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A German citizen who recently converted to Islam has beheaded his Moroccan wife in a crime that bears the hallmark of the Islamic state group, ISIS. The man in his fifties, living in the city of Hamburg, reports say, attends Read more
The Iraqi foreign ministry Monday summoned the Chargé d’Affaires to the Turkish embassy in Baghdad, to protest against a visit by Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to a military base in northern Iraq, Alquds newspaper reports. The ministry in a Read more
Two Iraqi security forces have sustained injuries after the explosive belt of a subside bomber busted as security forces shot dead the terrorist, London-based Al Quds newspaper reports. The Iraqi defense ministry in a statement issued Thursday said security forces Read more
The Iraqi cabinet Sunday suspended health minister and Baghdad Governor as part of investigations into a fire that killed 82 on Saturday at local hospital in Capital Baghdad, reports say. A special Sunday Cabinet session headed by Mustafa Al-Kadhimi suspended Read more
Qatar will host in the December this year FIFA Arab Cup, a tournament grouping Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa, in preparation for the FIFA World Cup which the country is set to stage next year. The Read more
Explosives launched from a drone hit Wednesday Erbil airport, in Iraqi Kurdistan Region, targeting positions of US forces. The attack, the Kurdistan’s interior ministry said, only left material damage. The explosives (TNT) the ministry also indicated were dropped near U.S. Read more
Iraqi security forces arrested Tuesday the governor of the Babel province charged for corruption, reports say. Governor Hassan Mandil Al-Sariawi according to reports was arrested on the back of an arrest warrant issued against him by the Iraqi judiciary for Read more
UAE has pledged to invest $3 billion in Iraq in view of strengthening the economic and investment relations between the two countries, Gulf Business reports. Both countries, on the media notes, made the announcement as Iraqi Prime Minister Dr. Mustafa Read more
Kuwait welcomed Sunday a shipment of tons of documents and other items stolen during the country’s invasion in 1990 by Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein, The New Arab reports. The shipment, eight tons, contained archives from Kuwait University, the information Read more
A US drone allegedly on a surveillance mission crashed Tuesday in northern Iraq, Anadolu news agency citing an Iraqi security source. The source who spoke on condition of anonymity because not allowed to speak on the subject matter indicated that Read more