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ISLAMIC STATE

Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 30, 2017
Iraqi colonel: Fighting near Tal Afar much worse than Mosul's Old City, like 'gates of hell'
Iraqi forces battling to retake the small town of al-'Ayadiya where militants fleeing Tal Afar have entrenched themselves said on Tuesday the fighting is "multiple times worse" than the battle for Mosul's old city.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 30, 2017
Alleged gas canister supplier to Barcelona attackers arrested in Morocco
Moroccan authorities have arrested a man suspected of supplying gas canisters to a jihadi cell that carried out a double attack in Catalonia earlier this month that killed 16 people, a source from the Spanish investigation said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2017
Tal Afar's 'nothing to lose' Islamic State holdouts put up stiff fight as Iraqi troops near, find few civilians
Iraqi forces said they faced tough resistance on Monday from Islamic State fighters driven out of the city of Tal Afar to a small town where they had "nothing to lose" by fighting to the end.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2017
Father of Philippine Islamist militant leaders dies in government custody
The father of the leaders of the pro-Islamic State Maute group that seized control of a southern Philippine town in May died while in government custody, authorities said on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 25, 2017
Hezbollah captures Islamic State enclave on Syrian side of Lebanon border: Nasrallah
Hezbollah has captured much of an Islamic State pocket on Syria's side of the border with Lebanon in a joint offensive with the Syrian army, its leader said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 24, 2017
As Syria's battlefields shrink, U.S. and Russia military hotlines hum
Even as tensions between the United States and Russia fester, there is one surprising place where their military-to-military contacts are quietly weathering the storm: Syria.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 24, 2017
Barcelona tries to balance security and freedom after deadly attacks
Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia, hit last week by two Islamist militant attacks that killed 15 people, will deploy more police, install bollards in Barcelona and step up security around stations and tourist landmarks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2017
Tens of thousands of civilians feared trapped by Islamic State as Iraqi troops breach Tal Afar defenses
Government forces breached the city limits of Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq on Tuesday on the third day of a U.S.-backed offensive to seize it back from Islamic State militants.
WORLD / Society
Aug 22, 2017
Liberated West Mosul gets first major aid delivery since 2014: ICRC
People in the western part of Iraq's devastated city of Mosul have received their first major delivery of aid since Islamic State militants captured the city in 2014, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 22, 2017
Lebanese army finds anti-aircraft missiles in abandoned Islamic State cache
Lebanon's army found anti-aircraft missiles among with a cache of weapons in an area abandoned by Islamic State militants, it said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 22, 2017
Spanish police corner, gun down Barcelona van attacker
Spanish police on Monday shot dead an Islamist militant who killed 13 people with a van in Barcelona last week, ending a five-day manhunt for the perpetrator of Spain's deadliest attack in over a decade.
WORLD
Aug 21, 2017
Russian jets reportedly kill over 200 IS militants near Syria's Deir al-Zor
Russia's air force has destroyed a large column of Islamic State fighters on their way to the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, killing over 200 militants, Russian news agencies cited Russia's Defense Ministry as saying on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2017
Barcelona attack suspect may have had contacts elsewhere in Europe, took conservative religious turn
Spanish police searched on Sunday for the man behind the wheel in the Barcelona van attack that killed 13 people, amid growing signs members of the militant group had connections elsewhere in Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 21, 2017
Libya hands over Sudanese kids of Islamic State fighters believed killed in Sirte battle
Four children from Sudan whose parents are believed to have been killed fighting for Islamic State in the Libyan city of Sirte last year were handed over to the Sudanese consul on Sunday to be taken to their country of citizenship.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 18, 2017
Islamic State takes credit as Spain searches for van driver who mowed down Barcelona crowd
A manhunt was underway for the driver of a van that mowed through crowds of tourists on Barcelona's most famous avenue on Thursday, killing at least 13 people in an attack that was claimed by Islamic State.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 15, 2017
Syrian forces about to surround Islamic State pocket in Homs desert
The Syrian army and its allies advanced in the central Syrian desert on Monday and could soon encircle an Islamic State pocket, part of a multipronged thrust into eastern areas held by the jihadi group.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 11, 2017
Islamic State fighters trapped in Raqqa, but Chechen snipers slow U.S.-backed forces
U.S.-backed forces now have Islamic State fighters surrounded in central Raqqa, a Syrian Kurdish commander said, but he predicted that driving the militants out could take up to four months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2017
Yazidis rebuild Islamic State-razed Bashiqa shrine during long wait for female abductees' return
Yazidi men and boys in the town of Bashiqa north east of Mosul are rebuilding a shrine destroyed by Islamic State as they wait for the return of women from their community taken captive years ago by the jihadis.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 9, 2017
29 civilians reported killed in U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on Raqqa
Airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State killed at least 29 civilians, including 14 children, in 24 hours in the jihadis' Syrian capital of Raqqa, a war monitor said late on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 8, 2017
Islamic State rained rockets down on Lebanon from Syria border enclave: source
Islamic State may have fired seven Grad rockets into Lebanon on Monday from its enclave on the border with Syria, without causing any injuries, a Lebanese security source said.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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