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WMC: Airstrike kills 50 IS militants, destroys booby-trapped tank in al-Ba’aj

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WMC: Airstrike kills 50 IS militants, destroys booby-trapped tank in al-Ba’aj

Ba’aj (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Ministry of Defense’s War Media Cell announced, on Monday, that 50 members of the Islamic State were killed and a Syrian booby-trapped tank was destroyed by an air strike in al-Ba’aj District, on the Iraqi-Syrian borders. In a press statement the cell revealed that Iraqi Air Force managed, today, to conduct an […]

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Photo of St. Petersburg terrorist suspect unveiled

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Photo of St. Petersburg terrorist suspect unveiled

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the authorities of St. Petersburg to take all necessary measures to provide adequate assistance to those who were either injured or lost their loved ones in the attacks in the metro of St. Petersburg today, April 3, 2017, a message posted on the website of the Kremlin said. In pictures: […]

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Putin visits site of explosion in St. Petersburg

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Putin visits site of explosion in St. Petersburg

The explosion in the metro of St. Petersburg was conducted by a suicide bomber, Interfax reports with reference to law-enforcement agencies. The terrorist has already been identified. Earlier, it was reported that the terrorist suspect left a suitcase bomb in the carriage and left. “According to one of the versions, the explosive device was detonated […]

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Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner on visit to Iraq

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Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner on visit to Iraq

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, is visiting Iraq with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, an official said on Sunday night. Details about the trip to the Middle East with Gen. Joseph Dunford were not released. A senior administration official said Kushner wanted to see the situation in Iraq […]

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Last YearTrump declared he is “very much behind” el-Sissi, and even called the Egyptian leader “fantastic guy

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Last YearTrump declared he is “very much behind” el-Sissi, and even called the Egyptian leader “fantastic guy

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has ended a two-hour meeting with US President Donald Trump, where the two announced they would be cooperating in the fight against terrorism. El-Sisi praised Trump’s “unique personality” and stressed Egypt’s support of the US in the fight against terrorism, to which Trump said, “we will do that together.” The Egyptian […]

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Al-Shabab Seizes Key Somali Town After Ethiopians Pull Out

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Al-Shabab Seizes Key Somali Town After Ethiopians Pull Out

Ethiopian troops fighting militant Islamist group al-Shabab have withdrawn from a key military base in central Somalia’s Galgudud region, according to residents. Heavily armed al-Shabab fighters took control of El Bur following the pullout of Ethiopian troops and a small number of Somali National Army soldiers early Monday. The fall of El Bur was confirmed […]

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A twin blast has hit the Saint Petersburg metro on Monday at least 10 confirmed dead

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A twin blast has hit the Saint Petersburg metro on Monday at least 10 confirmed dead

MOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. According to latest reports, ten people were killed by an explosion inside a metro train at the Sennaya Square station in St. Petersburg, emergency services told TASS. According to a source, an unidentified device exploded in a train car. According to latest reports, at least nine people are dead and over twenty injured in the […]

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Trump: If China doesn’t deal with North Korea, we will

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Trump: If China doesn’t deal with North Korea, we will

US president says trade could be a lever in getting China to take a tougher stance over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.   US President Donald Trump held out the possibility on Sunday of using trade as a lever to secure Chinese cooperation against North Korea and suggested Washington might deal with Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile […]

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IS deploys women snipers, fights harder in remaining western Mosul districts

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IS deploys women snipers, fights harder in remaining western Mosul districts

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) The Islamic State has begun deploying women snipers to hold off advancing Iraqi troops in some areas of western Mosul, while exhibiting fierce resistance at one district. Security sources have been quoted saying snipers from IS’s notorious “al-Khansaa” women battalion had been deployed above tall buildings to shoot at security troops, but did […]

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Hawaii hit hard by Chinese visa woes

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Hawaii hit hard by Chinese visa woes

REJECTED visa applications are keeping thousands of Chinese tourists from visiting Hawaii. More than 2,000 of the 6,000 Nu Skin distributors in China who were planning to attend a conference are not able to attend because of visa troubles, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. Next month’s convention of the direct marketing company that sells personal care […]

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