Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) has apprehended a suspected Daesh member allegedly planning an attack on New Year’s celebrations, according to security sources.

The African Union (AU) has called for urgent international action as Mali faces a worsening security and humanitarian crisis.

The Syrian Interior Ministry announced that it successfully foiled an attempt by the Daesh/ISIS terror group to bomb the Sayyida Zaynab shrine near Damascus on Saturday, News.az reports citing foreign media.

Daesh, also known as ISIS, has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the Taliban’s Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, News.az reports citing foreign media.

Iraqi authorities have hanged at least 21 individuals, including one woman, most of whom were convicted on terrorism charges, according to three security sources, News.Az reports citing foreign media.

One of the accused planners behind an attack this January on Istanbul’s Santa Maria Italian Church that left one person dead has been captured, Turkish security sources said on Saturday.