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IS kills 40 near Mosul, tries to move 25,000 to use as shields
Islamic State militants killed 40 former members of the Iraqi Security Forces near Mosul on Saturday and threw…
Documents show Islamic State obsessions: beards and concubines
After Islamic State conquered villages in northern Iraq, it spelled out in minute detail the rules of its…
Saudi prince flogged in court-ordered punishment
A prince of Saudi Arabia's ruling Al Saud family was given lashes in a prison in Jeddah as a court-ordered…
Battle for Mosul: IS are ‘just beards’, survivor says
Since the Iraqi and Kurdish armies began an operation to re-capture Mosul, some 17,000 people living in the…
11 arrested in Morocco after vendor crushed in rubbish truck
Eleven people have been arrested in Morocco after a fish-seller was crushed to death in a refuse truck prompting…
Mosul battle: Iraqi special forces ‘break front line’
Iraqi forces fighting so-called Islamic State (IS) in Mosul have broken through the front line without suffering…
Saudi Arabia names new minister of finance
Saudi Arabia has named Monday market regulator Mohammed al-Jadaan as its new finance minister by royal decree,…
Saudi-led raid kills 60 at Yemen
An air raid by an Arab coalition killed 60 people in Yemen, including inmates of a prison near the city of…
Remains of three Syrian refugees found in a freezer in Denmark
The remains of a refugee from Syria and her two young daughters have been found in a freezer in their flat in…
Lebanon: Michel Aoun becomes Lebanon’s president, ending two-year stalemate
Lebanon's parliament has elected Michel Aoun as president, ending a political stand-off that has left the post…