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India Beefs Up Security At Taj Mahal After IS Threat
India has boosted security at the Taj Mahal after a pro-Islamic State group reportedly warned of attacks in the country...
Iran Pilgrims To Join This Year’s Hajj
Iranian pilgrims will participate in this year's annual hajj, Saudi Arabia said on Friday, after an absence last year...
In Backing Syria’s Assad, Russia Looks To Outdo Iran
In Aleppo, portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin hang shoulder-to-shoulder with those of his Syrian counterpart...
US Claims Syria Strike, Denies Targeting Mosque Where 46 Killed
The US said it carried out an air strike in Syria against an Al-Qaeda meeting but denied deliberately targeting a...
Trump Vows Appeal Up To Supreme Court After Loss On Travel Ban
A defiant President Donald Trump has pledged to appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court if necessary to fight for his revised...
State Dept, Int’l Community Worried By US Budget Cuts
With his department reeling over President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts and the international community worried,...
Iraqi Soldiers Using SHUTTLECOCK Grenades To Target ISIS
The Iraqi army is giving ISIS a taste of its own medicine by bombing them with shuttlecock grenades attached to drones....
Adopting IS Tactic, Iraqi Forces Weaponise Small Drones
Inside an armoured vehicle in Mosul, a colonel scans live footage from a drone flying above the Iraqi city, hunting...
Trump, Saudi Arabia In Mutual Embrace
US President Donald Trump may not be popular in much of the Muslim world but he has been embraced by Saudi Arabia and,...
More Than 150,000 Iraqis Fled West Mosul Fighting
Iraqi authorities said Thursday that more than 150,000 people have fled fighting in and around west Mosul since...
Trump Travel Ban: US Judge Blocks New Executive Order
US District Judge Derrick Watson cited “questionable evidence” in the government’s argument that the ban was a...
US Judge Blocks New Trump Travel Ban
A federal judge in Hawaii has put President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on hold, issuing an emergency halt to the...
US Plans For Syria Include Another 1,000 Troops
Up to 1,000 additional US troops could deploy to northern Syria under provisional plans drawn up by the Pentagon, a US...
Trump’s Wall Poses A Dilemma For Hispanic Contractors
Some Hispanic business owners in the United States are offering to help build President Donald Trump's wall to keep out...
Suicide Bomb Attack In Damascus Court Kills 31 People
A suicide bomb attack in a Damascus court has left at least 31 people dead and 45 others wounded. Another suicide...
Bombs Rock Damascus As War Enters Seventh Year
Two suicide bombings hit Damascus Wednesday including an attack at a central courthouse that killed at least 32 people,...
Bringing Orphaned IS Baby Girl ‘home’ To Sudan
When Sudanese security agents came to call on businessman Alithi Yousef at his home in Khartoum, he knew immediately...
Trump’s New Travel Ban Faces Day In Court
President Donald Trump insists his amended travel ban will survive any legal challenge and it's time to see if he's...
EU Unveils Syria Reconstruction Plan
The EU unveiled an ambitious plan Tuesday to support the reconstruction of war-torn Syria, calling it a "dividend" to...