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A senior ISIS leader was killed in a Thursday night helicopter raid in northeast Syria, where four servicemembers and their dog was injured, U.S. Central Command tweeted Friday. The troops and the dog are being treated in Iraq. They are all reportedly…
A Norwegian, he handed over NATO plans and other secrets in one of the Cold War’s biggest espionage scandals. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Politicians and human rights groups demand justice for Tiba al-Ali after father’s confessionThe death of a young YouTube star at the hands of her father has sparked outrage in Iraq, as so-called “honour” killings continue in the conservative country.Ti…
Unidentified attackers fired eight rockets at a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, the Counter-Terrorism Group, a security organisation in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, has announced.
The problem is driving up temperatures in what is already one of the hottest cities in the world, where air-conditioning is a luxury only the rich can afford.
Rivers and lakes that have nurtured communities since civilisation’s dawn are drying up, as drought leads to hunger, displacement and simmering conflictSmall gangs of buffaloes sat submerged in green and muddy waters. Their back ridges rose over the su…
Lawyers demand support from Australia for five victims of Khaled Sharrouf in test case for international law on torture survivorsFive Yazidi women held as slaves by an Islamic State fighter are appealing to the UN to intervene in their case for comp…
Sculptor Michael Rakowitz says he will give his fourth-plinth bull to Tate Modern if Iraq can share custodyThe Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz has proposed in a letter to the British Museum that it return one of its ancient Assyrian treasures to…
Two people were killed and 80 more injured in a stampede ahead of a soccer match in the Iraqi city of Basra on Thursday. The stampede took place near the Jaza’a Al Nakhla Stadium, where Iraq and Oman were set to play in the Persian Gulf Cup final.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani defended the presence of US forces in the country setting no timetable for their withdrawal.