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Somalia's 'deadliest attack ever' kills 276, injures 300

Mon Oct 16, 2017 09:40:59

At least 276 people have been killed and 300 injured by a massive truck bomb that tore through a busy shopping district of Mogadishu, the government said Monday, making it the "deadliest attack ever" to hit war-torn Somalia.

Iraqi forces take control of ‘vast’ regions in disputed Kirkuk

Mon Oct 16, 2017 07:08:30

Iraqi forces say they have taken control of “vast areas” of Kirkuk following clashes with Kurdish Peshmerga forces who had occupied the oil-rich region.

Iraqi govt.: PKK presence in Kirkuk amounts to declaration of war

Mon Oct 16, 2017 07:03:34

The Iraqi government has accused authorities of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of bringing militants from Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to the disputed oil province of Kirkuk, saying it considered the move as a "declaration of war."

Kurds block Iraqi forces access to Kirkuk's oil fields, airbase

Sun Oct 15, 2017 13:09:58

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters rejected a warning from an Iraqi paramilitary force to withdraw from a strategic junction south of Kirkuk, which controls the access to some of the region's main oilfields, a Kurdish security official told Reuters on Sunday.

Iran's Soleimani arrives in Kurdish region for talks about crisis with Baghdad

Sun Oct 15, 2017 12:44:54

Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani has arrived in Iraq's Kurdistan region for talks about the escalating crisis between the Kurdish authorities and the Iraqi government following the Kurdish independence referendum, a Kurdish official said on Sunday.

Kurdish Peshmerga refuse calls to evacuate Iraq’s Kirkuk

Sun Oct 15, 2017 08:25:50

Kurdish troops in Iraq have rejected a call from governmental forces to withdraw from a strategic location in Kirkuk’s southern region.

Trump is in no position to verify Iran’s compliance with nuclear deal: Zarif

Sun Oct 15, 2017 07:03:33

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has stressed that US President Donald Trump is in no position to verify Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal.

Macron ‘considering’ trip to Iran after Rouhani invite

Sat Oct 14, 2017 14:57:47

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone with his Iranian counterpart following US President Donald Trump's "decertification" speech on Friday

Buses inside Raqqa to transport ISIS fighters and families out- monitor

Sat Oct 14, 2017 14:34:13

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said on Saturday there were buses inside Syria's Raqqa which would be used to transport remaining ISIS fighters and their families out of the city.

Danger of war, Germany warns after Trump's move on Iran nuclear deal

Sat Oct 14, 2017 14:26:46

If the United States terminates the Iran nuclear deal or reimposes sanctions on Tehran it could result in Iran developing nuclear weapons and raise the danger of war close to Europe, Germany's foreign minister said on Saturday.

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