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IS Downs Iraqi Helicopter Over Mosul, Killing Two

The Islamic State group shot down an Iraqi helicopter that was supporting federal police forces in Mosul, killing two...

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Mosul Humanitarian Crisis Deepens As Displacement Peaks

The fighting in west Mosul has forced up to 15,000 people to flee their homes every day recently, straining...

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US Threatens Unilateral Action If UN Fails To Act On Syria

The United States warned Wednesday that it could take unilateral action if the United Nations fails to respond to a...

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Afghan Activists Urge Progress In ICC War Crimes Probe

Afghan human rights groups urged the International Criminal Court on Wednesday to speed up a war crimes probe in their...

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Iraq Urges Residents In IS-Held Areas To Shelter At Home

Iraq's military on Wednesday urged residents to shelter in their homes in jihadist-held areas of Mosul, where its bid...

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Suicide Bombers Kill 31 In Iraq’s Tikrit

An attack by suicide bombers in the Iraqi city of Tikrit killed at least 31 people and wounded at least 42, army and...

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Syria Chemical ‘attack’: Russia Blames Rebel Weapons

Russia says that a chemical gas that killed and injured dozens of civilians in a rebel-held town in northern Syria came...

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Russia Blames Rebels For Syria Gas Attack

Russia says that chemical gas that killed and injured dozens of civilians in a rebel-held town in northern Syria came...

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Civilians Killed In Attack Iraq’s Tikrit

At least 26 people have been killed and 40 wounded in an attack by Islamic State militants in the Iraqi city of Tikrit,...

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Tragedy of Suspected Chemical Attack Seeps Into Syria Conference

For Diaeddin Al Zamel, the call to save Syria at a EU-UN conference in Brussels was not supposed to be a punch to the...

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Syria Chemical Attack Kills 58 People

At least 58 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in...

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Trump Son-In-Law Kushner Visits Iraq, Meets PM

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner visited Baghdad Monday with the US's top military...

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US Conducts Around 20 More Strikes In Yemen

US aircraft have conducted about 20 additional air strikes on Al-Qaeda in Yemen in recent days, the Pentagon said...

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Somali Pirates Seize Indian Ship, 11 Crew Members

Somali pirates have seized an Indian cargo ship and 11 crew members, the ship's owner said Monday, as a recent series...

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India Ship Hijacked In New Attack

Piracy off the coast of Somalia has fallen sharply in recent years Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian cargo ship...

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Somalia Piracy: India Ship Hijacked In New Attack

Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian cargo ship off the coast of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, officials...

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Somali Pirates “seize India Cargo Ship”

Piracy off the coast of Somalia has fallen sharply in recent years Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian cargo ship...

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Mali Peace Conference Urges Talks With Islamist Groups

Mali’s government should start talks with the leaders of two Islamist groups that have staged deadly attacks on...

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How To Save A Life While Under Fire In Afghanistan

It was first used by the armies of the Roman Empire. Centuries later, the tourniquet is buying casualties in...