justice Department said. Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, admitted…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov began a two-day visit to Turkey on Tuesday for talks on unblocking grain exports from Ukraine, which have been stalled by Moscow’s offensive. The plane carrying Lavrov landed at the airport in the Turkish capital …

Mark Ruffalo urged others to call on PayPal to offer its services to Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza in a tweet on Monday. The American Hulk actor, who has previously expressed pro-Palestine views, shared a petition on campaign website Su…

Germany will not recognise the Taliban as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan as long as “dire” conditions under the Islamists persist, Germany’s foreign minister said on Tuesday, calling for a united international call on the Taliban for change. No f…

The US military is investigating whether an attack at a base in eastern Syria was an inside job, CNN reported on Monday. “The investigation is ongoing, which may or may not, develop sufficient evidence to identify a perpetrator(s) and have enough evide…

Indonesia and Malaysia have both summoned India’s envoys in their countries over “derogatory” remarks made about the Prophet Muhammad by two officials with the South Asian nation’s ruling party, their foreign ministries said on Tuesday. It comes as ang…

A Spanish judge wants to visit Israel to quiz the CEO of an Israeli firm behind the Pegasus spyware over a top-level hacking scandal involving the Spanish premier’s phone, a court said on Tuesday. The plans were revealed by Spain’s National Court as it…

India said its government has the “highest respect” for all religions on Monday as it rejected an Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) statement condemning an official in India’s ruling party for “denigrating Prophet Muhammad”. A spokesperson for …

Just three days after Eid al Fitr, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison released a statement in celebration of Israel’s so-called ‘Independence Day,’ declaring Australia’s promise to ‘stand by Israel every step of the way’. Describing Australia an…

Last month, the United States announced its decision to remove the Jewish extremist group, Kahane Chai, from its foreign terror list. The move was met with backlash from Palestinian rights advocates and the Palestinian Authority condemned the decisiona…