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Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Al-Hashd al-Shaabi militia announced, on Monday, detonating ten vehicles carrying equipment, belonging to the Islamic State, in Tal Afar, west of Mosul. The media office of al-Hashd al-Shaabi said in a statement that force from al-Hashd al-Shaabi’s 4th brigade shelled, today, al-Hamra village in Tal Afar. The shelling resulted in the burning of […]

Militant group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Somali military academy that left at least five soldiers dead. A suicide bomber has blown himself up at a military academy west of Somalia’s capital, killing at least five soldiers, a military officer says. The bomber dressed in a military uniform walked into […]

9 April 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the Security Council today condemned the bombings of two Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, which killed at least 41 people and injured more than 100 others. Speaking through his spokesperson, the Secretary-General said that he hoped “the perpetrators of this horrific terrorist act […]

The Asian man showed symptoms of fatigue, sweating and confusion at Ras Al Khaimah Airport Dubai: An Asian man was arrested recently at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport for smuggling in 115 drug capsules concealed inside his stomach. Customs officials identified the suspect as M.G. Brigadier Dr Mohammad Al Mahrazi, Director General of the Ras […]

An Egyptian lawmaker has said members of parliament are drafting a law that would ban women from wearing the burqa in government institutions after alleging the Islamic full-face veil was a “Jewish tradition”. Amna Nosseir said on Sunday that the proposed ban would be in the best interest of Egyptian society and Egypt has started banning the […]

The relatives of Amr Armanazi, the head of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC), have been reportedly granted British citizenship despite Armanazi’s role in running the Assad regime’s chemical weapons program. The U.S. government accused Armanazi of being involved in the regime’s production of sarin gas which was used in last week’s chemical […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A Counter-Terrorism officer revealed, on Sunday, that security forces stormed a building that was used by suicide bombers belonging to the Islamic State as a stronghold, west of Mosul. Colonel Hashim Fadel said in a press statement that forces from the elite Counter-Terrorism Service stormed a building that was used by dozens of […]

Alexandria’s St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral proximity after a suicide bomber blew himself up on Sunday. Policemen stopped the attacker from entering the Cathedral. (Photo: Ahram Online) Three Egyptian police officers were killed when a suicide bomber they had prevented from entering St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria blew himself up. The dead officers […]