Iraqi forces complete Kirkuk province takeover after clashes with Kurds
Iraqi forces on Friday took control of the last district in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk still in the hands of…
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Islamic State in Raqqa mounts last stand around city stadium
U.S.-backed militias said on Tuesday they are battling Islamic State around Raqqa stadium, the jihadists’ last…
Rights groups sue Trump administration over travel ban
Human rights organisations announced Friday they are suing the Trump administration over the latest version of the…
U.S.-backed Syrian forces seize Raqqa mosque: coalition
U.S.-backed Syrian militias have taken the historic old city of Raqqa and its ancient mosque as they press their…
Iraqi forces say they have broken through Islamic State lines in Tal Afar
Iraqi government forces broke through Islamic State’s lines inside Tal Afar on Friday, reaching the old city…
McDonald’s to close 169 outlets in India in franchise battle
McDonald’s India has announced it will close nearly 170 McDonald’s outlets in northern and eastern India after…
US says aircraft to help Philippines fight pro-ISIS militants
The United States has been providing the Philippines with surveillance capabilities, training, information and…
Philippines says Islamist fighters trapped in corner of besieged town
Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town have been cornered and their firepower is flagging,…
U.S. joins battle as Philippines takes losses in besieged city
U.S. special forces have joined the battle to crush Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town,…
US-backed Syrian force starts battle to capture Raqqa from ISIS
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Tuesday it had begun a battle to capture Raqqa, Islamic…
Trump: Fight against terror a battle between good and evil
President Donald Trump called on Middle Eastern leaders to combat a crisis of Islamic extremism emanating from the…
ISIS affiliate claims deadly Egypt’s Sinai attack
The Islamic State (ISIS) group in Egypt has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on local tribesmen this…
North Sinai tribesmen kill 8 suspected IS militants
A powerful local tribe in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula says it killed eight suspected Islamic State (IS) fighters in…
PM Ismail extends state of emergency in Egypt’s North Sinai
Egypt's Prime Minister Sherif Ismail ordered on Wednesday the extension of the state of emergency in designated…
East Libya’s forces suffer losses as lengthy Benghazi battle continues: official
Fierce clashes resumed on Monday at a tower block complex in southwest Benghazi where forces loyal to Libya's…
Iraqi forces retake government HQ, museum in Mosul
Iraqi forces said Tuesday they had seized the main government offices in Mosul and its famed museum as they made…
Iraqi forces battle IS in heavy west Mosul fighting
Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State (IS) group in hours of heavy clashes in west Mosul on Sunday, as the number…
US general says Iraqi forces on time in Mosul fight
Iraqi security forces are progressing as planned in their battle to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State (ISIS)…
Kurdish reporter killed in Iraq: Mosul battle
A Kurdish reporter has been killed while covering on the battle for Mosul in Iraq. Shifa Gardi, who worked for…
Egyptian press syndicate head announces running for second term
Egypt's current Press Syndicate head, Yehia Kalash, declared in a statement Saturday his candidacy for a second…
Children return to schools in recaptured east: Mosul battle
Thousands of Iraqi children are returning back to school in eastern areas of Mosul that have been cleared of…
Death number rises to six in Chile forest fires
Six people have now been killed fighting vast forest fires in central Chile, officials have stated. Interior…
Uber fires back at California DMV in self-driving car row
Uber Technolgies Inc on Friday again defied a demand by California regulators that the ride-services firm apply for…
Brexit: Legal battle over UK’s single market membership
The government is facing a legal battle over whether the UK stays inside the single market after it has left the…
Syrian army says takes Aleppo district, rebels say battle continues
The Syrian army said it had taken a strategic district of Aleppo on Tuesday in what would mark the most…
Mosul battle: Iraqi PM rallies forces and issues warning to IS
The Iraqi prime minister has warned so-called Islamic State (IS) militants fighting in Mosul to lay down their…
Battle for Aleppo intensifies after ceasefire ends
The battle for control of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo intensified on Sunday with air strikes, ground…
Mosul battle: 900 civilians the flee city before fighting
A spokeswoman for the Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that over 900 people from Mosul had…
On Trump-Clinton battle, China says US election undermines democracy
The "race to the bottom" taking place in the U.S. presidential election campaign is delighting one observer:…
IMF working paper proposes reinforced Abenomics to battle Japan deflation
Japan should set a wage inflation goal of around 3 percent to try to end low wage growth and induce prices to rise…
Japan may use ‘helicopter money’ to battle deflation
Japanese policymakers, who won't go as far as funding government spending through direct debt monetization, might…
Libyan forces battle ISIS street-to-street in Sirte
Crouching on a rooftop, Libyan truck driver Riyad Swaid takes aim through breeze blocks at positions held by…
Oracle loses to Google in Java code coppyright case
Google has won a major US court battle with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate…
Activist Investor To Replace Yahoo’s Entire Board
Starboard Value LP nominated an entirely new board at Yahoo on Thursday, setting up a battle between the activist…
US tech companies back Apple ahead of iPhone encryption ruling
Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook Inc, Microsoft Corp and about a dozen other Internet companies will file a joint…
Qatar, China in $6.4 billion battle for Australian freight giant- Reuters
Canada's Brookfield Asset Management (BAMa.TO) is planning a fresh $6.4 billion bid for Australian port and rail…
Death toll in Indian base attack rises to 6 troops, 4 gunmen
The number of troops killed in an attack on an Indian air force base has risen to six after four soldiers…
Facebook fights for free Internet in India, global test-case
India has become a battleground over the right to unrestricted Internet access, with local tech start-ups joining…
ISIS battles insurgents as Syria army prepares assault
Islamic State militants battled rival insurgent groups on Wednesday north of the city of Aleppo, where officials…
Google and Microsoft agree to lawsuit truce
Microsoft and Google have agreed to end a five-year battle over patents. Eighteen lawsuits had been active between…