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Iraqi forces and members of the Popular Mobilisation units advance toward al-Qaim on November 2, 2017. (AFP)   Iraqi forces on Friday entered Al-Qaim, the main town in ISIS’s last bastion in the country, military commanders said. Early Friday morning, Iraqi forces unleashed a barrage of artillery fire against militant positions inside the town, backed […]

A Guardia Civil vehicle believed to be transporting members of the deposed Catalan regional government leaving Madrid’s National Court. Photo: Javier Soriano/AFP A large chunk of Catalonia’s deposed government was behind bars early on Friday after a Spanish judge ordered the detention of eight ministers pending probes into their role in the region’s independence drive, […]

President Vladimir Putin’s cousin, estimated to be worth worth $573 million, reportedly earned nearly $100,000 per day last year. Kremlin Press Service A recent investigation revealed Mikhail Shelomov to be a part of Putin’s inner circle which has amassed almost $24 billion. Shelomov, 49, is the son of the president’s cousin who earns an official […]

US President Donald Trump has appointed Jerome Powell as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, replacing Janet Yellen, the first woman to head the country’s central bank. Powell is currently a member of the Federal Reserve Board and was appointed by Obama [Reuters] Powell is currently a member of the Federal Reserve Board and was […]

Tu-22M3 long-range bomber© The Russian Defense Ministry press service/TASS MOSCOW, November 2. /TASS/. Russia’s six Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bombers have delivered a massive strike against terrorists’ facilities in Syria, destroying their arms depots and command posts, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday. “On November 2, while providing support for the Syrian government troops in routing […]

Scientists have found a hidden chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, the first such discovery in the structure since the 19th century and one likely to spark a new surge of interest in the pharaohs. In an article published in the journal Nature on Thursday, an international team said the 30-meter (yard) void deep […]

Bin Laden was killed in a Navy Seal raid on his hideout in Pakistan [AP Photo] The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has released 470,000 files that were captured during the raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in May 2011. CIA Director Mike Pompeo said that he authorised the release of the massive trove of […]

Qaim (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi air force have destroyed an Islamic State convoy in western Anbar, intelligence sources have said. ISIS convoy. File photo  Fighter jets managed to kill the group’s so-called wali of Qaim, Abu Ahmed al-Iraqi, along with huge number of militants, the sources told Shafaq News.  The convoy was composed of ten vehicles, driven […]

Police have launched tight security measures in the capital ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s first visit to Japan since his inauguration, scheduled for Nov 5-7. Antiriot police officers gather in the square in front of the Imperial Palace Wednesday for a ceremony before going on special duty to tighten security in major facilities in […]

US Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), who branded the Russian leadership “fascist” during Senate testimony on the alleged Russian meddling in the US elections, is “yet another US lawmaker who lost his senses,” Russia’s embassy in Washington has said. US Senator Ron Wyden © Joshua Roberts / Reuters US Internet giants Facebook, Twitter and Google were […]