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28,000-plus Iraqi security forces killed since 2003

Nearly 30,000 police officers have been killed since 2003, the end of the Saddam Hussein era, Iraqi officials announced Wednesday  "The Interior Ministry can list 28,600 martyrs from 2003 until now," Zamil al-Saadi, the ministry’s director of martyrs and wounded affairs, said in a...

Libya's GNA to activate security deal with Turkey

Libya's Tripoli-based UN-recognized government will activate a recent pact for military cooperation with Turkey.  In a statement, the Cabinet of the Government of National Accord (GNA) said it held an emergency meeting with military commanders on confronting an offensive by eastern...

2.4M people in Gaza, Palestine in need: UN

UN humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian Territory said Thursday that 2.4 million people are in need of assistance, but the UN is targeting just 1.5 million because of funding difficulties.   Jamie McGoldrick held a news briefing in Geneva after Palestinian Prime...

US probe of Saudi oil attack shows it came from north

The United States said new evidence and analysis of weapons debris recovered from an attack on Saudi oil facilities on Sept. 14 indicates the strike likely came from the north, reinforcing its earlier assessment that Iran was behind the offensive. In an interim report of its investigation -...