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Terror group battles security forces for nearly an hour in Kirkuk KIRKUK, Iraq: One security officer was killed and two others injured in an ambush by Daesh terrorists in northern Iraq, police sources said Monday. […]

‘Despite the oppression they face, Iranians are fighting to reclaim their rights,’ U.S. president says WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump slammed the Iranian government Monday in a message marking Nowruz, the Persian new year. “Twenty-five centuries […]

Israeli forces take group’s regional chief to unknown location after arresting him in West Bank RAMALLAH, Palestinian: Israeli soldiers detained a regional head of the Islamic Jihad group in a raid late Monday in the […]

Iraq suffers from acute financial crisis due to dropped oil prices and anti-terrorism expenses BAGHDAD: Hundreds of Iraqis staged a sit-in in Baghdad on Sunday to protest deteriorating services in the capital’s eastern part. Protesters […]

Civilians gather at Afrin town center and celebrate victory AFRIN, Syria: Locals in northwestern Syria’s Afrin on Sunday welcomed Turkish Armed Forces and Free Syrian Army (FSA) with open arms. Turkish forces took complete control […]

Team of experts from OPCW to visit UK on Monday LONDON: Russia had “nothing to do” with the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, said the country’s ambassador to the […]

UAE foreign minister arrived in Cairo Sunday for talks with Egyptian officials CAIRO: Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday reiterated their rejection of attempts to harm the stability of the Arab countries. […]

Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg called to testify before parliament LONDON: A U.K. lawmaker has accused Facebook and data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica of misleading the members of the parliament in a testimony, after revelations of […]