Regional & World News
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Aug- 2014 -31 August
Kerry calls for ‘global coalition’ to fight IS extremists
The US Secretary of State has called for a global coalition to fight the threat posed by “Islamic State” militants.…
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27 August
Barzani: Iran gave weapons to Iraq’s Kurds
Iran was the first country to provide Iraq’s embattled autonomous Kurdish region with weapons to fight off jihadist-led militants, president…
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21 August
Germany ‘prepared’ to send military equipment to Iraq Kurds
Germany has announced that it plans to supply northern Iraq with military equipment. The Iraqi Kurds are battling Islamic State…
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16 August
Iraqi Sunnis say could join new government, fight Islamic State
(Reuters) – Tribal leaders and clerics from Iraq’s Sunni heartland offered their conditional backing on Friday for a new government…
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12 August
Western powers back Iraq’s al-Abadi as al-Maliki remains defiant
Western powers have lauded the naming of Haidar al-Abadi as Iraq’s new prime minister as a promising step forward in…
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8 August
German minister backs U.S. bombing of Islamic State forces in Iraq
(Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday told Reuters he supported the U.S. bombing of Islamist fighters in…
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4 August
Kurdish troops declare ISIS counter-offensive
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered Monday air support for Kurdish Peshmerga troops who are planning a counter-offensive against Islamic…
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Jul- 2014 -29 July
Israel steps up bombardment of Gaza; Netanyahu warns of long conflict
GAZA CITY — Israel targeted the home of the top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in some of…
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20 July
Migrants found suffocated in crowded vessel, as 400 are saved near Italy
Eighteen people have been found dead, believed suffocated, inside the hold of a boat carrying migrants from North Africa to Italy. A further…
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20 July
At least 20 dead in Israeli attack on Gaza district: medical officials
(Reuters) – At least 20 Palestinians were killed on Sunday by Israeli shelling in a Gaza neighbourhood, where bodies were…
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