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The Hamburg Senate guest house. Wikipedia Commons/Ajepbah US President Donald Trump reportedly struggled at first to find a place to stay on his first official visit to Germany. But the Hamburg city government has come to his rescue, German media report. Is it just that there wasn’t any space left in the inn? With 6,000 […]

Gun battle in military base in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region kills at least 70 soldiers. Heavily armed al-Shabab fighters have stormed a military base in Somalia’s semiautonomous state of Puntland, killing close to 70 people and wounding dozens more, officials say. The attack began with a blast at the remote Af-Urur camp, about 100km west of […]

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that there was “no choice” but to call out Qatar for its support to terrorism during a press conference in Romania, further urging the Gulf state to “immediately” stop funding terrorist groups. He urged Qatar and its neighbors to “do more” to fight terrorism. “I want to thank […]

AA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reaffirmed Turkey’s support for Qatar on Friday as he called for the current blockade imposed by Arab states to be completely lifted. Speaking at an Iftar (fast-breaking) dinner organized by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party)’s Istanbul branch, Erdoğan said the recent crisis in the Gulf region serves […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has censured the deadly terrorist attacks in Iraq’s central provinces of Babil and Karbala, expressing confidence that Takfiri terrorism would face a final defeat. “The heavy and consecutive defeats of Takfiri terrorists in Iraq and Syria have led to their ideological and organizational breakdown,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said. In a […]

US Secretary of State Tillerson said during a press conference on Friday that Washington will back Kuwait’s mediation efforts between Qatar and Gulf states but said the former must stop backing extremist groups in the region, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. Tillerson described Qatar as having a “history” in backing to terrorist groups, urging Doha […]

Donald Trump has issued a much anticipated tweet in response to James Comey’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, accusing the former FBI director of “false statements” and “lies,” and pointedly noting that Comey leaked the details of a meeting. “Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication…and WOW, Comey is a leaker!” Trump […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced she will form a new government with the help of her “friends” in Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, after an election debacle that saw her Conservative Party lose its parliamentary majority. On the doorstep of her official Downing Street residence, May said her government would provide certainty and […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Federal Police forces took are almost taking over Zanjili district in western Mosul, pushing closer to the Islamic State-held Old City, the service’s commander sid Friday. Lt. Gen. Shaker Jawdat said his forces were controlling 90 percent of Zanjili district, and were advancing along 10 kilometers in neighboring al-Shifa. Both districts are […]

Australian counter-terrorism police conducted pre-dawn raids in the southern city of Melbourne on Friday and were questioning three men they said were suspected of providing weapons used in a deadly siege this week claimed by ISIS. The Australian Security and Intelligence Organization joined police in carrying out search warrants on three addresses linked to Monday’s […]