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Two people were injured Monday when shots were fired near a mosque in Bayonne in southwest France, police said, adding the suspected gunman has been arrested. The 84-year-old attacker, a former soldier, shot at people inside the mosque while people were praying, injuring two elderly men who were taken to hospital with serious injuries, according […]

A demonstration on Thursday in central Baghdad. Iraqis have taken to the streets this week to protest corruption and unemployment. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi has declared three days of mourning as deadly protests have swept over several provinces, including the capital Baghdad, since October 1. The mourning period will start […]

L FILE PHOTO: Iraqi youth watch the news of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi death, in Najaf, Iraq October 27, 2019 ©  Reuters / Alaa al-Marjani While Russia still has no independent confirmation that US forces have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Donald Trump is due credit if they did, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s […]

THA Photo Turkish security forces on Monday detained 20 suspects linked to Daesh terror group in capital Ankara. All detainees held in the anti-terror operation were foreign nationals. The suspects were detained in a joint operation by counter-terrorism units of the provincial police department and the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), a source said. They were […]

Hasaka, SANA- Syrian Arab Army units continued to deploy to the Syrian-Turkish borders in Hasaka northern countryside from Ras al-Ayn eastern countryside in the west reaching al-Qamishli in the east and they fixed their posts on an axis that extends about 90 km while the other army units are continuing deployment in other areas in […]

Claudia López Within minutes of voting stations closing at 4:00 pm across Colombia, the independent candidate of the Alianza Verde/Polo coalition, Claudia López maintained her lead with Bogotá voters. In keeping with the polls during a 45-day campaign, the 49-year old politician and former vice-presidential candidate won a decisive victory with 35% of the vote […]

PERONIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ALBERTO FERNÁNDEZ GESTURES TO SUPPORTERS AFTER INCUMBENT PRESIDENT MAURICIO MACRI CONCEDED DEFEAT. | AP/NATACHA PISARENKO  Alberto Fernández triumphantly took to the stage on Sunday night, after winning election as Argentina’s next president. Thanking Argentines onstage at his party’s bunker in Chacarita, the former Cabinet chief paid homage to late Néstor Kirchner and said […]

  In this undated filer image grab taken from a video released by Al-Furqan media on April 29, 2019, the chief of Daesh terror group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appears for the first time in 5 years in a propaganda video in an unknown location. (AFP Photo) Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a […]

A convoy of US military vehicles, arriving from northern Iraq, passes through the Syrian northeastern city of Qamishli towards the eastern region of Deir Ezzor on October 26, 2019. (AFP Photo) Russia’s Defense Ministry on Saturday harshly criticized the United States decision to send armored vehicles and combat troops into eastern Syria to protect oil […]

 Aconvoy of the US forces were photographed on Saturday as crossing the Iraqi border towards the oil fields in neighbouring Syria. Local sources told Kurdistan 24 that the US convoy was heading to Deir al-Zour to protect the oils fields there, as it had already been hinted by US President Donald Trump in a statement on his Twitter account. Earlier this month, President Trump announced […]