Islamic State group
US to send 600 more troops to Iraq ahead of Mosul battle
Middle East
September 29, 2016
US to send 600 more troops to Iraq ahead of Mosul battle
The United States will send around 600 new troops to Iraq to assist local forces in the battle to retake…
Blast rocks Hungary’s capital, two injured
World
September 25, 2016
Blast rocks Hungary’s capital, two injured
An explosion rocked central Budapest late on Saturday, injuring two police officers, Hungarian police said on Sunday.Police have yet to…
12 killed in militant attack north of Iraq’s Tikrit: security sources
Middle East
September 24, 2016
12 killed in militant attack north of Iraq’s Tikrit: security sources
Twelve people were killed on Saturday when militants attacked a police checkpoint north of Tikrit and then detonated a car…
Iraq’s Zebari accuses ex-PM Maliki of arranging dismissal as finance minister
Middle East
September 23, 2016
Iraq’s Zebari accuses ex-PM Maliki of arranging dismissal as finance minister
Deposed Iraqi Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari on Thursday accused former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of orchestrating his removal from office,…
Policeman killed, two others injured in Sinai
Egypt
September 22, 2016
Policeman killed, two others injured in Sinai
A policeman were killed and two others injured in an attack by gunmen in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, on…
Aligned with Russia in Syria, Pentagon awkwardly treads on new terrain
Middle East
September 15, 2016
Aligned with Russia in Syria, Pentagon awkwardly treads on new terrain
For Pentagon officers who cut their teeth during the Cold War, the prospect of U.S. battlefield cooperation with Russia in…
Pope says murdered French priest a martyr, on road to sainthood
World
September 14, 2016
Pope says murdered French priest a martyr, on road to sainthood
Pope Francis said on Wednesday the French priest knifed to death at his altar by Islamist militants in July was…
Clash with Boko Haram in Niger kills five soldiers, 30 militants
Middle East
September 14, 2016
Clash with Boko Haram in Niger kills five soldiers, 30 militants
Thirty members of Boko Haram and five Nigerien soldiers have been killed in fighting in the southeastern Diffa region of…
Britain’s Libya intervention flawed, ex-PM Cameron to blame: lawmakers
World
September 14, 2016
Britain’s Libya intervention flawed, ex-PM Cameron to blame: lawmakers
Britain's 2011 military intervention in Libya, ordered by former prime minister David Cameron, relied on flawed intelligence and hastened the…
Russian plane was brought down by bomb in rear section: investigators
Egypt
September 13, 2016
Russian plane was brought down by bomb in rear section: investigators
An international committee of experts investigating the downing of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai in October 2015 has confirmed…