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The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case involving whether Ohio’s rules for cleaning up its voter rolls are too draconian, the justices announced Tuesday. At a time when voter integrity is increasingly in the spotlight, the case will put the justices front and center in a debate about how far states can go to […]

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com)  Iraqi army warplanes and paramilitary forces killed 38 Islamic State militants during operations at areas west of Mosul and near the Syrian borders on Tuesday. The Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell said warplanes killed 25 IS members at gatherings in Tel Fares, Baaj and Badush region west Mosul. Three vehicles carrying guns were destroyed […]

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to discuss bilateral issues. During the meeting Prince Mohammed told Putin that there were no contradictions between Saudi Arabia and Russia regarding the oil market and that even though a lot has been achieved there is […]

A 17-year-old from Syria was arrested in Brandenburg over suspicions that he was planning a terror attack in Berlin. Brandenburg state interior minister Karl-Heinz Schröter announced on Tuesday that the teenager had been arrested in Gerswalde over suspicions that he was plotting a suicide attack in the German capital. The eastern state that surrounds Berlin […]

Baaj (IraqiNews.com)  Iraqi paramilitary forces fighting the Islamic State alongside the government have begun digging trenches along the borders with Syria, crowning a successful push through villages near that area. Popular Mobilization Units said on their website Tuesday they had begun entrenching along a line extending from Um Greis village, west of Sinjar region, to […]

To celebrate the Year of Giving, Etihad Guest has launched a special Ramadan campaign with Emirates Red Crescent to provide thousands of meals to families and children in need in Somalia. Members of Etihad Airways’ award-winning loyalty programme can donate their miles to the emergency response in the African country, with 750 Etihad Guest Miles […]

US Defense Secretary James Mattis said in a televised interview this week that an Iranian plot to kill the then Saudi ambassador to Washington Adel al-Jubeir was an “operation approved at the highest level.” Jubeir, who now serves as the Saudi foreign minister, had been a target of the failed assassination attempt in 2011. “They […]

The research was released to mark the World No Tobacco Day on May 31 Sharjah: A research released on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day by a team of researchers at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) has shown that alternative tobacco products are not less harmful than cigarettes. The research aimed to dispel […]

Germany’s foreign minister sharply criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday for pursuing national interests while ignoring Western values and putting peace at risk. In some of his toughest criticism of the Trump administration to date, Sigmar Gabriel said major arms deals signed between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia last week demonstrated that the Trump […]

International annual competition of aerobatic skills Aviadarts-2017 will be held in China for the first time. Russia’s 40 crews of advanced combat aircraft, including Tu-22M3 bomber, will participate in the competition. “Aviadarts” is considered to be an Olympic meeting of the military from all over the world. Looking at the results of previous stages of […]