International

Nach dem Anschlag auf den Atatürk-Flughafen in Istanbul sind Hunderte Flüge gestrichen. Das Auswärtige Amt hat seine Reisehinweise für die Türkei verschärft. Antworten auf drängende Fragen von Reisenden, die einen Türkeiurlaub gebucht haben. Die Sicherheitslage in der Türkei wird immer bedrohlicher. Nach dem IS-Selbstmordanschlag im […]

Twenty hostages were killed by militants who stormed an upscale restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka during a 10-hour siege, the Bangladeshi government announced Saturday morning. U.S. citizens in the city were warned by the State Department to “remain vigilant” following the terror attack. […]

There are few issues all Americans agree on – but one issue that unites both Democrats and Republicans is an acknowledgement that terrorism is the top threat facing the United States. In recent months the West has seen an uptick in terrorist attacks, from the […]

The long-awaited liberation of Fallujah this week came with minimal damage to the city’s infrastructure, Iraqi officials claim, unlike the disastrous campaign to free Ramadi from ISIS, in which bomb damage and civilian casualties amounted to a Pyrrhic victory. Backed by U.S. air power – […]

In Iraq slowly but surely the offensive on Mosul continues as the Iraqi forces are trying to liberate the second largest city from the grips of Daesh. At the forefront, along with men, women are fighting the terrorists fiercely. A correspondent of RIA Novosti met […]

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lifted restrictions on travel to Turkey after mending ties with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seven months after Ankara downed a Russian jet, triggering a raft of sanctions. Following his first call with Erdogan since the incident, Putin announced […]

An attack by Islamic State in the US would not be surprising, the CIA chief said. While the US is more difficult for terrorists to infiltrate than it was before 9/11, IS has shown ability to inspire people already inside the US using the internet. […]

Iraqi commanders said Thursday that Islamic State group fighters fleeing their once emblematic bastion of Fallujah had taken a heavy toll from strikes by both Iraqi and US-led coalition aircraft. They said at least 260 vehicles were destroyed and 150 militants killed in strikes that […]

Two major groups on the ground in Syria that have received assistance from the United States, the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA), are trying to destroy Daesh, but instead of being allies they are in fact fighting against each other. […]