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Iraq Paramilitaries Say Mass Grave of Hundreds Found
Iraqi paramilitary forces announced Saturday that they had discovered a mass grave at Badush prison near Mosul...
Eight Iraqis Saved From Refrigerated Truck In Spain
Eight Iraqis, including four children, were found crammed inside a refrigerated truck in a service area in eastern...
Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Dealt First Court Setback
A federal judge in Wisconsin dealt the first legal blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on Friday,...
Fear and Hunger In Iraq’s West Mosul
The luckiest of west Mosul's residents under Islamic State group rule had tomato concentrate. Potatoes were an almost...
Another Legal Challenge To Revised Trump Travel Ban
President Donald Trump's revamped travel ban faced another legal challenge Friday when the American Civil Liberties...
Iraq Says No Sign of IS Chemical Weapons Use In Mosul
Iraq's UN envoy said Friday there was no evidence that the Islamic State group had used chemical weapons in the battle...
Iraq Battles IS In Mosul, Commander Says Resistance Weakening
Iraqi special forces battled the Islamic State group on Friday in west Mosul, where a commander said jihadist...
Mosul Church Turned Into IS Religious Police Base
The elegant columns of a west Mosul church stand plastered with Islamic State group propaganda after the jihadists'...
More US States Challenge Trump Travel Ban
Three US states have joined Hawaii in a legal challenge against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban. Mr Trump...
More US States Challenge Trump Travel Ban
Three US states have joined Hawaii in a legal challenge against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban. Mr Trump...
US Sends Marines To Support Raqqa Assault
The US has sent 400 additional troops to Syria to support an allied local force aiming to capture the so-called Islamic...
Amal Clooney Urges Iraq To Allow Probe of IS Crimes
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Thursday urged Iraq to agree to a UN investigation of atrocities committed by the...
US Deploys More Troops In Syria, Turning Up Heat On IS
The United States turned up the heat on the Islamic State group Thursday, sending an additional 400 US troops into...
Tired But Happy, Iraqis Finally Escape Mosul Jihadists
Civilians rush down a hillside on the outskirts of Mosul to waiting Iraqi forces, tired but happy after finally being...
Suicide Bombers Kill 26 At Iraq Wedding Celebration
Two suicide bombers attacked a celebration being held the night before a wedding north of Baghdad, killing 26 people, a...
IS Leader Baghdadi ‘flees Mosul’ As Iraqi Forces Advance
Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to...
British Former War Reporter Jailed In Bali Drugs Case
A British former war correspondent will be released from a Bali prison in a matter of months after being handed a short...
IS Hopes To Hold Onto Shreds of ‘caliphate’
The Islamic State group has lost most of the land it once held in Iraq and Syria but hopes to cling to scraps of a...
Lebanon Raids Financial Offices Over Transfers To IS
Lebanese authorities carried out raids Wednesday against currency exchange offices and money transfer companies on...