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ISLAMIC STATE

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 28, 2017
50,000 civilians feared trapped among Islamic State fighters as Iraqi forces prepare for Mosul victory
Iraqi forces on Tuesday pushed toward the river side of Mosul's Old City, their key target in the eight-month campaign to capture Islamic State's de-facto capital, and Iraq's prime minister predicted victory very soon.
WORLD
Jun 27, 2017
Iraqi general: Mosul battle to end in few days as Islamic State has lost fighting spirit
The battle to wrest full control of the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State will be over in a few days, the Iraqi military said on Monday, as elite counterterrorism units fought militants among the narrow alleyways of the historic Old City.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 25, 2017
If al-Baghdadi is dead, next Islamic State leader likely to be Saddam-era officer
If Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is confirmed dead, he is likely to be succeeded by one of his top two lieutenants, both of whom were Iraqi Army officers under late dictator Saddam Hussein.
WORLD
Jun 25, 2017
Iran arrests Islamic State-linked group planning attacks
Iranian security forces have arrested members of a group linked to Islamic State which had planned bombings and suicide attacks in religious centers, state television reported on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2017
1 million Nigerian farmers given seeds to avert famine in region hit by Boko Haram
Seeds and fertilizer are being delivered to more than a million farmers in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria ahead of the rainy season to combat growing hunger and dwindling aid in a region threatened with famine, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2017
Turkey sends reinforcements into northern Syria to fight Kurds, rebel allies
Turkey has sent new military reinforcements including troops, vehicles and equipment into northern Syria, a war monitoring group and rebel and Kurdish sources said on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2017
Philippines says Islamist militants took hostages in retreat from school
The Philippine military said Islamist militants who had holed up in a primary school in the south early on Wednesday had retreated after a gunbattle with troops but were holding some civilians hostage.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 21, 2017
Champs-Elysees attacker was Islamic State loyalist on French watch list who had gun license
A man who rammed a car into a police van in Paris stored a cache of weapons at his home and held a gun permit despite being on a secret service list of people linked to radical Islam, police sources and French officials said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2017
Philippines launches offensive in hope of recapturing Marawi by weekend festival
Philippine aircraft and troops launched a renewed push against Islamist militants in a southern city Tuesday, and a military spokesman said the aim was to clear the area by the weekend Eid festival, although there was no deadline.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 20, 2017
Without comprehensive U.S. strategy in Syria, Trump risks wider war
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered stepped-up military operations against the Islamic State group and delegated more authority to his generals, but without a comprehensive Syria strategy, his approach risks further confrontation with Syria, Iran and even Russia, according to U.S. officials and analysts....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 19, 2017
As Philippines battles militants, deaths climb in crowded refugee centers
Four weeks since fierce fighting broke out in the southern Philippines, some who fled the battle are dying in overcrowded and unsanitary evacuation centers, health officials say.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2017
Six officers killed during Taliban attack on Afghanistan provincial police headquarters
At least six police were killed and dozens of people wounded when as many as six gunmen and a suicide bomber attacked a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday morning, officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 15, 2017
Desperate Islamic State fighters posing as civilians, killing those who try to flee: Raqqa escapees
Islamic State militants have become increasingly desperate in the face of heavy airstrikes on their Syrian bastion Raqqa, passing themselves off as civilians to escape detection and killing anyone who tries to flee, witnesses said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2017
Philippines says U.S. Special Forces on ground near besieged Marawi, but not fighting
Armed U.S. troops are on the ground near the city of Marawi in the southern Philippines, but are not involved in fighting Islamist militants who have held parts of the city for more than three weeks, a Philippines military spokesman said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 13, 2017
U.S.-backed militias reach walls of Raqqa's Old City, face up to 4,000 Islamic State fighters
U.S.-backed Syrian militias advanced further into Islamic State's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa from the east on Monday, reaching the walls of the Old City, a war monitor and a militia spokesman said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 12, 2017
Militant Philippine brothers highlight Southeast Asia's Islamist 'time bomb'
On his Facebook profile page Omarkhayam Romato Maute describes himself as a "Walking Time-Bomb."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 12, 2017
Philippines' Duterte says didn't seek U.S. support in city siege
President Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday that he did not seek support from Washington to end the siege of a southern Philippines town by Islamist militants, a day after the United States said it was providing assistance at the request of the government.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 11, 2017
Iran arrests almost 50 after deadly Tehran attacks
Iran has arrested almost 50 people in connection with twin attacks on Tehran that killed 17 people last week, officials said, as security forces stepped up efforts to crack down on suspected militants.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 10, 2017
Philippines says U.S. special forces assisting local troops against IS-linked militants
U.S. special forces have joined the battle to crush Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippine town, officials said on Saturday, as government forces struggled to make headway and 13 marines were killed in intense urban fighting.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2017
The age of blowback terror
Western powers should resist the temptation to intervene and instead work systematically to discredit the ideology of Islamist extremism.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
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.
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.
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.
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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