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North Korea has denounced the deployment of the US naval strike group to the peninsula, warning that it is ready for war and Washington will be fully responsible for any potentially “catastrophic consequences” in the event of an invasion. In a show of force last week, Washington rerouted the Carl Vinson nuclear strike group into […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A security source in Nineveh Province, on Monday, revealed that the Islamic State group launched an attack, using chlorine gas, on west of Mosul, killing four civilians and injuring six others. Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Abdel Aziz al-Numani said that three rockets were launched, at afternoon today, on al-Hadba area, east of Mosul, killing […]

senior U.S. official said on Monday that U.S. has concluded that Russia knew in advance of regime’s chemical weapons attack last week. The official says a Russian-operated drone flew over a hospital in Syria as victims of the attack were rushing to get treatment. Hours after the drone left, a Russian-made fighter jet bombed the […]

TEHRAN, April 10 (Xinhua) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned against further U.S. strikes on Syria, Press TV reported on Monday. Any other strikes by the United States or other Western counties could push the region into a “very dangerous” situation, Rouhani told a news conference on Monday. He said that the U.S. missile strike […]

Daraa, SANA– Army units carried out bombardments against gatherings and fortifications of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization and the groups affiliated to it in the neighborhoods of al-Manshiyeh and al-Karak, inflicting heavy losses upon them in the arms and personnel. A military source told SANA that an army unit clashed with a terrorist group which attacked, […]

Norway’s intelligence agency raised the national threat level on Sunday after a 17-year-old Russian was arrested on suspicion of placing a homemade bomb in central Oslo. The domestic intelligence agency PST said an attack was now “probable” rather than “possible”, because of the risk of a copycat attack after recent assaults in Stockholm, Saint Petersburg, […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Al-Hashd al-Shaabi militia announced, on Monday, detonating ten vehicles carrying equipment, belonging to the Islamic State, in Tal Afar, west of Mosul. The media office of al-Hashd al-Shaabi said in a statement that force from al-Hashd al-Shaabi’s 4th brigade shelled, today, al-Hamra village in Tal Afar. The shelling resulted in the burning of […]

Militant group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Somali military academy that left at least five soldiers dead. A suicide bomber has blown himself up at a military academy west of Somalia’s capital, killing at least five soldiers, a military officer says. The bomber dressed in a military uniform walked into […]

9 April 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the Security Council today condemned the bombings of two Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, which killed at least 41 people and injured more than 100 others. Speaking through his spokesperson, the Secretary-General said that he hoped “the perpetrators of this horrific terrorist act […]