Australia hosts anti-jihadist summit

AFP, SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday urged Asia-Pacific nations to help fight jihadist groups as he opened a regional summit on the issue with a warning that Islamic State has global ambitions. Abbott told the conference -- attended by ministers and representatives of 30 nations as well as well as tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google -- that it was crucial to find methods to tackle the ideology of extremist groups that have drawn thousands of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria.

Australia hosts anti-jihadist summit

AFP, SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday urged Asia-Pacific nations to help fight jihadist groups as he opened a regional summit on the issue with a warning that Islamic State has global ambitions. Abbott told the conference -- attended by ministers and representatives of 30 nations as well as well as tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google -- that it was crucial to find methods to tackle the ideology of extremist groups that have drawn thousands of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria.