UK Warns More To Do To Combat IS After Mosul Victory
Britain's Defence Minister Michael Fallon praised Iraq on Sunday for defeating the Islamic State group in Mosul but warned that ...
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Ghanaian Named First Black Equerry By Queen Elizabeth
A Ghanaian-born officer from the British Household Cavalry, Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, has been appointed by Queen Elizabeth II to ...
Mosul Loss Huge, But Not Deadly, Blow To ‘caliphate’
Mosul was the largest city in the "caliphate" proclaimed by the Islamic State group and its loss is a huge ...
Iraq’s Second City and Cultural Jewel
Mosul, wrested from the Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday, is Iraq's second city and one of its cultural jewels. ...
The Islamic State Group In Iraq, Syria
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Sunday in the "liberated" city of Mosul, the Islamic State group's last urban ...
Iraq PM Declares Victory In ‘liberated’ Mosul
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory in the "liberated" city of Mosul on Sunday, his office said, after a ...
Nine Kenyans Beheaded By Somali Al-Shabaab Terrorists
Al-Shabaab extremists from neighbouring Somalia beheaded nine civilians in an attack on a village in Kenya, officials said, adding to growing ...
Exhausted and Mourning, Families Emerge From Mosul Ruins
With the battle to retake Iraq's Mosul from the Islamic State group drawing to an end, dozens of women and ...
Queen Elizabeth Picks Ghanaian For Top Post At Buckingham Palace
The Queen of England has picked the first black man to hold the role of equerry, one of the most ...
Ghanaian Named First Black Equerry By Queen Elizabeth
A Ghanaian-born officer from the British Household Cavalry, Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, has been appointed by Queen Elizabeth II to ...
Syria Ceasefire Zone A US ‘priority’
A ceasefire set to take effect in southwest Syria on Sunday is a US priority and an important step toward ...
Mosul Victory Imminent, US Says, As Iraqi Forces Celebrate
Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul, a US general said Saturday, ...
Mosul Victory Announcement ‘imminent’
Iraqi authorities will imminently announce a final victory in the battle to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State group, a ...
IS Fighters Killed Trying To Flee West Mosul
A group of jihadists tried to escape across the Tigris River from west Mosul where they hold a dwindling pocket ...
Mosul Becomes ‘graveyard’ For Foreign Jihadists
The decaying bodies of foreign jihadists are piling up among the ruins of Mosul where the last few dozen Islamic ...
N. Korea Military Options A ‘long Way Away’
Military options against North Korea are a "long way away," Britain's defense minister Michael Fallon said Friday after meeting with ...
US-Led Strikes Claim Another 119 Civilian Lives
A review of past air and artillery strikes has found that another 119 civilians were killed by the US-led coalition ...
IS Kills Two Iraqi TV Journalists South of Mosul
Two Iraqi journalists working for Hona Salaheddin television in a village south of Mosul were killed by the Islamic State ...
Anti-IS Forces Struggle To Gain Ground In Raqa
US-backed forces struggled to gain ground against the Islamic State group in Syria's Raqa on Friday, facing a wave of ...
IS On ‘last Legs’ In Mosul
The Islamic State group is on the verge of defeat in its former Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, where the jihadists ...