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President Xi Jinping said on Monday that he is confident he can reach consensus with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on deepening bilateral relations and pushing forward cooperation in all areas. “I believe this trip is definitely going to yield fruitful outcomes,” Xi said in a written statement upon his arrival at the Moscow airport […]

US-backed forces in Syria have breached the wall surrounding the Old City of Raqqa as they try to retake the city from ISIS, the US Central Command said Monday night. “Coalition forces supported the SDF advance into the most heavily fortified portion of Raqqa by opening two small gaps in the Rafiqah Wall that surrounds […]

Hamburg interior minister Andy Grote claimed on Tuesday that the “militant far-left scene” are behind plans to camp out in the centre of the city in the build-up to the G20 summit. “The militant far-left” have decided “to organize the biggest black bloc of all time,” Grote told broadcaster ZDF, adding that this would create […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) More than 70 bodies, likely to be killed while attempting to flee the Islamic State’s grip, were found in the northwest of Mosul’s Old City, an informed medical source said. Ambulance and forensic medicine doctors recovered 74 bodies that were on streets in al-Zanjili district, northwest of Mosul, the source told Shafaq News […]

North Korea conducted another ballistic missile test Tuesday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff has said. The projectile, described by the South as an “unidentified ballistic missile,” was launched towards the Sea of Japan. “North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile into the East Sea from the vicinity of Banghyon, North Pyongan Province, at […]

President Moon Jae-in expressed his wish for North Korea’s participation in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics during his meeting with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, Monday. Moon said the North’s participation will contribute to enhancing the Olympic spirit and fostering peace in the Northeast Asian region and the world as well as “creating […]

A 23-year-old who describes him as a “far right nationalist” has been charged in France for an alleged plan to kill President Emmanuel Macron during this month’s July 14th Bastille Day parade in Paris, according to reports. The 23-year-old man from the suburb of Argenteuil near Paris has been arrested charged with terror offences, according […]

 Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi government forces brought down more Islamic State defense lines and killed scores of militants while advancing through the last few meters held by the group in western Mosul, military media said. The Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell said government troops broke down “the strongest” Islamic State defenses in Khatouniya and Ras al-Khour […]

The Pentagon has acknowledged that a US drone has carried out an airstrike in Somalia against the terrorist group Al-Shabaab. There were no further details about the attack, the second since President Donald Trump expanded US strike authority. “On July 2, at approximately 7:30 am Eastern Daylight Time, US forces conducted a kinetic strike operation […]

Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Three Islamic State suicide bombers were killed as they attacked the Sunni tribal forces, east of Ramadi, Anbar province. Speaking to Mawazin News, Ghassan al-Eithawi, spokesperson of Al-Hashd Al-Ashaeri (Tribal Mobilization Forces), said “three attackers wearing suicide belts attempted attacking the troops deployed in Jazeerat al-Bu’ebeid region, east of Ramadi.”  Tribal fighters. File […]