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Iraqi, Kurdish forces battling to retake two ISIL-held towns

Fri Aug 22, 2014 16:59:37

Iraqi government forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters launched attacks to recapture two towns in the north from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Friday.

ISIL terrorists could have already entered US: Texas Gov.

Fri Aug 22, 2014 16:10:30

Texas Governor Rick Perry sounded the alarm on Thursday over the “very real possibility” that terrorists associated with the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and other extremist groups have already snuck into the United States via its border with Mexico.

Watch shark captured by fisherman swallowed by terrifying monster

Fri Aug 22, 2014 12:47:26

Scared of going in the ocean because you are frightened of sharks? Don't worry, there is a lot worse out there.

Ontario university students' union joins BDS to boycott Israel

Fri Aug 22, 2014 11:43:32

The Canadian Federation of Student's Ontario branch has decided to join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement against Israel.

470 Gaza kids killed, over 370,000 need psychosocial aid: UNICEF

Fri Aug 22, 2014 10:18:59

Nearly 470 children have been killed and over 3,000 injured in Gaza since the start of the Israeli offensive, a senior UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official said, adding that more than 370,000 Palestinian kids require “immediate psychosocial first aid.”

Syria war death toll tops 180,000: Observatory

Fri Aug 22, 2014 09:47:29

The death toll from Syria’s war has topped 180,000 people and could be as high as a quarter-million, a leading opposition group says.

Israeli strikes kill senior Hamas commanders

Fri Aug 22, 2014 09:39:38

Israeli warplanes have assassinated three top Hamas commanders in southern Gaza after failing to kill its top military chief.

Syria army ‘wipes out’ dozens of ISIL terrorists in Raqqa

Fri Aug 22, 2014 09:19:10

Syria’s government troops have killed dozens of ISIL Takfiri terrorists in heavy clashes around the Tabqa military airport in Raqqa province.

America’s top general calls for fighting ISIL in Iraq and Syria

Fri Aug 22, 2014 08:24:55

America’s top general says the terrorist group ISIL can be contained and eventually defeated, but only if it is engaged in Syria and not just in Iraq.

UN rights chief slams UNSC inaction over global conflicts

Fri Aug 22, 2014 08:06:18

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights strongly condemns the UN Security Council for placing "geopolitical considerations" above the "collective interest."

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