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Trump Asks Supreme Court To Reinstate Muslim Travel Ban

President Donald Trump's administration asked the US Supreme Court on Thursday to reinstate its controversial ban on...

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Iraq Play First Post-Ban Friendly At Home

Iraq faced Jordan in the southern city of Basra on Thursday in their first match at home since football's governing...

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Bahrain Follows Trump Trip With Dissent Crackdown

Authorities in Bahrain have clamped down on dissent in the wake of US President Donald Trump's visit to the Gulf last...

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Iraq Forces Move On IS In Mosul But Civilians Slow Advance

Iraqi forces are advancing on the last areas of Mosul held by the Islamic State group but the presence of large numbers...

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US-Led Strike Kills Founder of IS Propaganda Agency

A US-led coalition air strike on eastern Syria has killed a founder of the Islamic State group's notorious Amaq...

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Britain’s May In Saudi Arabia Seeking Deals

British Prime Minister Theresa May held talks with Saudi officials on Tuesday, hoping to tap the oil-rich kingdom's...

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Twelve-Year-Old Melbourne Schoolgirl Killed In Baghdad Bombing

A 12-year-old Australian schoolgirl was among 17 people killed in a car bomb attack on an ice-cream parlour in Baghdad...

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Question On Saudi Democracy Gives State Dept Pause

US officials came out Tuesday to praise and defend President Donald Trump's first Middle East tour, but one question...

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US-Backed Arab Fighters Advance Outside Syria’s Raqa

A US-backed battalion of Syrian Arab fighters edged closer to the outskirts of the Islamic State group stronghold of...

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Baghdad Blasts Kill 27 As Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul

Two bombings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 100 in Baghdad, officials said Tuesday, as Iraqi forces...

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Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least Five

A car bomb exploded near one of Baghdad's main bridges on Tuesday, killing at least five people, security and medical...

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Fear, Confusion As Philippine Muslim City Burns

Four hungry chickens clawed at rubbish in a deserted street that smelt of corpses as military helicopters skimmed the...

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Suicide Bomber Kills Eight At Baghdad Ice Cream Shop

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop, killing at least eight...

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UN Warns 200,000 At Grave Risk In Last Stages of Mosul Battle

Up to 200,000 civilians caught between fanatical jihadists and advancing Iraqi forces are in grave danger in the final...

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MI5 Launches Internal Probe As Manchester Marks Week Since Attack

Britain's MI5 intelligence service has launched an internal probe into whether vital clues were missed ahead of the...

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Thousands of Motorcyclists Pay Tribute In Peaceful Washington Rumble

Tens of thousands of motorcyclists rumbled through the heart of Washington on Sunday in an annual "Rolling Thunder"...

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Civilian Deaths A ‘fact of Life’ In War On IS, Pentagon Head Says

Civilian casualties are inevitable in the war against the Islamic State group but the United states is doing...

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Anti-Jihadist Ramadan Advert Goes Viral

A video advertisement that depicts a would-be suicide bomber confronted by the faithful has gone viral two days into...

International

19 Dead As Troops Fight ISIL-Linked Groups

Fighters locked in street-to-street battles with security forces in a southern Philippine city on Mindanao island have...