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Iraq Kurds launch offensive east of Mosul ASIA

Iraq Kurds launch offensive east of Mosul

Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces on Sunday launched an offensive to retake areas east of Mosul, the Islamic State's main hub in the country, a statement said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi urges Iran to 'stop intervening' in Iraq ASIA

Saudi urges Iran to 'stop intervening' in Iraq

Saudi Arabia accused Iran on Sunday of sowing "sedition" in Iraq urging the Islamic republic to "stop intervening" in the affairs of its neighbours.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi politicians reject visit by Iran's Soleimani to Falluja ASIA

Iraqi politicians reject visit by Iran's Soleimani to Falluja

Sunni politicians in Iraq condemned a visit by Iranian General Qassem Soleimani to Shia paramilitary forces fighting alongside the Iraqi army to drive Islamic State militants out of the city of Falluja.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Top ISIS Commander among 70 Militants Killed in Fallujah ASIA

Top ISIS Commander among 70 Militants Killed in Fallujah

A top ISIS commander in the besieged Iraqi city of Fallujah is among 70 militants killed in coalition air strikes, the US military said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Four killed, 90 injured in Baghdad Green Zone riots ASIA

Four killed, 90 injured in Baghdad Green Zone riots

At least four people were killed and 90 injured among anti-corruption protesters who stormed Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, hospital sources said on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq reaches deal with IMF for $5.4 billion loan ECONOMY

Iraq reaches deal with IMF for $5.4 billion loan

Crisis-hit Iraq reached a deal with the International Monetary Fund Thursday for a $5.4 billion loan that could give donors enough confidence to unlock further financing, a statement said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two bombings in Baghdad kill 44, wound more than 90 ASIA

Two bombings in Baghdad kill 44, wound more than 90

Two bombings hit Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 44 people and wounding more than 90, police and medical sources said, following the bloodiest week of attacks inside the capital so far this year.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS bomb attacks on Iraqi factory kill 11 people ASIA

IS bomb attacks on Iraqi factory kill 11 people

Bomb attacks claimed by Islamic State against a state-run cooking gas factory in Baghdad's northern outskirts on Sunday killed at least 11 people, including policemen, and wounded 21 others, police sources said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi leader says political crisis helps Islamic State attack ASIA

Iraqi leader says political crisis helps Islamic State attack

A political crisis in Iraq is hampering the fight against Islamic State, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday after some of the bloodiest attacks on Baghdad this year.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi woman sentenced to 6 years' jail for IS support ASIA

Saudi woman sentenced to 6 years' jail for IS support

A Saudi woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for "acts of sedition" including pledging allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group, newspapers reported on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS releases video of 'citizen executions' in Iraq ASIA

IS releases video of 'citizen executions' in Iraq

The Islamic State group has released a video showing five alleged ‘spies’ being shot dead in Iraq by young men from a crowd assembled for the execution.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Car bomb in Baghdad's Sadr City kills 50 ASIA

Car bomb in Baghdad's Sadr City kills 50

A car bomb claimed by Islamic State in a Shia Muslim district of Baghdad killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 60 others on Wednesday, Iraqi police and hospital sources said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016