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US Urges UN Council To Focus On ‘chief Culprit’ Iran

The United States on Thursday urged the UN Security Council to devote less attention to the Israeli-Palestinian...

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US Accuses Iran of ‘alarming Provocations’ Amid Nuclear Tensions

The US secretary of state has accused Iran of "alarming ongoing provocations" aimed at destabilising the Middle East...

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Satellite Dishes Reconnect Post-IS Mosul To World

Satellite dishes have been sprouting on the rooftops of east Mosul since it was retaken from the Islamic State group,...

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US Accuses Iran of ‘alarming Provocations’ Amid Nuclear Tensions

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has accused Iran of “alarming ongoing provocations” aimed at destabilising the...

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Mike Pence Praises Indonesia’s Moderate Islamic Culture

US Vice President Mike Pence Thursday praised Indonesia's moderate form of Islam as 'an inspiration' at the start of a...

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Pence Praises Moderate Islam In Indonesia In Bid To Heal Divisions

US Vice President Mike Pence Thursday praised Indonesia's moderate form of Islam as "an inspiration" at the start of a...

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Proud of Former President Rawlings Blasting Trump

Let me start by stating that I personally don’t know the former president, so this is not an article in support of a...

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US Accuses Iran of ‘alarming Provocations’

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has accused Iran of "alarming ongoing provocations" aimed at destabilising the...

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Pence To Tour Indonesia’s Largest Mosque In Outreach To Muslims

US Vice President Mike Pence will visit the largest mosque in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation --...

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Iraqi Forces Treated For Chemical Exposure

Several Iraqi troops required medical treatment following a chemical weapons attack by the Islamic State group over the...

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Iran Guards Member Begins Work As Iraq Ambassador

In a sign of the growing regional influence of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, a close advisor to its foreign operations...

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Security Forces Deny Access To Site of US Blast In Afghanistan

Security forceswere still blocking accessWednesday to the site in eastern Afghanistan where the US dropped a massive...

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US Pentagon Chief Meets Saudi King With Iran In Focus

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis met Saudi King Salman on Wednesday, beginning a series of talks to reinvigorate the...

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Sombre Mood As Iraq’s Yazidis Mark New Year

Thousands of Yazidis flocked to a shrine in northern Iraq to mark the New Year on Wednesday, in the minority's biggest...

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In Mosul, Iraqi Snipers Track Jihadists Around the Clock

A few hundred metres from an iconic mosque in west Mosul, Iraqi sniper Salah al-Zuheiri has his eye glued to his scope...

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Mattis In Riyadh To Boost US-Saudi Alliance

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both...

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Australian Military Advisers ‘hit With Mustard Gas’ In Iraq By ISIS

Australian military advisers have reportedly been hit by an Islamic State gas attack in Iraq. On Sunday, the advisers...

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Oil Output Cuts Pressure Mideast Economic Growth

Economic growth in Saudi Arabia and most other Arab oil exporters will slow this year following production cuts aimed...

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IS Attacked Iraq Forces With Chemical Weapons

The Islamic State group used chemical weapons against Iraqi forces taking part in the operation to recapture Mosul,...