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Islamic State affiliates have seized large amounts of territory in Afghanistan according to officials.
Witnesses say hundreds of insurgents loyal to IS have pushed out the Taliban in the region and scorched the country's opium poppy fields.
But as our Correspondent in Istanbul, Olly Barratt reports, US government officials are questioning whether the Islamic State can gain a significant foothold in Afghanistan.
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The Head of Russia's Security Council says that the group calling itself Islamic State (IS) is the greatest threat to world peace.
It comes as Islamic State declares the establishment of a wilayaat, or province, in Russia's mainly Muslim North Caucasus region, which has seen years of gun and bomb attacks between militants and Russian security forces.
Tom Barton reports.
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Alan Saadeh was charged in a federal court in New Jersey on Monday morning, making him the fifth man in the New York metropolitan area arrested this month on terrorism related charges.
New York Correspondent Liling Tan has more.
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Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem says that Russia has promised economic, political and military aid to President Bashar al-Assad's government there.
The announcement came on a visit by Mr al-Muallen to Moscow, which has hosted several Syrian meetings in the past year, but without the presence of the main, exiled, Syrian opposition.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that the international community should not impose anything on Syria in the search for an end to the country's four and a half year old civil war.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Moscow will continue to send aid to President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
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Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem says that Russia has promised economic, political and military aid to President Bashar al-Assad's government there.
The announcement came on a visit by Mr al-Muallen to Moscow, which has hosted several Syrian meetings in the past year, but without the presence of the main, exiled, Syrian opposition.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that the international community should not impose anything on Syria in the search for an end to the country's four and a half year old civil war.
IN: The task of….
OUT: understanding among themselves….
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Moscow will continue to send aid to President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
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One of America's most powerful Senators is vowing to try and tighten the country's gun control laws.
Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York, says the mass shooting that claimed 9 lives during a bible study class in South Carolina earlier this month should serve as a "wake-up call" for the country.
He says he'll propose legislation to tighten national standards aimed at preventing guns from falling into the hands of the mentally ill.
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