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Rawa (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State’s supreme leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has reportedly fled Iraq to Syria in a yellow taxi, the Iraqi Media News Agency reported. A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the […]

Saudi Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, deputy governor of Asir’s plane crashed in the Jarf Rida Nature Reserve which is spread around nine square kilometers , in the southwest of Saudi Arabia’s Sarawat Mountains, about 20 km northwest of Abha. Saudi Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, deputy governor of Asir’s plane crashed in the Jarf Rida Nature […]

Port operator says Berbera Free Zone will be spread across more than 12 sq km DP World Group chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem. Dubai-based DP World announced on Monday that it will develop a greenfield economic free zone in Somaliland to complement the development of the Port of Berbera. DP World Group chairman […]

A man identified in some media reports as Devin Patrick Kelley has gunned down 26 people and injured at least 20 more in an attack on Sutherland Springs Baptist Church, before he was found dead in his car. Here is what we know about the alleged attacker. @froggneal / Instagram Editor’s note: This story was […]

MA man believed to be Carles Puigdemont gestures inside the public prosecutor’s office in Brussels. Photo: AFP Catalonia’s sacked separatist leader Carles Puigdemont on Monday denounced Spain as an undemocratic country that “unjustly” jailed his colleagues, after he was freed on bail in Belgium. Puigdemont and four former ministers were released with conditions Sunday night after turning […]

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with families of Japanese abducted by North Korea, in Tokyo on Monday. From left: Hitomi Soga, Shigeo Iizuka,Abe’s wife Akie, Abe, Trump, U.S. first lady Melania, Sakie Yokota and Akihiro Arimura.  Photo: Kimimasa Mayama/Pool via AP  Declaring that North Korea was “a threat to the civilized world,” U.S. President […]

Russian riot police detain an opposition activist during a protest rally in central Moscow on November 5, 2017. (AFP Photo) Russian police detained over 400 activists in Moscow and Saint Petersburg Sunday for holding unauthorized protests against President Vladimir Putin. According to OVD-Info, a rights group that monitors detentions at Russian political protests, 412 arrests […]

Dozens of people are believed to have been killed [AFP] Multiple people have been killed inside a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, local media say. The shooting took place on Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Wilson County during the 11:00am service, local television station KSAT12 reported. According to Wilson County news, the local […]

Turkey’s Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli, left, walks with his Qatar’s counterpart Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, right, following their meeting in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. (AP Photo) Turkey’s largest defense industry project in Qatar, a helicopter flight simulation training center, officially opened Sunday. Turkish National Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli and Qatari Minister of State […]

FILE – U.S. Marines raise the American flag over the reclaimed U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu The United States has ordered all non-essential employees of its mission to Somalia to leave the capital, Mogadishu, citing “specific threat information” against them. The statement issued Saturday by the U.S. State Department relates the threat information to Mogadishu International Airport, protected […]