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March 30, 2017 8:13 AM

Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 15 people in Baghdad

In Iraq, at least 15 people were killed and 45 injured after a suicide truck bomb targeted a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad yesterday. According to Iraqi officials, the bomber detonated the vehicle, an oil tanker laden with explosives. <br/><br/>Officials said, three policemen wer...

March 30, 2017 7:23 AM

Iraq: 15 people killed suicide truck bomb blast in southern Baghdad

In Iraq, at least 15 people were killed and 45 injured after a suicide truck bomb targeted a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad yesterday. According to Iraqi officials, the bomber detonated the vehicle, an oil tanker laden with explosives. <br/><br/>Officials said, three policemen wer...

March 30, 2017 5:46 AM

Iraq: 15 killed, 45 injured in suicide truck bomb blast

In Iraq, at least 15 people were killed and 45 injured after a suicide truck bomb targeted a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad yesterday. According to Iraqi officials, the bomber detonated the vehicle, an oil tanker laden with explosives. <br/><br/>Officials said, three policemen wer...

March 30, 2017 2:23 AM

US warns of deep review of UN peacekeeping

The United States warned today that it would use its presidency of the UN Security Council to review the performance of peacekeeping missions worldwide. <br/><br/>The Council is due to vote in the next few days on whether to extend or to cut back the 19,000-strong UN mission in the Democ...

March 30, 2017 2:22 AM

Military campaign inside northern Syria over: Turkey

Turkey today said its military campaign inside northern Syria was over, without specifying whether it will pull its troops out from the neighbouring country.<br/><br/>Turkey's top advisory national security council chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the half-year long of...

March 30, 2017 1:51 AM

Montenegro welcomes US Senate NATO approval

Montenegro officials today welcomed the US Senate's decision to ratify its entry into NATO, calling it a great step for the tiny Balkan nation.<br/><br/>Montenegro is set to become NATO's 29th member following the Senate's overwhelming ratification yesterday. Russia strong...

March 30, 2017 1:50 AM

Palestinian woman killed after attacking Israeli police

Israeli police shot and killed a Palestinian woman who attacked officers on duty with a pair of scissors near Jerusalem's Old City today. A police spokesman said&apos;the 49-year-old woman from east Jerusalem had tried to stab forces near Damascus Gate.&apos; <br/><br/><br/>Lo...

March 30, 2017 1:50 AM

Bob Dylan to receive Nobel prize in Stockholm

Music icon Bob Dylan will finally receive his Nobel Literature Prize this weekend at a meeting with the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. It was announced today that according to Dylan's wishes, only Bob Dylan and members of the Academy would attend. <br/><br/>No media will be allowed t...

March 30, 2017 1:49 AM

US opens formal investigation into civilian deaths in Mosul

The top US general for the Middle East says the military has launched a formal investigation to determine what role the US played in the deaths of dozens of civilians in Mosul, Iraq.<br/><br/>Gen. Joseph Votel, head of US Central Command, says combat in the densely populated areas of Mos...

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