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Kosovo Jihadist Makes State Department Terror List
Muhaxheri - who sparked outrage in both Kosovo and Albania in July, when he posted a photograph on Facebook of him allegedly beheading a young man - is one of a list of ten individuals and two organizations who has been listed as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under the US President's Executive Order 13224.
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Croatia Joins Balkan Anti-IS Coalition
Alongside other EU and NATO member states, Croatia has entered the US-led international Coalition against the Islamic State, IS, in Iraq and Syria.
Croatian media learned the news from the US State Department on Monday, not from the Croatian government.
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Arab Countries to Join US Air Strikes against IS
A few Arab countries are ready to offer assistance in the air strikes carried out against the Sunni militants in Iraq and Syria, according to US officials.
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North Korea Sentences US National to 6 Years Hard Labor
North Korea has sentenced a US national to six years of hard labor for "hostile acts", the state-run KCNA news agency has reported, Sunday.
Matthew Miller was arrested in April for violating his tourist status in the country. The authorities have not specified the exact charges, but said he tore up his visa and demanded political asylum, the BBC informed.
Pentagon Confirms Death of Islamist Group Al-Shabab Co-Founder
The leader of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was killed following a US attack earlier this week, the Pentagon has said, Friday.
Israel issues tenders for 283 homes in West Bank settlement
Israel said Sept. 5 it published tenders for 283 new homes in a West Bank settlement, just days after announcing its biggest land grab on occupied Palestinian territory for three decades.
The expansion of the Elkana settlement, in the northwest of the West Bank, was approved in January and the tenders published Thursday, Israel's Land Authority said on its website.
US cyber-warriors battling Islamic State on Twitter
The United States has launched a social media offensive against the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda, setting out to win the war of ideas by ridiculing the militants with a mixture of blunt language and sarcasm.
Diplomats and experts are the first to admit that the digital blitz being waged on Twitter, Facebook and Youtube will never be a panacea to combat the jihadists.
Islamic State 'Holding Up to 20 Westerners' Hostage
The US is mulling a response to Islamic State after a video showed the beheading of James Foley, amid reports the group could be holding more people.
US clears air missiles sales to Turkish army
The US State Department has cleared the way to sell $320-million air-to-air missiles to Turkey, as part of latterâs efforts to boost its security amid rising regional threats The United States has cleared a potential $320 million advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles (AMRAAM) missiles sale to Turkey after the country demanded arms from its NATO ally amid increasing security risks i
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Kosovo to address religious intolerance
Kosovo to address religious intolerance
The president seeks greater institutional co-operation to reduce religious hate speech and vandalism.
Kosovo authorities are trying to undermine a trend of religious intolerance that has affected religious harmony and also the work of the dominant Islamic Community (BIK), experts said.
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