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Iraq’s military has agreed to resume joint operations against ISIS, the global coalition against the terrorist group said on Friday, four weeks after they were suspended in response to the US assassination of an Iraqi PMF Leader in Baghdad. The US-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS announced the decision in …

The United States and other countries tightened travel curbs on Friday and businesses said they were facing supply problems because of the coronavirus in China, a day after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency. With the death toll rising to 213, all of them in China, the …

A girl detonated a bomb, killing three boys at an Islamic seminary in northeast Nigeria in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram, a local militia and residents said on Friday. The girl, believed to be aged 12, detonated the device late on Thursday when open-air classes were …

Nigel Farage has hailed today as a “massive victory for the people against the establishment” as the UK prepares to leave the EU at 11 pm. “What happens tonight at 11 o’clock, we pass the point of no return,” Mr. Farage said on Good Morning Britain on Friday. “Once we’re …

France has sent warships to the eastern Mediterranean to lend support to Greece against Turkey’s quest for energy reserves in the region, according to the Middle East Monitor news website. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who was on a visit to the French capital of Paris to gather support, has …

Iraq’s leading cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, on Friday renewed his support to the protest camps across the country, as security forces stepped up a crackdown against demonstrators. Protesters across Iraq are seeking the removal of what they see as a corrupt ruling elite and an end to foreign interference …

The Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope on Hawaii has released pictures that show features as small as 30km across. This is remarkable when set against the scale of our star, which has a diameter of about 1.4 million km and is 149 million km from Earth. The cell-like structures are …

The White House has warned former national security adviser John Bolton not to publish his book containing evidence about President Donald Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rival. National Security Council officials sent a letter to Bolton’s lawyer, saying the unpublished book “appears to contain significant amounts …

Flash floods and landslides have killed at least nine people and forced thousands into temporary shelters on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, the local disaster agency said on Thursday (Jan 30). Torrential rain in North Sumatra this week sparked the disaster, with most victims drowning or hit by logs swept away in …

Japanese authorities on Thursday issued arrest warrants for a former U.S. Special Forces soldier and two other men on suspicion of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn out of Japan. Warrants were issued for former US Green Beret Michael Taylor and two other men, George-Antoine Zayek and Peter …

Authorities in Turkey have arrested at least 10 people for their alleged ties to the so-called Islamic State, security sources said. Police in Turkey’s capital Ankara “carried out raids” at specific addresses where the suspects lived, the sources said, according to state-run Anadolu Agency. “The suspects were in contact with …

Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi parliament, Bashir Al-Haddad expressed on Thursday the parliament’s readiness to hold an extraordinary session at any time to vote on a new Prime Minister instead of resigning Adel Abdul Mahdi, provided that he enjoys “popular acceptability”. The President of the Republic, Barham Ahmed Saleh had …

Palestinian officials will seek to galvanize opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial plan for Middle East peace at the UN Security Council in the coming weeks, Palestine’s ambassador to the UN said Wednesday. Speaking with reporters in New York, Riyad Mansour said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would address the …

Iraqi President Barham Salih said on Wednesday he would choose an interim prime minister if political parties failed to name a replacement for Adel Abdul Mahdi by Feb. 1. Abdul Mahdi resigned as prime minister in November under pressure from street protests but has remained in office in a caretaker …

Several Arab media have claimed that in recent hours a second US plane crashed near Iraq’s al-Anbar province, learned alghadeer.com. According to media’s sources, the aircraft is of the US Air Forces, Spartan C-27J transport aircraft and there were four people on board. According to the Russian Avia.pro website in …

Germany is the latest country to donate additional funds for mine clearance efforts in Iraq with a USD 2.2 million contributions. The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) confirmed the donation in an official statement on Wednesday, noting that the war against the so-called Islamic State in Iraq “has resulted …

After half-of-century of sometimes awkward membership, the UK will leave the EU at midnight Brussels time on Friday. Britain’s departure from the European Union was set in law on Wednesday as London returned a signed treaty and MEPs prepared to vote to ratify the divorce. After half-of-century of sometimes awkward …

There’s no shortage of information when it comes to the novel coronavirus that was first reported among infected individuals in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. But the amount of information — and the speed in which it’s produced — is outpacing investigations and what authorities truly know about the virus. Over …

At least 10 policemen have been killed in an attack by the Taliban militant group on a checkpoint in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan Province. “The Taliban attacked the police checkpoint from several directions. The fighting lasted several hours. Ten policemen were martyred. The Taliban also suffered casualties,” said provincial police spokesman …

A Saudi publishing house supposedly specializing in releasing various translations of Muslims’ holy book Qur’an has printed an error-ridden Hebrew version of Islam’s holy book including some egregious alterations and even omissions. The copy was issued by the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur’an (MEMO), which …