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Saudi Arabian Airlines resumes flying to Iraq after 27 years
State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines said it will start flying regularly to Iraq on Monday after a 27-year halt, state news agency SPA said. More »
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Linklater`s war veteran comedy speaks to modern America, says star
Last Flag Flying, a comedy-drama about Vietnam war veterans, will resonate with Trump's America, despite, or perhaps because of, its period setting, actor Bryan Cranston said on Sunday after a screening at the London Film Festival. More »
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Iraqi Kurds vote in historic independence referendum, shrugging off threats
Voting started on Monday in an independence referendum organized by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, ignoring the threats of the Kurds' neighbors and fears of further instability and violence across the Middle East. More »
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Exclusive: Islamic State leader Baghdadi almost certainly alive – Kurdish security official
A top Kurdish counter-terrorism official said on Monday he was 99 percent sure that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was alive and located south of the Syrian city of Raqqa, after reports that he had been killed. More »
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Iraq strikes Islamic State in Mosul days after declaring victory
Destroyed buildings from clashes are seen in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq July 10, 2017. Iraqi forces clashed with Islamic State militants holding out in Mosul’s Old City on Wednesday, more than 36 hours after Baghdad declared victory over the jihadists in what... More »
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Destroyed by Islamic State, ancient winged bull to rise again in London
Artists Michael Rakowitz and Heather Phillipson pose for a photograph after they both won the competition to make a piece to be displayed on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, in central London, Britain, March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth An ancient As... More »
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Outspoken general named Trump`s top security adviser
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with his new National Security Adviser Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster after making the announcement at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida U.S. February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque U.S. President Donald Trump... More »
Conflict over Russia is rocky start for Trump and intelligence agencies
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the USA Thank You Tour event at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo President-elect Donald Trump’s rejection this weekend of U.S. intelligence anal... More »
`You`re fired` – Trump effigy feels the heat on UK bonfire night
An effigy of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is burnt as part of bonfire night celebrations in Edenbridge, Britain November 5, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall He turned “You’re fired” into his reality show catch-phrase, but it was Donald Trump who ... More »
Asian shares fall, dollar at seven-month high after Yellen comments
FILE PHOTO – A man walks in front of a screen showing today’s movements of Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato Asian shares fell on Monday while the dollar held firm near seven-month high after comments fr... More »
Iraq launches offensive to recapture Mosul from Islamic State
Peshmerga forces gather on the east of Mosul during preparations to attack Mosul, Iraq, October 16, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari Iraqi government forces, with air and ground support from the U.S.-led coalition, launched an offensive on Monday to drive Islamic S... More »
Trump backs off ISIS comments- party head appears at rallies in show of unity
By Steve Holland | ALTOONA, Pa. ALTOONA, Pa. Republican Donald Trump on Friday backed away from comments calling President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton the founders of the militant group Islamic State, while the Republican Party sought t... More »
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Republican Lindsey Graham hints at 2016 announcement
WASHINGTON Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who has said there is better than a 90 percent chance he will run for president, will give a “very important update” on Monday morning about 2016, according to media reports on Sunday. The South Carolina lawmaker w... More »
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Republicans debate Iraq war at major Iowa gathering for 2016
DES MOINES A debate over the Iraq war triggered by Jeb Bush’s wobbly response to questions about it spilled into a major gathering of Republican 2016 U.S. presidential hopefuls on Saturday, reflecting divisions about whether the conflict was worthwhile. The fo... More »
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Jeb Bush reverses on Iraq war, highlighting difference with brother
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Republican Jeb Bush reversed position Thursday on whether the U.S. should have invaded Iraq, reflecting a struggle between being his own man in his expected run for the White House and remaining loyal to his brother who started the war, forme... More »
