US-backed forces have captured the IS terror group's last stronghold in eastern Syria on Saturday.
"Baghouz has been liberated. The military victory against Daesh has been accomplished," Mustafa Bali, a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman, wrote on Twitter.
He declared the "total elimination of (the) so-called caliphate".
It marks a major milestone in the fight against the IS terror group over more than four years.
But the group is still seen as a major global threat.
South Korea presidential race rocked by court ruling, resignations
South Korea's top court cast doubt on Thursday on frontrunner Lee Jae-myung's eligibility to run for the presidency, while the resignations of the prime minister and finance minister shook the interim government in place since December's martial law.
White House national security adviser Waltz to leave post
US President Donald Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz is being forced out of his job, four people briefed on the matter said on Thursday, in the first big shakeup of Trump's inner circle since he took office in January.
Ukraine, US sign minerals deal sought by Trump
Ukraine and the US have signed a deal heavily promoted by President Donald Trump that will give the US preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and fund investment in Ukraine's reconstruction.
Wild weather in New Zealand disrupts flights, shutters schools
Schools were closed and flights cancelled as New Zealand's capital Wellington was hit by its strongest winds in over a decade on Thursday while a state of emergency was declared in parts of the South Island after 24 hours of heavy rain.
Looting of Gaza stores signals worsening hunger crisis
Increased looting of food stores and community kitchens in the Gaza Strip shows growing desperation as hunger spreads two months after Israel cut off supplies to the Palestinian territory, aid officials say.
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