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Donald Trump has issued a much anticipated tweet in response to James Comey’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, accusing the former FBI director of “false statements” and “lies,” and pointedly noting that Comey leaked the details of a meeting. “Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication…and WOW, Comey is a leaker!” Trump […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced she will form a new government with the help of her “friends” in Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, after an election debacle that saw her Conservative Party lose its parliamentary majority. On the doorstep of her official Downing Street residence, May said her government would provide certainty and […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Federal Police forces took are almost taking over Zanjili district in western Mosul, pushing closer to the Islamic State-held Old City, the service’s commander sid Friday. Lt. Gen. Shaker Jawdat said his forces were controlling 90 percent of Zanjili district, and were advancing along 10 kilometers in neighboring al-Shifa. Both districts are […]

Australian counter-terrorism police conducted pre-dawn raids in the southern city of Melbourne on Friday and were questioning three men they said were suspected of providing weapons used in a deadly siege this week claimed by ISIS. The Australian Security and Intelligence Organization joined police in carrying out search warrants on three addresses linked to Monday’s […]

U.K. General Election ends in hung parliament. PM May’s ruling Conservative party is forecast to win 318 seats and lose its parliamentary majority. Results for key seats continue to roll in.  With the bulk of seats declared in the General Election, no party has gained a clear majority and the U.K. now faces a hung […]

Passengers departing from Terminal 3 can use UAE Wallet app at smart gates Dubai: Passengers departing from Dubai International Airport can now use their smart phones at the smart gates instead of their passports as part of a new service called Smart UAE Wallet. Image Credit: Dubai Police Lt-Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim and Maj-Gen Mohammad […]

North Korea fired multiple anti-ship cruise missiles, South Korea’s military said Thursday, in an apparent display of advanced defense capacity against US military assets near the peninsula. Classified as short-range surface-to-ship cruise missiles, the projectiles lifted off from a launch site in the North’s coastal city of Wonsan and flew at least 200 kilometers with […]

They overran the base and killed soldiers at close range Armed Al-Shabab militants stormed a military encampment in Somalia on Thursday, killing close to 70 people, including government-aligned soldiers and civilians, Al-Jazeera reported. The incident took place in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, hundreds of miles northwest of the capital, Mogadishu. A number of people […]

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani says Qatar has never experienced such hostility, even from an enemy country. Qatar is not prepared to change its foreign policy to resolve a dispute with fellow Arab Gulf states and will never compromise, Qatar’s foreign minister has told Al Jazeera. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani made the […]

As fired FBI Director James B. Comey was testifying against him, President Trump told a conservative audience in Washington Thursday, “We are under siege.” Mr. Trump didn’t refer directly to Mr. Comey in his comments to the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s conference, but his remarks made clear that he believes he’s in a fight for […]