Mosul Zoo Lion and Bear Flown Out of Iraq
Simba the lion and Lula the bear, the ailing last two residents of Mosul zoo, were flown out of Iraq ...
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Yemen Clashes Kill More Than 40 In 24 Hours
Clashes and air strikes in southwest Yemen have killed more than 40 soldiers, rebels and civilians over the past 24 ...
Near Mosul, Soldiers and Displaced Meet At the Spa
Hammam al-Alil's sulphur springs and reopened spa have become a spot where the soldiers fighting in Mosul and the civilians ...
PM Trudeau In France
On Sunday, near Arras in Northern France, a WWI battle centenary commemoration looked for all the world like a celebration ...
No Dalai Drama! India and China Rescue Ship Hijacked By Pirates
The navies of India and China carried out a joint operation Sunday to rescue a merchant ship hijacked by Somali ...
Hijacked Ship’s Crew Rescued From Pirates Near Somalia
Nineteen crew members have been freed from a ship captured by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Maritime officials ...
Mali’s Defense Minister Named As New Prime Minister
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita replaced his prime minister late on Saturday, naming the defense minister to head the government ...
India, Chinese Navies Rescue Ship Hijacked By Somali Pirates
The navies of India and China carried out a joint operation Sunday to rescue a merchant ship hijacked by Somali ...
Roadside Bomb Kills Nine Policemen In Northern Afghanistan
A roadside bomb killed nine policemen and wounded four others outside their checkpoint in northern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, in ...
Mali, France Rule Out Talks With Jihadists After Attacks
France and Mali on Friday ruled out any talks with jihadist groups responsible for repeated attacks on Malian and foreign ...
Royals To Commemorate Defining WW1 Battle
The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry are to join more than 25,000 people in northern France to mark the ...
Five Dead In Jihadist Attack In Mali
A Tuareg-led group in Mali said five of its fighters were killed Saturday in an attack blamed on jihadists, a ...
US Special Forces Soldier Killed
The group known as Islamic State is believed to be in a strong position in Nangarhar province An American special ...
US Soldier Killed In Anti-IS Operations In Afghanistan
An American soldier was killed during operations against the Islamic State group in Afghanistan late on Saturday, the US military ...
Syria Grows Increasingly Volatile For US Forces
Friday's strike on a Syrian airbase marks the first direct US attack on the Damascus regime, raising questions about the ...
UN Emergency Talks After US Missile Strikes
The UN Security Council has heard sharp exchanges over the US bombardment of a Syrian air base suspected of using ...
Syria ‘chemical Attack’ Survivors Welcome US Strike
In the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun, site of an alleged chemical weapons attack, residents still mourning their dead on ...
Pride and Pain As Mosul Doctors Treat Their Own
Every time a patient is stretchered into the Athbah field hospital south of Mosul, doctor Sultan prays it isn't his ...
US Launches Missile Strikes In Response To Chemical ‘attack’
The US has carried out a missile attack against targets in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack ...
Pentagon Has Broad Military Arsenal Available For Syria Strike
The United States has been fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria since 2014, so has amassed a ...