Twenty-four Malian soldiers and 17 Takfiri terrorists were killed Monday in clashes in the east of the country, the army said, as security in the west African nation deteriorates further.

In Afghanistan, not many have expressed optimism over the announcement by the United States that Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed.

Ethiopia's National Intelligence Security Services says its agents detained suspected Takfiri militants planning attacks.

Estimates of Saudi spending on Wahhabism are upward of $100 billion including at least $87 billion from 1987 to 2007 thanks to a wide network of Saudi affiliated foundations.

Russia’s military intelligence chief says such terrorist groups as al-Qaeda and Daesh are establishing a foothold in Latin America.

The gory killing of a six-year-old boy in broad daylight in Saudi Arabia has generated a wave of shock and revulsion. But more than that it has drawn attention to the brutal nature of Wahhabism.

A commentator says the US does not have a specific foreign policy toward Syria and the hawkish elements in the Trump administration are opposed to the decision of withdrawing troops from the war-torn country.

At the UN General Assembly, Iran rejects new Saudi terror support allegations against Iran, and says it is no secret to the world today that the regime, itself, is the main sponsor of terror groups such as Daesh and al-Qaeda.

Unnamed security sources confirm that a militant attack on a base in northeast Nigeria has left up to 30 soldiers dead.

Eleven people have been killed in violence between nomadic Fulani herders and Bambara and Dogon farmers in Mali.