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ISIS Plants Land Mines In Christian Civilian Homes, Ancient Ruins Across Iraq, Syria

ISIS Plants Land Mines In Christian Civilian Homes, Ancient Ruins Across Iraq, Syria

When Fatima returned to her home in Khabur in northeastern Syria last week, she found herself eye level with a sign that read, “Property of the Islamic State.” The militant group was pushed out of the Assyrian Christian-majority town by Kurdish and Syrian militias last month, but returning residents have been greeted with grim reminders […]

Saudi Arabia arrests 431 linked to ISIS group

Saudi Arabia arrests 431 linked to ISIS group

Saudi Arabia has arrested 431 people with suspected links to the Islamic State group and in the process thwarted a wave of suicide bombings that were to target mosques and security forces, the interior ministry announced on Saturday. Authorities have “managed over the past few weeks to destroy an organisation made of a cluster of […]

ISIS Is Now Using CHEMICAL Weapons

ISIS Is Now Using CHEMICAL Weapons

Islamic State fighters have been firing chemical weapons at Kurdish troops in Syria and Iraq. The Conflict Armament Research (CAR) group and Sahan Research said the jihadis had targeted Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga with a weapon filled with a chemical agent near Mosul Dam on June 21 or 22. The UK-based organisations also documented two such […]

115 killed and 170 people injured in ISIS car bomb attackin Iraq as people celebrated the end of Ramadan

115 killed and 170 people injured in ISIS car bomb attackin Iraq as people celebrated the end of Ramadan

ISIS suicide bombers have killed 115 men, women and children as they gathered in a marketplace in eastern Iraq to mark the end of the Islamic holy month. The extremists drove a truck loaded with explosives into the town of Khan Beni Saad on Friday evening, before they detonated the bombs and turned what should […]

Saudi Arabia Woman Films Bizarre Pursuit By Religious Police In A Mall

Saudi Arabia Woman Films Bizarre Pursuit By Religious Police In A Mall

Saudi Arabia’s notorious religious police are used to getting their way in shopping centres, never hesitating to sharply rebuke women who they believe aren’t dressed “appropriately”. But last Monday, agents found themselves face to face with a woman who made sure she had the last word. The incident took place in Riyadh’s Nakheel Mall shopping […]

Robin Van Persie signs for Fenerbahce

Robin Van Persie signs for Fenerbahce

Dutch international striker Robin van Persie on Tuesday signed for Fenerbahce from Manchester United on a three year deal, the Istanbul giants announced, in one of the most significant transfers by a Turkish Super Lig side in recent years. An estimated 18,000 fans clad in the iconic navy blue and yellow stripes of Fenerbahce turned […]

Raped, beaten and sold – Girls tell horrific story of abuse under Islamic State

Raped, beaten and sold – Girls tell horrific story of abuse under Islamic State

Three young Yazidi women have escaped from sex slavery in the hands of the Islamic State (IS) group and travelled to London, where they told their horrific stories. The three girls are fragile, beautiful and very scared. They won’t show their faces to the camera because, they say, they still have friends and family being […]

Australian woman ‘arrested in UAE over Facebook photo’

Australian woman ‘arrested in UAE over Facebook photo’

An Australian woman has reportedly been arrested in Abu Dhabi for posting an image on Facebook of a vehicle blocking two disabled car spots at her apartment block. Jodi Magi was arrested and jailed for writing “bad words” on social media, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Tuesday. The report said that the 39-year-old […]

Iran and world powers clinch historic nuclear deal

Iran and world powers clinch historic nuclear deal

World powers and Iran have reached a landmark deal to curb Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief after an 18-day marathon negotiations in Vienna. The accord was announced on Tuesday by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the European Union’s policy chief Federica Mogherini in a joint statement in the Austrian […]

After almost 3 weeks Iran nuclear deal nears completion

After almost 3 weeks Iran nuclear deal nears completion

There are growing expectations that a comprehensive deal capping marathon negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme will be announced in Vienna. Six world powers and Iran are reported to have drawn up a 100-page document detailing curbs to Iran’s nuclear activity and sanctions relief. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is to make a televised address at 17:30 […]

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