Notorious mother of IS militants killed in house collapse in Tal Afar
Female Islamic State members (representational photo). Female Islamic State members (representational photo). Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) A notorious mother of three Islamic State militants died Thursday when her house partially collapsed west of Nineveh, a local source was quoted saying. Alsumaria News quoted the source saying that “Um Daesh” (mother of the Islamic State) died under […]
Germany’s Chancellor Candidate Martin Schulz Says Trump ‘Far Worse’ Than Expected
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Chancellor candidate Martin Schulz Martin Schulz, the rival who wants to unseat Angela Merkel as chancellor in September, made headlines before the election with his criticism of Donald Trump. In an interview with DER SPIEGEL he now describes the U.S. president as a “risk to the whole world” and expresses shock over his “merciless nepotism.” The […]
Continue reading …Trump ‘pressed Mexico to stop talk of wall payments’
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US President Donald Trump urged the Mexican president to stop publicly saying he would not pay for a proposed border wall, according to transcripts. Mr Trump admonished Enrique Pena Nieto for publicly denouncing the wall during a 27 January phone call, transcripts obtained by the Washington Post show. “You cannot say that to the press,” […]
Continue reading …Military brought Pakistan on track, civilians derailed it: Pervez Musharraf
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Photo:Former Pkaistani dictator General Pervez Musharraf. (Source: Reuters) Pervez Musharraf, who toppled the civilian government of Nawaz Sharif in 1999 in a military coup, also has also been charged with involvement in the murder of two-time prime minister Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan’s former dictator Pervez Musharraf, who faces treason charges, has defended the country’s previous […]
Continue reading …Somalia economy projected to grow at of 5-7% over medium term(World Bank)
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Somalia economy projected to grow at of 5-7% over medium termSomalia’s economy is projected to grow at a steady, nominal annual rate of 5% to 7% over the medium-term, according to the second Somalia Economic Update to be published by the World Bank Group. “Mobilizing Domestic Revenue to Rebuild” assesses the prospects for domestic revenue mobilization […]
Continue reading …Photos show Air Canada flight’s horrifyingly close call at San Francisco airport
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© Artur Widak / Global Look Press An Air Canada plane attempted to land on the wrong runway at San Francisco airport recently – at one point coming within 59ft of four planes waiting below, according to photos and data released by the US National Transportation Safety Board. The Air Canada Airbus 320 from […]
Continue reading …Ayatollah Khamenei formally endorses Rouhani as president
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In a ceremony on Thursday, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei formally endorsed Hassan Rouhani as president for a second four-year tenure. The ceremony, held at the Imam Khomeini Hussainia in Tehran, was attended by Parliament speaker, Judiciary chief and other senior military and government dignitaries. In comments following the endorsement, Rouhani pledged economic growth and employment. […]
Continue reading …Al-Shabaab militants launch another vicious attack on Kenyan
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Al-Shabaab militants Photo: VOA – Al Shabaab militants have yet again attacked a town in Mandera – The militants burned two vehicles and captured another with its driver. A police officer was killed in the ambush – The militants were 50 in number and arrived in three cars from Somalia – Police and KDF are […]
Continue reading …Italy moves to end migrant crisis with naval mission and NGO crackdown
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Iuventa, a boat operated by German NGO Jugend Rettet, was impounded in Lampedusa on Wednesday. Photo: Handout/Italian police/AFP Italy on Wednesday dispatched a navy patrol boat to Libya and seized an NGO rescue ship in dramatic steps aimed at ending the migrant crisis that has engulfed Europe in recent years. The twin moves came as […]
Continue reading …More than 1200 Yazidis killed by Islamic State since 2014
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Yazidi migrants in northern Iraq. Erbil (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State militants killed 1293 members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority since they took over Iraqi territories in 2014, an official Kurdish report has said. A statistic released by the Kurdistan Region Government’s Endowments and Religious Affairs Ministry said Islamic State’s massacres of Yazidis forced nearly 360.000 of the […]
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