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.
UN chief calls New START treaty expiration 'grave moment'
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called the expiration of the New START Treaty a grave moment for international peace and urged Russia and US to negotiate a new nuclear arms control framework without delay.
Pakistan military says it concludes week-long fight against Baloch separatists
Pakistan's military said on Thursday it had concluded a week-long operation against separatists in Balochistan who stormed more than a dozen locations, taking hostages, setting off explosives and waging gun battles with security forces.
One dead, one missing as Storm Leonardo batters Portugal and Spain
One man died in Portugal after flood waters engulfed his car and in Spain, a girl was dragged away by a river after trying to rescue her dog, as Storm Leonardo lashed the Iberian peninsula with heavy rains and strong winds on Thursday.
Freezing rain causes cancellations, delays at Berlin airport
Snow and freezing rain hit Berlin's airport on Thursday morning, causing airlines to delay or cancel multiple departing flights.
700 immigration agents withdrawn from Minnesota
The Trump administration is withdrawing some 700 federal immigration enforcement agents from Minnesota, although about 2,000 agents will stay in place, White House border czar Tom Homan announced on Wednesday, a number the state's Democratic leaders say is still too high.
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