Islamic State

Authorities in Western Europe and the FBI have interrupted four attempts of gangs in Eastern Europe to sell nuclear material to ISIS in the last five years, according to Associated Press.

They have stopped criminals with Russian connections that sought to sell radioactive substances to the Middle Eastern extremists.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has defended its report on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), stating it was only one of the many reports it did on Turkey.

Kurdish-led forces advanced June 22 deep into territory in Syria held by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), showing new momentum after they unexpectedly swiftly seized a border crossing from the jihadists last week. 

A French national wanted on an international arrest warrant on suspicion of links with Islamic State jihadists managed to elude authorities after being briefly detained in Athens in January in the wake of a major anti-terror operation in eastern Belgium, a Greek Police source has told Kathimerini.

Japan on Feb. 17 announced $15.5 million to fight "terrorism" in the Middle East and Africa, as Tokyo tries to demonstrate its resolve despite the murder of two citizens by Islamist extremists.
      
The amount doubles the $7.5 million in assistance that Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida pledged during a visit to Brussels in January.
      

Air strikes by the US-led coalition in Syria have killed 553 people since their launch a month ago, the vast majority of them jihadists, a monitoring group said on Oct. 23.
     
The strikes have killed 464 Islamic State group fighters, 57 militants from Al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front and 32 civilians, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
      

NEW YORK - Serbia welcomes the adoption of the resolution on foreign fighters and it is ready to step up the cooperation with all countries in the region and the wider community in the fight against terrorism, Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said in New York on Wednesday.

Syria's opposition National Coalition welcomed a US plan to tackle the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Sept. 10, but also urged action against President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
      

Unable to persuade Qatari leaders to drop their support for the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups, Saudi Arabia appears determined to deprive its tiny neighbor of its regional football supremacy.

By Costas Onisenko