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A car bomb exploded outside a bank in Lashkar Gah, capital of the southern Afghan province of Helmand, killing at least 29 people and wounding dozens, provincial governor said. At least 60 people were wounded in the attack outside a bank and most of the casualties were civilians, Hayaullah Hayat said. The blast took place […]

– The world population is now at least 7.6 billion, up from 7.4 billion in 2015, spurred by the relatively high levels of fertility in developing countries – despite an overall drop in the number of children people have around the globe – the United Nations today reported. The concentration of global population growth is […]

US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson said in a statement on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia and its allies have prepared a list of demands for Qatar to resolve the ongoing spat between them. “In regards to the continuing dispute within the GCC, we understand a list of demands has been prepared and coordinated by […]

Belgian authorities found signs Wednesday that the Brussels train station attacker supported the Daesh terrorist group, and discovered explosives at his home, prosecutors said. The 36-year-old Moroccan national identified only by the initials O.Z. was shot dead by a soldier at Brussels Central station on Tuesday after trying to detonate a nail bomb.   A […]

Mosul/Erbil (IraqiNews.com/Reuters) Islamic State militants and the United States exchanged accusations for the destruction of the minaret of Mosul’s oldest mosque on Wednesday. A senior U.S. general in Iraq called Islamic State militants’ destruction of the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret “a crime against the people of Mosul and all […]

Police say soldiers engaged in gun battle with fighters who stormed a school near Pigcawayan town on Mindanao island. The Philippine military says gunmen who had holed up in a primary school on the southern Midanao island have retreated after a gun battle with troops but are holding some civilians hostage. Suspected members of the […]

A new, gay-friendly mosque planned in Oslo will allow female imams and men and women praying together. The mosque, which will be located in the centre of the Norwegian capital, will be called Masjid al-Nisa’ (The Women’s Mosque), reports media Vårt Land. Thee Yezen al-Obaide at an anti-Pegida demonstration in Oslo in 2015. File photo: […]

Although Cheong Wa Dae said South Korea does not require any U.S. approval for its North Korea policy, it is concerned that the globally broadcast interview by the influential CBS may give the wrong impression that the South Korean President will visit the U.S. to seek approval from Washington.   President Moon Jae-in holds an […]

Sweden summoned Russia’s ambassador after a Russian SU-27 fighter jet flew unusually close to a Swedish reconnaissance plane in international airspace above the Baltic Sea. “The Russian ambassador has been asked to come to the foreign ministry soon,” spokesman Gunnar Vrang told AFP, without specifying further. File photo of a Russian SU-27 fighter jet. Photo: […]