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US drone targets Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia

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US drone targets Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia

The Pentagon has acknowledged that a US drone has carried out an airstrike in Somalia against the terrorist group Al-Shabaab. There were no further details about the attack, the second since President Donald Trump expanded US strike authority. “On July 2, at approximately 7:30 am Eastern Daylight Time, US forces conducted a kinetic strike operation […]

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Three IS suicide bombers killed in attempt to attack tribal forces in Anbar

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Three IS suicide bombers killed in attempt to attack tribal forces in Anbar

Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Three Islamic State suicide bombers were killed as they attacked the Sunni tribal forces, east of Ramadi, Anbar province. Speaking to Mawazin News, Ghassan al-Eithawi, spokesperson of Al-Hashd Al-Ashaeri (Tribal Mobilization Forces), said “three attackers wearing suicide belts attempted attacking the troops deployed in Jazeerat al-Bu’ebeid region, east of Ramadi.”  Tribal fighters. File […]

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Police seize ‘enormous’ weapons stash linked to suspected G20 plot

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Police seize ‘enormous’ weapons stash linked to suspected G20 plot

Police in northern Germany detained one man suspected of plotting “significant” crimes against the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg, after finding numerous weapons at hisHamburg police reported on Sunday that Rostock police had evidence that a 30-year-old resident in their city was plotting to commit “significant crimes” in connection with the G20 international summit in […]

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Xi Jinping to meet Putin in Moscow for 3rd time this year to strike $10bn worth of deals

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Xi Jinping to meet Putin in Moscow for 3rd time this year to strike $10bn worth of deals

China’s leader is coming to Moscow for what the Russian president described as “a major event in bilateral relations.” It will be the two leaders’ third meeting this year, and deals worth $10 billion are expected to be signed this time. Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in Russia on Monday, making a two-day stop […]

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Shooting outside mosque in southern France not terror related, police say

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Shooting outside mosque in southern France not terror related, police say

Eight people including a girl were lightly wounded late Sunday in a shooting in front of a mosque in the southeast French city of Avignon, the prosecutor’s office said, ruling out terrorism. According to initial accounts taken on the spot, at least two men got out of a car around 10:30pm near the mosque and […]

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Once an enemy now an ally, Barzani pushes for independence despite Turkey

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Once an enemy now an ally, Barzani pushes for independence despite Turkey

Overlooking reactions both at home and from abroad, KRG leader Barzani has rolled up his sleeves for a referendum on independence. Barzani’s tenacity for independence is likely to mar a hard-won alliance between the KRG and Turkey, due to the latter’s stringent objection to an independent Kurdish entity on its border As in the recent […]

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China dispatches military vessels & fighter jets to warn off US warship sailing near disputed island

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China dispatches military vessels & fighter jets to warn off US warship sailing near disputed island

China has sent military vessels and warplanes to “warn off” USS Stethem, a guided-missile destroyer, that sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang. “Under the pretext of ‘freedom of navigation,’ the US side once again sent a military vessel into China’s territorial waters off […]

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Self-proclaimed “butcher” officer beheaded 50 Islamic State members in revenge by Mohamed Mostafa

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Self-proclaimed “butcher” officer beheaded 50 Islamic State members in revenge by Mohamed Mostafa

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A member of the Iraqi security forces fighting Islamic State militants in Mosul has been filmed saying he had beheaded 50 Islamic State militants, saying it was a fair payback for the group’s massacres of civilians. “FInding your brother slaughtered, or your mother slaughtered, what are you going to do?,” the man, who […]

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Pictures of Egyptian ‘homeless’ girl on Facebook lead to surprise discovery

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Pictures of Egyptian ‘homeless’ girl on Facebook lead to surprise discovery

Egyptian passersby east of Cairo recently noticed a young girl in her 20s wearing worn-out clothes and sleeping under the Abbasiyah bridge. They thought she was homeless, only to find out later that she hails from a wealthy family in El Mahalla. The surprise came when a passerby published a photo of the girl on […]

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Authorities pursue 3 car bombs, destroy 2 before reaching their targets in Damascus

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Authorities pursue 3 car bombs, destroy 2 before reaching their targets in Damascus

Damascus, SANA – After pursuing three car bombs, the authorities destroyed two of them at the Airport Road roundabout area in Damascus, while the third car bomb was surrounded in Bab Touma area where the suicide bomber driving it detonated it, killing and injuring a number of civilians. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said […]

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