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Exclusive photos obtained by Al Arabiya from inside Al Masawara district reveal the extent of damages inflicted by terrorists to the infrastructure of the city. Security forces cleared out more than 90 percent of the terrorists in Awamya city in a sustained operation in the area where terrorists and wanted persons were holed up. A […]

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi authorities are holding more than 12 Islamic State-affiliated children arrested in Mosul, a government minister has said, stressing on the issue’s sensitivity. “Daesh (IS) children is a reality that we avoid discussing because it is highly sensitive, and some take it for an act of defamation,” Mohamed Shayya al-Sudani, Iraq’s Minister of […]

North Korean state media has outlined details of the country’s Guam strike plan expected to be ready by mid-August. The attack will reportedly include four missiles fired over Japan and landing within a few dozen kilometers of US territory. Continuing the heated exchange with US President Donald Trump, Pyongyang’s state media outlet KCNA said that […]

Donald Trump tweeted that his first order as president was to renovate and modernize the American nuclear arsenal, which is now stronger “than ever before,” adding that Washington will never allow any nation to surpass US power. Trump also said that he hopes the US will never have to use its nuclear weapons.The remarks follow […]

Iran President Hassan Rouhani appointed two women as vice presidents and one as a civil rights assistant in his new cabinet. In separate decrees on Wednesday, the Iranian president appointed Masoumeh Ebtekar as vice president for women and family affairs and La’aya Joneidi as vice president for legal affairs. Ebtekar was a vice president and […]

Hackers broke into the database of Kenya’s electoral commission and manipulated the results of the election, Nasa Presidential Candidate Raila Odinga has alleged. Vote counting is ongoing after Tuesday’s election where voters were asked to either re-elect President Uhuru Kenyatta or replace him with longtime opposition leader Mr Odinga. With ballots from 92 per cent […]

A man has been shot and arrested in relation to Wednesday morning’s assault when anti-terror soldiers in the northwestern suburbs of Paris were rammed into by a car, leaving six injured. French security forces have shot and arrested a man suspected of being behind an attack on a group of soldiers on Wednesday morning in […]

Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi army’s ninth armored division arrived to boundaries of Tal Afar town, west of Nineveh province, Waradana news website reported on Tuesday. “Army troops arrived to the boundaries of the town, expected to be freed from the Islamic State group later,” a army source said. An Iraqi Army helicopter hovers over an […]

North Korea’s military announced Wednesday it is considering missile strikes aimed at laying siege to Guam, home to several U.S. strategic bombers. The Korean People’s Army (KPA) stressed that it stands ready to stage an all-out armed conflict if Washington presses ahead with a preventive war against it. The saber-rattling came hours after U.S. President […]

President Uhuru Kenyatta last night took an early lead with more than half the votes counted, as challenger Raila Odinga disputed the results being released by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. At around 3:00am, President Kenyatta was leading with just over six million votes to Mr Odinga’s 5 million. That totalled to some 11.4 […]