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Iraq warns of 'regional war' over Turkish military presence ASIA

Iraq warns of 'regional war' over Turkish military presence

Iraq's prime minister warned Turkey on Wednesday it risked triggering a regional war by keeping troops in his territory, as the neighbouring states summoned each other's ambassadors in a mounting diplomatic stand-off.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi forces retake key town south of Mosul ASIA

Iraqi forces retake key town south of Mosul

Iraqi forces on Thursday pushed the Islamic State group from Qayyarah, a northern town considered strategic for any future offensive against the jihadists' last stronghold of Mosul.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kurdish forces in fresh push to capture Mosul from IS ASIA

Kurdish forces in fresh push to capture Mosul from IS

Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a fresh attack on Islamic State militants early on Sunday, as part of a campaign to capture the de facto IS capital Mosul, a Kurdish official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sadr supporters return to Baghdad streets despite government pleas ASIA

Sadr supporters return to Baghdad streets despite government pleas

Thousands of supporters of powerful Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr filled a central Baghdad square on Friday, disregarding government pleas to scrap protests it said would distract from the war against Islamic State.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi PM sacks Baghdad security chief after deadly bombing ASIA

Iraqi PM sacks Baghdad security chief after deadly bombing

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi sacked the head of the Baghdad security command and other officials after a bombing in the capital killed 292 people, his office said on Friday.

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
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
94 dead in triple Baghdad car bombings claimed by IS ASIA

94 dead in triple Baghdad car bombings claimed by IS

Three car bombs in Baghdad, including a huge blast at a market in a Shia area, killed at least 94 people on Wednesday, the bloodiest day in the Iraqi capital this year.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi protesters in Green Zone; Abadi calls for punishment of rioters ASIA

Iraqi protesters in Green Zone; Abadi calls for punishment of rioters

Thousands of protesters were inside Baghdad's Green Zone after breaking into the fortified area and storming parliament, as Iraq's premier called for rioters to be pursued and punished.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Biden visits Iraq for talks with officials, show of support ASIA

Biden visits Iraq for talks with officials, show of support

US Vice President Joe Biden met Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in an unannounced visit to Baghdad to show support for the government as it builds on wins against Islamic State.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi PM names new cabinet to fight corruption ASIA

Iraqi PM names new cabinet to fight corruption

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi named Nizar Salem al-Numan as a candidate for the key post of oil minister as part of a cabinet reshuffle aimed at fighting corruption.

4:45 AM November 25 2016