Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is headed to Iran Monday for talks with key Tehran officials about the joint fight against Islamic State militants and economic links between the two countries. Abadi's office said the one-day trip is aimed at uniting efforts in the region "to help Iraq in ...
Mursitpinar (Turkey) (AFP) - The Islamic State group was taking heavy losses in the Syrian battleground of Kobane Sunday as Iraqi forces fought the jihadists buoyed by US backing for top government security appointments./ US Secretary of State John Kerry said the appointment of defence and ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi attends a UN Security Council summit meeting at the United Nations in New York, September 24, 2014 (AFP Photo/Timothy A. Clary)/ Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi is to visit Iran on Monday for talks on Baghdad's battle against the Islamic ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi is to visit Iran on October 20 for talks on Baghdad's battle against the Islamic State (IS) group. Abadi's office said on October 19 that the one-day trip is part of his bid "to unite the efforts of the region and the world to help Iraq in its war against the ...
Iraqi lawmakers approved defence and interior ministers on Saturday after weeks of delay, as security forces battle jihadist militants who hold swathes of the country./ Khaled al-Obaidi of parliament's Sunni Arab Itihad al-Quwa al-Wataniyah bloc was voted defence minister and Mohammed al-Ghabban ...
The Iraqi parliament on Saturday approved a Sunni Muslim to become defense minister and a Shi'ite to be interior minister, state television said, as part of a more inclusive government to help tackle Islamist insurgents./ Six Kurdish members of the cabinet were also sworn in after the Kurdistan ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi is to visit Iran on Monday for talks on Baghdad’s battle against the Islamic State group, which holds swathes of the country, his office said. The one-day trip is part of Abadi’s bid to unite the efforts of the region and the world to help Iraq in its war ...
Haidar Al Abadi's visit also aims to strengthen cooperation between the two neighbours �in the fields of energy, and housing and construction./ Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al Abadi is to visit Iran on Monday for talks on Baghdad’s battle against the ISIS group, which holds swathes of the ...
An Egyptian soldier has been killed in an incident involving Egyptian and Israeli troops in the border area near Rafah. The Egyptian and Israeli militaries are investigating what happened. Israeli media say there was an exchange of fire, but there are few other details and no reports of Israeli ...
A Massachusetts man who was left hospitalized with serious injuries after he was in Wyoming is speaking out about the violent encounter. The 35-year-old Army veteran from South Hadley, identified by the as Shayne Patrick Burke, says he’s been shot at, mortared, and experienced explosions from ...
drew ire over Memorial Day weekend with a post about sacrifice on X, formerly Twitter. Former President Donald Trump’s son shared another user’s post which featured a photo of the Trump family and the claim that they’d given up “everything to Save America.”/ The image featured Donald Trump and ...
Johnny Wactor, known for his role on "General Hospital," was killed in downtown Los Angeles early Saturday, according to a law enforcement source./ "General Hospital" actor Johnny Wactor was fatally shot early Saturday when he came upon three men trying to steal the catalytic converter from his ...
The plane was met by emergency services at Dublin Airport on Sunday/ Twelve people have been injured due to turbulence on a flight from Doha to Dublin. The Boeing 787-9 dreamliner experienced turbulence while airborne over Turkey, Dublin Airport's operator DAA said. Upon landing shortly before ...
At least 15 people have died, including two children, in and leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without power during potentially record-breaking heat. In Texas, multiple tornados were reported throughout the state with one plowing through Cooke County – approximately 50 miles north of ...
Hamas says it fired rockets at central Israel for the first time in 4 months/ Hamas says it has launched a "big" rocket attack at the Tel Aviv area in central Israel. At least eight rockets were launched from the Rafah area in southern Gaza, the Israeli military said, adding that several were ...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A 60-year-old woman saw her dreams of becoming the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies Saturday at Argentina’s annual beauty pageant. Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez, a hopital legal adviser whose entry into the ...
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Trump attends the Libertarian Party's national convention, in Washington/ (Please note language in paragraph 18 that readers may find offensive) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed and heckled by many in ...
The Day After might sound like the title of a film or a novel. But for diplomats and policymakers, the phrase has only one meaning and that is what happens 'the day after' the fighting stops in Gaza. Given the intensity of the conflict and the absence of hope, such thinking might seem ...