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US to send 600 more troops to Iraq ahead of Mosul battle
Middle East

US to send 600 more troops to Iraq ahead of Mosul battle

The United States will send around 600 new troops to Iraq to assist local forces in the battle to retake…
Blast rocks Hungary’s capital, two injured
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Blast rocks Hungary’s capital, two injured

An explosion rocked central Budapest late on Saturday, injuring two police officers, Hungarian police said on Sunday.Police have yet to…
12 killed in militant attack north of Iraq’s Tikrit: security sources
Middle East

12 killed in militant attack north of Iraq’s Tikrit: security sources

Twelve people were killed on Saturday when militants attacked a police checkpoint north of Tikrit and then detonated a car…
Iraq’s Zebari accuses ex-PM Maliki of arranging dismissal as finance minister
Middle East

Iraq’s Zebari accuses ex-PM Maliki of arranging dismissal as finance minister

Deposed Iraqi Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari on Thursday accused former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of orchestrating his removal from office,…
Policeman killed, two others injured in Sinai
Egypt

Policeman killed, two others injured in Sinai

A policeman were killed and two others injured in an attack by gunmen in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, on…
Aligned with Russia in Syria, Pentagon awkwardly treads on new terrain
Middle East

Aligned with Russia in Syria, Pentagon awkwardly treads on new terrain

For Pentagon officers who cut their teeth during the Cold War, the prospect of U.S. battlefield cooperation with Russia in…
Pope says murdered French priest a martyr, on road to sainthood
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Pope says murdered French priest a martyr, on road to sainthood

Pope Francis said on Wednesday the French priest knifed to death at his altar by Islamist militants in July was…
Clash with Boko Haram in Niger kills five soldiers, 30 militants
Middle East

Clash with Boko Haram in Niger kills five soldiers, 30 militants

Thirty members of Boko Haram and five Nigerien soldiers have been killed in fighting in the southeastern Diffa region of…
Britain’s Libya intervention flawed, ex-PM Cameron to blame: lawmakers
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Britain’s Libya intervention flawed, ex-PM Cameron to blame: lawmakers

Britain's 2011 military intervention in Libya, ordered by former prime minister David Cameron, relied on flawed intelligence and hastened the…
Russian plane was brought down by bomb in rear section: investigators
Egypt

Russian plane was brought down by bomb in rear section: investigators

An international committee of experts investigating the downing of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai in October 2015 has confirmed…
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