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Iraq PM gives Kurdistan 72 hours to give up airports, border crossings
Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday gave authorities in Kurdistan 72 hours to give the central government control...
Suicide bomber kills 5 worshipers in Maiduguri mosque: Nigeria
Abuja: A female suicide bomber killed five people on Tuesday when she blew herself up in a mosque in northeast...
Palestinian, who shot dead 3 Israeli soldiers, was martyred near Jerusalem
Jerusalem: Three members of the Israeli border guards were killed and another seriously wounded, while a Palestinian was martyred Tuesday...
French businessman vows to pay Austrian niqab fines
Paris: An Algerian French businessman said he would pay all fines imposed on women wearing a full-face veil (niqab) in...
Syrian militias aim to push Islamic State out of Raqqa within a month
RAQQA, Syria: U.S.-backed militias expect to push all Islamic State fighters out of their former Syrian headquarters of Raqqa in...
Iraq hangs 42 Sunni militants
BAGHDAD: Iraq on Monday executed 42 Sunni Muslim militants convicted on terrorism charges ranging from killing members of security forces...
Car bomber hits convoy of Danish troops in Afghanistan
Kabul: At least five civilians were injured in a suicide car bombing that targeted foreign troops in the Afghan capital...
Amnesty says fires continue at Rohingya villages in Myanmar
Bangkok: Amnesty International said new satellite images and videos taken as recently as Friday afternoon in Myanmar’s Rakhine state show...
Saudi scholar suspended for making anti-women remarks
Abha: A Saudi cleric has been suspended after he made derogatory remarks about women in a public lecture. Sheikh Saad...
PPO amended, paves way for Nawaz to become party chief again
Islamabad: The Pakistan Government has amended the Political Parties Order (PPO) that paves way for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif...
