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Prime Minister David Cameron on Nov. 14 outlined plans to seize passports from British jihadists and stop them returning from fighting overseas, while proposing landing bans on airlines that fail to comply with London's no-fly lists.
      

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has released a defiant audio recording it said was of chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, after air strikes on jihadist leaders in Iraq sparked rumours he had been wounded or killed.
      

The jihadist threat is the key issue facing the US and Turkey, John Bass says, stressing the importance of relations between Ankara and Washington The United States regards the threat posed by the extremist jihadists in both Iraq and Syria as the most “acute” challenge and is focusing its efforts on defeating them, the new American envoy to Ankara has told the Hürriyet Daily News, stressi

The jihadist threat is the key issue facing the US and Turkey, John Bass says, stressing the importance of the relations between Ankara and Washington The United States regards the threat posed by the extremist jihadists in both Iraq and Syria as the most “acute” challenge and is focusing much of its efforts to defeat them, the new American envoy has said, underlining that they will contin

Military officials from the United States and Turkey are meeting for a third time to finalize discussions on equipping and training moderate Syrian rebels, as U.S. media outlets report that Washington is considering a shift in in its Syria policy.

“I was there, watching the parade in the Red Square, and everything was the same as the year before,” said Ali Reza Bigdeli, the Iranian ambassador to Ankara, speaking about the Soviet Union’s traditional October Revolution celebrations in 1990. “Yes, there was some unrest around, but the parade was no different to the one in 1989, or in 1979.

Bulgaria's border police arrested 41 Syrians at the Danube Bridge border crossing with Romania for illegally trying to leave the country, reports Vesti.bg.

They were found early on Thursday morning hiding in a truck with Turkish plates. The Turkish driver was also arrested.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - President of the Srpska List Aleksandar Jablanovic stated on Thursday that the EU and the U.S. would have to discipline representatives of Kosovo Albanians and added that extraordinary elections in Kosovo are not necessary.

Abdi Ä°brahim, a leading Turkish pharmaceutical company, signed a strategic licensing agreement on Nov. 13 with Saudi Arabian pharmaceutical distribution company Banaja Holding, as well as a marketing firm.

Bosnia's State Investigative and Protection Agency, SIPA, on Thursday arrested 11 persons suspected of terrorism offences in a continuation of the September police action codenamed "Damask".

SIPA conducted raids on November 13 at various sites in Sarajevo, Zenica, Kakanj, Maglaj and Zivinice.