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Colorado deputy Zackari Parrish, 29, was killed during an ‘ambush-style’ attack in Denver. A New Year’s Eve domestic disturbance call sparked an “ambush-style” attack that left one deputy dead, four others injured and two civilians wounded at an apartment complex just south of Denver. The suspect fired off around 100 rounds with a rifle at […]

At least 18 people have been killed in a bombing at a funeral ceremony in eastern Afghanistan, according to local media. The attack was condemned as “an evil act” [Zabihullah Ghazi/Anadolu] The blast on Sunday took place as people gathered to pay respects to a former district chief in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, Pajhwok […]

Government officials and experts here are paying keen attention to what message North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will deliver during his New Year address. Kim Jong-Un How the situation will develop around the Korean Peninsula in 2018 could depend on the contents of his address, because a year’s tasks announced in the leader’s New Year […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel will tell Germans that European co-operation is “the decisive question of the coming years” in a New Year’s Eve broadcast Sunday, as her conservatives eye tricky coalition talks. Photo: DPA Merkel will say that “27 states in Europe must be persuaded more strongly than ever to hold together as a community,” according […]

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has rejected a request by Turkish President over the border exits, a parliamentarian source said on Sunday. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (left) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Tukey. Speaking to Baghdad Today on Sunday, the source said “Kurdistan Region’s premier, […]

DAMASCUS — Two mass graves containing dozens of bodies of civilians and Syrian troops killed by the Daesh terror group extremists have been found in the west of Raqqa province, state news agency SANA reported Friday. Syrian forces excavate a site, said to be a mass grave by state news agency SANA, west of Raqqa […]

North Korea has released stamps celebrating the recent launch of the Hwasong-15 ICBM, which it claims is capable of hitting the US mainland. Apart from the missile, the stamps show the North Korean leader overseeing the test. North Korea fired the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which splashed down in the Sea of Japan, in […]

An Iranian woman raises her fist amid the smoke of tear gas at the University of Tehran during a protest. (AFP)  Latest Iranian reports from Iran said that three people have been killed and others were injured when the Revolutionary Guard militias shot a night protest in ‎Doroud, Loerstan province, in central Iran. Opposition websites […]

US President Donald Trump stressed his country’s full solidarity with Egypt in its war against terrorism in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi hours after Friday’s terrorist attack on a Coptic church south of Cairo, which killed nine and injured five, a statement by the Egyptian Presidency read. In an official statement, […]

Demonstrators expressed their rejection of corruption and repression, calling for “dictator” Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to stand down. Iranian protests across several cities continued throughout Friday night. Demonstrators expressed their rejection of corruption and repression, calling for “dictator” Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to stand down. Economic protests began Thursday, sparked by social media posts and a […]