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World
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Region
1/9/2025 11:38:43 AM
The U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group from reconstituting as a major threat following the ouster of Bashar Assad's government, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told The Associated Press.
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World
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Africa
1/5/2025 11:04:12 AM
Mali's army said Saturday its forces had arrested two men, one of them a leading figure in the Sahel branch of the Islamic State group.
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World
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International
1/2/2025 10:35:05 AM
A U.S. Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group wrought carnage on New Orleans’ raucous New Year’s celebration, killing 15 people as he steered around a police blockade and slammed into revelers before being shot dead by police.
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World
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Africa
12/31/2024 5:45:54 PM
Islamic State militants staged an attack in Somalia's Puntland region, local officials said Tuesday, saying security forces had repelled the attack by "Daacish", using the Somali term for the Islamic State group.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/23/2024 7:36:49 PM
An Iranian court on Monday freed on bail a female singer who performed in an online concert two weeks ago without adhering to the strict Islamic dress code, local media reported.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/20/2024 4:10:38 PM
Sheikh Mahmoud El-Tohamy, one of the most prominent figures in Islamic spiritual music and the traditional art of Inshad, will perform on the opening day of the 22nd Abu Dhabi Festival (7 February-29 April 2025).
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World
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Region
12/18/2024 6:51:21 PM
Iran has paused the process of implementing a new, stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited the protests that engulfed the Islamic Republic after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
12/17/2024 5:34:27 PM
The second edition of the Islamic Art Biennale opens its doors from January 25 to May 25, 2025, in Jeddah.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/15/2024 3:34:24 PM
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced that it suspended its services in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank due to ongoing intense clashes between the Palestinian Authority security forces and fighters from the Islamic Jihad group.
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World
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International
12/12/2024 6:15:31 PM
Thousands of people attended the funeral on Thursday of a Taliban minister killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, the day before that was claimed by the Islamic State group.
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World
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Region
12/10/2024 7:36:31 PM
The UK government said Tuesday it was "keeping a very, very close eye" on the potential return of British Islamic State fighters from Syria, in the fallout of the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
11/28/2024 9:40:21 PM
In the heart of Islamic Cairo lies the head of Al-Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), whom he named “the lord of the youth of heaven.”
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World
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Region
11/28/2024 12:15:39 AM
The Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Wednesday "the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon achieved a victory over Israel" in the 14-month-old war that ended in a ceasefire at 4am earlier today.
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World
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Africa
11/16/2024 10:40:43 PM
At least 13 people were killed and others kidnapped in eastern Congo by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group, local authorities said Saturday.
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Business
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Tech
11/13/2024 2:14:57 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has announced that its Computing Incident Response Team (EG-CIRT) and Computing Incident Response Team for Financial Sector (EG-FinCIRT) have secured first places in the specialized drills at the Regional Cybersecurity Competition for Arab and Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
11/12/2024 9:20:17 PM
The Arab-Islamic Summit hosted by Saudi Arabia reaffirmed the Arab condemnation of atrocities committed by the Israeli occupation amid stalled efforts to broker a ceasefire,
reports Ahmed Mustafa
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/11/2024 11:12:26 PM
The Extraordinary Arab and Islamic Summit reaffirmed Monday its unwavering support for the efforts made by Egypt and Qatar, in cooperation with the US, to achieve an immediate and sustainable ceasefire in Gaza.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/11/2024 10:16:20 PM
Egypt's former Assistant Foreign Minister Ambassador Mohamed Hegazy highlighted Monday the critical timing of the Extraordinary Arab and Islamic Summit held in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/11/2024 9:43:05 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi reiterated Monday Egypt’s rejection and condemnation of the Israeli aggression in the Palestinian and Lebanese territories during meetings with King Abdullah II of Jordan and Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/11/2024 4:52:00 PM
Egypt will stand against all attempts aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause, whether through the forcible displacement of civilians or by rendering the Gaza Strip uninhabitable, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said at the Extraordinary Arab and Islamic Summit in Riyadh.
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