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Mosul Families Go Against the Tide To Return Home

Tens of thousands have flowed out of war-wracked Mosul in recent weeks, but Samir Hamid and 33 family members have...

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Somalia Wants Saudi Probe of Refugee Boat Attack

Somalia has called on the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to investigate an incident in which dozens of Somali...

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‘ Fear, Optimism Among US Muslims

In a sprawling banquet hall, Ahmed Rehab walked to a lectern facing a glittering group of diners and launched into a...

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Tourism To Food, Buddhist Thailand Hunts Halal Gold

From hotels with segregated swimming pools to jelly made from seaweed instead of pig bones, Buddhist Thailand is...

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Two Senior Yemen Rebels Survive Deadly Convoy Strike

Two senior Yemen rebels survived a Saudi-led coalition air raid on their convoy in the southwestern province of Taez...

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Death Carts Carry Family Ripped Apart By Mosul Campaign

As a convoy of wooden carts descends a hill outside Iraq's war-torn second city of Mosul, a child's foot, greyed with...

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Iraq Forces Near Mosul Mosque Where IS Declared ‘caliphate’

Elite Iraqi forces battled house by house in the Old City of Mosul on Saturday, inching towards the mosque where the...

International

US Insists Al-Jinah Raid Targeted Al-Qaeda, Not Mosque

The US has denied hitting a mosque in Syria where activists say dozens of people, mostly civilians, were killed. The...

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Rap, Stilettos and A Musical Revolution

Smokey-eyed Zulala Hashemi, standing tall in four-inch gold heels, wants to sing for women. The 18-year-old has become...

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Indian Agency Foils ISIS Plot To Kill Muslim Clerics In UP

Uttar Pradesh anti-terrorism squad (ATS) has foiled the plans of a terror module planning to target Shia clerics and...

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Morocco King Names New Premier To End Deadlock

Morocco's king on Friday appointed a new prime minister to end a political deadlock that left the North African country...

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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...

International

Yemen Migrant Boat Attack Killed 31, Says UN

The UN has confirmed the deaths of refugees after reports that 31 Somalis were killed in a helicopter gunship strike on...

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Dozens of Somali Refugees Shot Dead In Red Sea Attack

Dozens of Somali refugees including women and children have been shot dead aboard a boat on the Red Sea, Yemeni...

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Popular Saudi Cleric Banned From Twitter

A Saudi Islamic leader with more than two million Twitter followers has been banned from writing by a court that...

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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...

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US Claims Deadly Syria Strike, Denies Targeting Mosque

The US military said it carried out a deadly air strike on an Al-Qaeda meeting in northern Syria and would investigate...

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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....

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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...