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Iraqis Hunt For Their Cars In Devastated Post-IS Mosul

Saliha Sultan searches in vain for the family car among mounds of charred car skeletons and mangled trucks blocking...

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Palestinians Dismiss IS Claim of Israel Policewoman Killing

Palestinian militant factions on Saturday dismissed a claim by the Islamic State group that it was behind the fatal...

International

Russia ‘may Have Killed IS Head Baghdadi’

Russia's defence ministry is investigating whether one of its air strikes in Syria killed the leader of the Islamic...

News

UK and Ghana Remain Partners On Maintaining Security

On 17 May, a team from the UK’s 7th Infantry Brigade (The Desert Rats) arrived in Ghana eager to participate in Ex...

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U.S. Intends To Increase Control Over Southern Syria

The U. S. continues to expand military presence in Syria. Nowadays, Washington is setting up a second base at Syria’s...

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Ramadan Comes With Bitter Taste For Families of Iraq’s Mosul

For Umm Mohammed and other residents of areas of war-battered west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State group jihadists,...

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Ramadan Comes With Bitter Taste For Families of Iraq’s Mosul

For Umm Mohammed and other residents of areas of war-battered west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State group jihadists,...

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Daunting Aid Challenges As Civilians Flee Syria’s Raqa

The battle to oust the Islamic State group from its stronghold of Raqa is creating daunting challenges for aid groups...

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Trump Lets Pentagon Set Afghanistan Troop Levels

President Donald Trump has granted the Pentagon authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan, a US official said...

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Late Blows Jolt China, Qatar Shock South Korea

Ahmad Al Salih's late strike dealt a body blow to China's faltering quest to reach a second World Cup on Tuesday, as...

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Late Blows Jolt China, Japan In World Cup Qualifying

Ahmad Al Salih's late strike dealt a body blow to China's faltering quest to reach a second World Cup on Tuesday, as...

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Saudis Insist No Blockade On Qatar As Gulf Crisis Simmers

Saudi Arabia insisted on Tuesday that its neighbour Qatar was not under blockade as a Gulf diplomatic dispute escalated...

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Iraq Dent Japan’s World Cup Bid

Diminutive midfielder Mahdi Kamil's late equaliser jolted Japan's World Cup qualifying bid as they were held to an...

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Five Men Suspected of Angola Plot Deny IS Allegiance

Five Angolan Muslims who have been in detention since December for spreading radical views online and allegedly...

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EU Sanctions Hungary, Poland, Czechs Over Refugees

The EU launched legal action Tuesday against Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic for refusing to take in their share...

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IS Chemical Attacks Down In Syria

The Islamic State group is launching fewer chemical weapons attacks in Syria as their Iraqi stronghold in Mosul, where...

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Erdogan Calls Iraqi Kurdish Referendum ‘error and Threat’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday strongly criticised the decision of the authorities in Iraq's...

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Terrified Civilians Hide From Gunfire In Mosul Pre-School

The bullets of jihadists rain down outside the Mosul kindergarten, where dozens of terrified Iraqi civilians are...

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Hundreds Sick, Two Dead In Food Poisoning At Mosul Displaced Camp

A mass food poisoning at a camp for displaced Iraqi civilians outside Mosul has left at least two dead and hundreds...