Suicide bomber targets ancient Egyptian temple in Luxor

In this still image taken from video, security personnel and spectators gather at the scene of a suicide bombing just steps away from the ancient Egyptian temple of Karnak in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt, visited by millions of tourists every year, Wednesday, June 10, 2015.  (AP Photo)

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Iraq’s forces drive IS militants from key town

FILE – In this file photo taken Thursday, June 19, 2014, al-Qaeda-inspired militants stand with captured Iraqi army Humvee at a checkpoint outside an oil refinery in Beiji, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The government forces on Friday, Nov. 14, drove Islamic State militants out from their remaining strongholds inside the oil refinery town of Beiji, two security official said, in a key victory over the terror group that has captured much of northern and western Iraq in a stunning summer offensive.                (AP Photo, File)

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Suicide attack on prison shatters Mogadishu calm

A man stands on the site of a major car bomb and gun attack against an intelligence headquarters and detention facility in Somalia

A man stands on the site of a major car bomb and gun attack against an intelligence headquarters and detention facility in Somalia.  Photo: GETTY

Suspected Islamist militants in Somalia launched an assault on the facility today in an apparent bid to free jailed comrades

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Libya airport hit by heavy fighting between militias

Former Libyan rebels

Former rebel fighters in Tripoli. Rival armed groups retain arms from the 2011 uprising against Gaddafi. Photograph: Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images

Flights halted as Islamist militias attack rival Zintan group, which controls Tripoli international airport

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Thousands of Iraqi men answer urgent call to arms

Mideast Iraq

Iraqi Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Baghdad’s Sadr city, Iraq, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Thousands of Shiites from Baghdad and across southern Iraq answered an urgent call to arms Saturday, joining security forces to fight the Islamic militants who have captured large swaths of territory north of the capital and now imperil a city with a much-revered religious shrine. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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