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BAIJI, Iraq, Oct 16, (Agencies): Iraqi forces defused booby traps and hunted down holdout jihadists in the strategic Baiji area Friday as part of their …
Read More »Iraqi forces in huge anti-rebel push in Baiji
International
4 Iraqis in Switzerland charged for alleged ‘terror’ plot
GENEVA, Oct 16, (AP): Switzerland’s top prosecutor has filed charges accusing four Iraqis linked to the radical Islamic State group of plotting terror attacks in …
Read More »Fire set to Jewish shrine in West Bank – Palestinian in press vest shot dead after ‘stabbing’ a so
HEBRON, West Bank, Oct 16, (AP): A Palestinian man wearing a yellow “press” vest stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier in the West Bank city …
Read More »At least 36 killed in Nigeria attacks – Some 1,350 people killed since Buhari came to power
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Oct 16, (Agencies): At least 36 people have been killed in multiple suicide attacks in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state at a mosque and …
Read More »UAE claims right to enrich uranium
WASHINGTON, Oct 16, (Agencies): Amid fears of an atomic arms race in the Middle East, a senior United Arab Emirates official has told a top …
Read More »Syrian army, Russian jets target towns north of Homs
BEIRUT/AMMAN, Oct 15, (Agencies): Syrian troops and their allies, backed by Russian jets, attacked rebel-held towns north of the city of Homs on Thursday, targeting …
Read More »Israelis ‘arm’ themselves after deadly knife attacks – Israel accuses Abbas of incitement
JERUSALEM, Oct 15, (Agencies): Israeli security forces deployed massively in Jerusalem Thursday as Jews armed themselves with everything from guns to broomsticks, rattled by a …
Read More »Obama to keep military in Afghanistan beyond 2016 – Nigeria welcomes US troops for Cameroon over Boko Haram
WASHINGTON, Oct 15, (Agencies): President Barack Obama will keep 5,500 US troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, according to senior administration officials, …
Read More »Hajj toll 1,621
DUBAI, UAE, Oct 14, (AP): The toll in the deadliest tragedy to ever strike the annual Hajj pilgrimage rose Wednesday to at least 1,621 people …
Read More »Iran deploys troops to Syria – Deployment under cover of Russian air campaign
BEIRUT, Oct 14, (Agencies): Iran has sent hundreds of troops into northern and central Syria in the first such open deployment in the country’s civil …
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