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TIKRIT, Iraq, May 13, (Agencies): Shooting and bomb attacks claimed by Islamic State killed at least 16 people in northern Iraq on Friday, days after …
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Top Hezb commander killed
BEIRUT, May 13, (Agencies): Hezbollah’s top military commander Mustafa Badreddine has been killed in a blast at a base near Damascus airport, the Lebanese Shi’ite …
Read More »Tunisia arrests 37 suspects including several IS jihadists – Tunis gets US military hardware to bolster security
TUNIS, May 13, (AFP): The Tunisian government said Thursday that 37 suspects, including several jihadists linked to the Islamic State group, had been arrested in …
Read More »China, US in bid to calm tensions – Personal data of Chinese elites purportedly leaked on Twitter
BEIJING, May 13, (Agencies): Seeking to calm escalating tensions in the South China Sea, top generals from China and the US spoke by phone and …
Read More »US grapples with DAESH surge – Strategy firm
WASHINGTON, May 12, (Agencies): The Obama administration is grappling with a renewed show of force by Islamic State militants as they advanced again toward the …
Read More »Trump even with Clinton in national poll – Speaker Ryan ‘encouraged’ after meeting
WASHINGTON, May 12, (Agencies): Republican Donald Trump pulled even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Wednesday, in a dramatic …
Read More »India … Iran rank ‘worst’ – Pollution up
GENEVA, May 12, (Agencies): India is home to four of the five cities in the world with the worst air pollution, the World Health Organization …
Read More »Iran won’t attend Hajj in S.Arabia – Latest sign of tensions between 2 ME powers
TEHRAN, Iran, May 12, (Agencies): Iran will not send pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year for the annual hajj pilgrimage, an Iranian offi cial said …
Read More »Sub-committees on Yemen end peace talks in Kuwait – Suicide bomber strikes Yemen military convoy, kills at least 3
KUWAIT CITY, May 11, (Agencies): Yemen’s subcommittees dealing with UN-sponsored peace talks concluded their discussions Wednesday, on issues ranging from a political solution to the …
Read More »Dozens of ‘terror’ suspects among refugees
BERLIN, May 11, (Agencies): German authorities are investigating 40 cases in which Islamic militants are suspected of having entered the country with the recent flood …
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