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Angela Merkel takes a selfie with a supporter ahead of Sunday’s vote. Photo: Odd Andersen/AFP Chancellor Angela Merkel and her rival Martin Schulz rallied voters on the eve of Sunday’s vote, urging Germans to shun the first hard-right party expected to enter parliament in force since the end of World War II. Merkel, the clear […]

Japanese former residents of a group of Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido board a plane in Kushiro for a flight to two of the disputed isles Saturday.  Photo: KYODO Japanese former residents of a group of Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido flew to two of the disputed isles Saturday to visit their ancestors’ graves, in the first such air […]

Commander of the Joint Operations Command’s field operations, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Yarallah  Hawija (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi government and paramilitary troops launched Saturday a new phase of offensives against Islamic State’s stronghold town of Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk. Operations commander Abdul-Amir Yarallah said in a statement that the Saturday attack targets IS hideouts in Azzawia and al-Naml […]

Video: Iran successfully test-fires new ballistic missile MIran has released footage of the successful test-launch of its new ballistic missile, Khorramshahr, a few hours after it was unveiled during a military parade in the capital city of Tehran. Video footage aired by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on Friday showed the missile launched from […]

Mr Lavrov said the exchanges were “like when children in a kindergarten start fighting”(EPA). Russia’s foreign minister has likened the war of words between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un to a kindergarten fight between children. The North Korean leader earlier labelled Mr Trump “mentally deranged” and a “dotard” after Mr Trump threatened to destroy his […]

Pakistani military says at least six civilians dead and dozens wounded in exchange of fire across the de-facto border. Tensions between India and Pakistan have been especially high since last July [Shahid Ikram/AP] Islamabad, Pakistan – Indian military shooting across the de-facto border has killed at least six Pakistani civilians, Pakistan’s military says. At least 26 […]

The Kurdish Regional Government’s (KRG) planned referendum in northern Iraq is illegitimate and unacceptable, Turkey’s top security body, the National Security Council (MGK) said on Friday. A statement released after the closed MGK meeting, which was held under the presidency of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and lasted over three hours, said Turkey will reserve its […]

An estimated 40, 000 people attend a rally in support of the Kurdish independence referendum on September 22, 2017 where President Masoud Barzani delivered a “historic” speech telling the nation to head to the polls on Monday. Photo: Rudaw TV ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – When they go to the polls on Monday, the people of […]

Photo: AFP The subject of Muslim integration in France is one of the country’s most hotly debated issues. But how do Muslims themselves feel about their home country? A new survey offers some insight. Muslims living in France feel a stronger attachment to their country than they do in much of Europe, despite experiencing high […]

Launching Kalibr cruise missiles at terrorist targets in Syria. 14.09.2017 © Vadim Savitskii / Sputnik A Russian submarine has destroyed several targets in Syria with a barrage of Kalibr cruise missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. The missiles hit the assets of jihadists, who attacked a unit of Russian Military Police earlier this week, it […]