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A member of the Iraqi Army’s 9th Armoured Division walks among debris at the yard of a destroyed building at the frontline in western Mosul, Iraq June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis Annah (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Army/ Iraqi forces invaded on Wednesday the first of three Islamic State bastions in western Anbar and near the borders with […]

President Moon Jae-in is drumming up international support for Seoul’s efforts to seek a peaceful solution to the North Korea nuclear issue through a series of summits with foreign leaders in New York City.Moon had talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May, Czech President Milos Zeman and Senegalese President Macky Sall on the sidelines of […]

The Somali ostrich, Struthio molybdophanes, is listed as “vulnerable” by IUCN.WIKIMEDIA, DONNA BROWN Species within the “Goldilocks zone”—neither too big nor too small—have the lowest risk of extinction, while very large and very small animals are at greatest risk, according to a study published yesterday (September 18) in PNAS. “Surprisingly, we found that not only the largest of all […]

Photo: AFP French authorities evacuated hundreds of migrants from a wood on the northern coast near Calais on Tuesday over fears it could become a magnet for others hoping to head to Britain. Some 350 men, women and children, most of them Iraqi Kurds, had been living for weeks in squalid conditions in the wood […]

26 jewellery showrooms raided; jewelleries were inscribed with the fake international trademarks Image Credit: Abu Dhabi Police Some of the counterfeit gold jewellery pieces seized during raids on showrooms in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police confiscated 27 kilogram of counterfeit gold jewellery in the local market here involving 26 gold jewellery showrooms. The […]

Rohingya Muslums sit in a temporary refugee camp after losing their homes during the violence in the Rakhine state. Speaking during the United Nations General Assembly in New York late Tuesday, world leaders condemned Myanmar’s oppression and violence against its Muslim minority. Regarding the violence and oppression against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority, President Recep Tayyip […]

Reports are now indicating severe damage in various parts of Mexico City after two earthquakes that struck simulataneously at 1:14pm today. There have been no reports of fatalities or injuries but several buildings have collapsed in various parts of the city and severe structural damage to others in La Roma, Condesa and Del Valle. The […]

Trump: ‘Rocket Man’s suicide mission’ US President Donald Trump has told the UN General Assembly that America would destroy North Korea if forced to defend itself or its allies. In his debut speech, he mocked North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, saying: “Rocket man is on a suicide mission.” North Korea has tested nuclear bombs and […]

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) speaks with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meet ahea of the UN’s General Assembly in NY, US, September 19, 2017. (Reuters) Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met for the first time in public in what Egypt said was part of an effort […]

People watch footage of the launch of a Hwasong-12 rocket in Pyongyang. Photo: AFP Spain on Monday ordered North Korea’s ambassador to leave the country by September 30th in protest over Pyongyang’s nuclear tests, which it has criticised as “a serious threat to peace”. “Today, the ambassador of North Korea DPRK in Spain has been […]