New Chief of Staff John Kelly A Retired Marine General
John Kelly, US President Donald Trump's new chief of staff, is a retired Marine Corps general who had been serving ...
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World Jihad’s Low-Profile Boss
Discreet in his youth and invisible as the world's most wanted man, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose through the ranks quietly ...
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. ...
To Talk Or Not To Talk To North Korea?
Nuclear-armed North Korea has muscled its way onto the agenda of the G20 leaders' annual summit in Germany Thursday, with ...
Iraqis Mark First Anniversary of Devastating Baghdad Blast
Iraqis still reeling from a devastating suicide bombing that killed over 320 people in central Baghdad gathered Sunday at the ...
Kurdish Designers Bring Fight With IS To Paris Catwalk
Dilan Lurr and his sister Lezan often ask themselves where would they be now if their parents had not left ...
Saudi, Iraq Hail ‘leap’ In Ties After Abadi Visit
Saudi Arabia and Iraq have made a "qualitative leap" in relations, they said Tuesday after a visit by Prime Minister ...
Iran Protests Against Tillerson ‘transition’ Remarks
Iran has called in the Swiss charge d'affaires, who looks after US interests, to protest against comments by Secretary of ...
Russia ‘may Have Killed IS Head Baghdadi’
Russia's defence ministry is investigating whether one of its air strikes in Syria killed the leader of the Islamic State ...
Kurdish Referendum Would Distract From IS Fight, US Warns
The United States on Thursday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence referendum could ...
Does India Risk Hague Return For Gogoi’s ‘war Crimes’ In Kashmir?
As news broke that India's army had commended a senior officer who tied a Kashmiri man to a jeep and ...
Broadway Comedy Musical Tells the Story of the 2003 Iraq War
A musical comedy based on the intelligence failures which led to the war in Iraq has opened Off-Broadway. 'Baghdaddy' the ...
New York Turns Iraq War Into Musical
The Iraq war may not sound like musical comedy, but an Off-Broadway revival is spinning intelligence failures and tragedy into ...
Ridding the World of Chemical Weapons
Russia criticised the world's chemical weapons watchdog for not sending experts to the site of an alleged chemical attack in ...
N. Korea May Be Capable of Sarin-Loaded Missile Attack
North Korea may have the capacity to launch a warhead loaded with sarin nerve gas, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...
N. Korea May Be Capable of Sarin-Loaded Missile Attack
North Korea may have the capacity to launch a warhead loaded with sarin nerve gas, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...
Mosul’s Sudanese Eye Homecoming
They're not Iraqis but they suffered under jihadist rule just like other Mosul residents. Now they have lost everything they ...
Australia Wheat Board Chairman Punished Over Iraq ‘kickback’
The former chairman of an Australian wheat firm was fined Aus$50,000 (US$37,500) Monday and banned from managing a corporation for ...
Iran’s Rouhani Says Trump Abetting Syria ‘terrorists’
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that "terrorists" were applauding his US counterpart Donald Trump for launching a missile ...
Lethal Nerve Gas That Kills In Minutes
The United States believes the Syrian government employed a sarin-like nerve agent in Tuesday's deadly attack in the country's northwest. ...