While Americans were celebrating the New Year, a horrific terrorist attack rocked the city of New Orleans, bringing back memories of the terrorist threats that continue to haunt the world.

Revelations about Nouri al-Maliki's support for al-Assad and involvement in ISIS's rise have sparked political turmoil in Iraq.

Senior US officials say Turkiye is preparing for a large-scale incursion into north-east Syria controlled by US-backed Kurdish forces.

Opponents have confirmed that the Tajik government has used the recent IS attack in Moscow cancert hall as a “pretext” to further crack down signs of Islam, under the guise of “combating terrorism.”

The attack in Solingen has thrown open the door for the German government to impose new laws on asylum policy in this European country, which hosts the largest number of irregular migrants in the world.