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Iraqi Kurds To Hold Independence Referendum On Sept 25

Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region will hold a referendum on statehood in September, its presidency said Wednesday,...

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Kagawa Injury Hits Japan World Cup Qualifying Preparations

Japan's World Cup qualifying preparations were dealt a blow Wednesday when playmaker Shinji Kagawa suffered a shoulder...

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Germany Withdraws Troops From Anti-IS Base In Turkey Row

The German government decided Wednesday to withdraw its troops from Turkey's Incirlik base near the Syrian border after...

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US Coalition Strike On Pro-Assad Forces An ‘act of Aggression’

Moscow on Wednesday condemned a US-led coalition strike on pro-regime fighters in Syria as an "act of aggression" that...

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Gulf Rivals Not Seeking Qatar ‘regime Change’

A senior Emirati official insisted on Wednesday that Gulf Arab states were not seeking regime change in Doha, as...

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Indonesians Jailed For Harbouring Uighurs, Cleared of Rocket Plot

Six Indonesian militants were jailed Wednesday for harbouring two Uighurs who entered the country to fight with...

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Germany In Turkey Row Withdraws Troops From Anti-IS Base

The German government decided Wednesday to withdraw its troops from Turkey's Incirlik base near the Syrian border after...

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US-Backed Force Gains Ground On IS In Syria’s Raqa

US-backed fighters gained ground against the Islamic State group in the streets of Raqa on Wednesday, their command...

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Gun Attacks and Suicide Bomb In Tehran, At Least Two Dead

Gunmen and a suicide bomber have carried out apparently coordinated attacks on Iran's parliament and the tomb of...

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Terror In Tehran As Parliament and Shrine Are Attacked

Several people have been injured after multiple gunmen opened fire inside Iran's parliament and a suicide bomber blew...

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Several Wounded In Attacks On Iran Parliament, Tomb

Several people were reported injured after armed men burst into Tehran's parliament building and the mausoleum of...

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Raqa Campaign Cements Rising Profile of Syria’s Kurds

Syria's Kurds were once a marginalised minority, but now they are leading the charge for the Islamic State group's Raqa...

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US-Led Coalition Strikes Pro-Regime Forces In Syria

It was the second time in less than a month that coalition forces have attacked pro-regime forces, a group of whom are...

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Syrian Army Pushes Into Raqa Province

Syria's army advanced into Raqa province Tuesday, a monitor and a military source said, on the same day US-backed...

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London and Internet Radicalised My Son

The Italian mother of London attacker Youssef Zaghba says she tried to prevent him being radicalised, "but he had...

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Trump Throws Ties With Key Ally Qatar Into Crisis

In a series of morning tweets, President Donald Trump threw Washington's relations with Doha into deep crisis on...

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Gulf Crisis Presents Opportunities, Uncertainties For Iran

Viewed from Tehran, the extraordinary spat between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours has many advantages, experts say, but...

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EU Reassures Turkey Over Its EUR3bn Migrants Package

The EU's 3-billion euro package to help migrants in Turkey will have been fully assigned to projects by the end of the...

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How Syria’s Raqa Resisted IS Rule

Secret dates, dead-drops and "bullet-free" maths lessons: these are just some of the ways residents of the Islamic...