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Insurgents attack main oil refinery in Iraq

mosul under militants control

Sunni insurgents have launched Wednesday an attack on Iraq ‘s main refinery in Baiji (Saladin Province), where fighting continues against security forces stationed at the location, according to police sources and oil installation workers told reporters. The jihadi militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant  have attacked the hydro plant with mortar […]

Al Sisi bet for government continuity in Egypt

egyptian president al sisi

The new president of Egypt, Abdelfattah al Sisi, chaired Tuesday morning the first meeting of the new Executive of the Arab country after the ministers swore office in the presidential palace in Ittihadiya. Al Sisi, who won by an overwhelming margin in the presidential election last month, has appointed a cabinet to keep the momentum, […]

U.S. military will investigate disappearance of Bergdahl

Bowe Bergdahl

A few days after arrival in the U.S. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who is still recovering in a military hospital in Texas for nearly five years of captivity he suffered in Afghanistan, the Army announced Monday the opening of a formal investigation to establish “the facts and circumstances” surrounding his “disappearance” and capture by the Taliban […]

Egypt orders release of a journalist on hunger strike

Abdullah al-Shami

Egypt’s attorney general ordered Monday afternoon release of Abdullah al-Shami, an Egyptian journalist from Al Jazeera carrying around 130 days on hunger strike to protest his legal situation. Al-Shami was arrested in August last year, and has not yet gone to court. The reporter will be released along with a dozen other people, all for […]

Israel expands search in West Bank to find kidnapped youth

80 palestinians arrested

The Army and the Israeli secret services arrested early Tuesday another 41 Palestinians, mostly militants, according to the military, in raids in several districts of the West Bank as part of the search for the three missing young Israeli. On the fifth day of the military operation tracking, the focus has moved from Hebron, southern […]

U.S.willing to cooperate with Iran in Iraq crisis

US-Secretary-State-John-Kerry

United States is so concerned about the “threat to survival ” for Iraq which is the offensive of the Islamic Army in Iraq and the Levant also take steps to protect their staff in the country, does not rule out a dialogue with Iran to try to curb what it sees as a threat to […]

Russian journalist dies from bombing in Ukraine

Igor Korneliuk

The correspondent of the Russian State Television Radio (VGTRK), Igor Korneliuk, died Tuesday after being wounded in a barrage of mortar on the outskirts of the eastern city of Lugansk Ukraine, as reported by Sergey Babenko, deputy director of the hospital in which he died. “The man who was admitted with documentation on behalf of […]

Somali terrorists killed 20 in second attack in Kenya

terrorist attack in kenya

The Somali militia Al Shabab claimed to have killed 20 people in a second night of attacks on villages near the Kenyan coast. Police confirmed to Agence France Presse that about 10 people have been killed by gunmen in Mpetekoni villages near the town where the Sunday night attack of this militia with weapons and […]

Militants and Army fighting 60 kilometers away from Baghdad

militants and iraqi army fighting

Iraqi Army soldiers and jihadist militants clashed in Baquba, 60km northeast of Baghdad. At least 44 prisoners died in an insurgent attack led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against a police station in Baquba, according to medical and security sources. A spokesman for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said that the […]

U.S. concerned about flow of children from Central American countries

Joe Biden

In a reflection of the concern in the U.S. administration to the increasing flow of undocumented children who are entering the country, the White House announced Sunday that Vice President Joe Biden, lengthen his trip to Latin America by one day to deal with governments of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras crisis by the massive […]

At least 48 dead in a terrorist attack in Kenya

terrorist attack in kenya

About fifty men with guns and explosives attacked the town of Mpeketoni, about forty kilometers from the tourist coast of Kenya on Sunday night raided two hotels, a bank and a police station, among other buildings, according to the Inspector General Police, David Kimaiyo, the agency Efe. The death toll stands at 48, according to […]

3 sentenced to death in China for attack in Tiananmen

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A court in Xinjiang has sentenced to death three people for their role in the attack carried out last October in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, in which a Chinese citizen and a Filipino tourist died.  The court has sentenced another person to life imprisonment and four to prison terms ranging from five to 20 years […]

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