For the first time the Human Rights Council formally discussed the issue of armed drones in violation of international human rights law as well as the UN Charter. All countries except the US, UK and France condemn the human rights consequences of US drone strikes.
Chinese state media reports say militants from the western Xinjiang region have left the country in order to receive training from ISIL Takfiri militants operating in Syria and Iraq.
A newly-released online video shows some people in ISIL clothes with the group’s flag travelling freely in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Australian troops in Iraq will not engage in combat operations in the crisis-hit country.
Several Taliban militants, including suicide bombers, launched coordinated attacks in Torkham, a border town, in the eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
Police in the Australian state of New South Wales spent over $2 million on powerful spy programs to monitor the smartphones and notebooks of Australian citizens, according to the latest revelations from WikiLeaks.
Iran, which has always supported regional democratic governments, will have a special place in the political and security cooperation with Iraq, underscored Saturdayˈs edition of ˈIran Dailyˈ.
So-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) pamphlets and flags have appeared in parts of Pakistan and India, alongside signs that the Takfiri group is inspiring militants even in the strongholds of the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
A state of emergency has been announced in several regions in India after al-Qaeda announced having set up a new branch in South Asia.
A military transport jet has made Australia's first delivery of ammunition to Kurdish forces battling Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in northern Iraq before returning without incident to a United Arab Emirates base, defense officials said on Wednesday.