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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...