The number of Iraqi civilians killed in acts of violence since the beginning of the year has significantly dropped, largely due to defeat of Daesh (ISIS), the United Nations and a monitor have said. Reports released this week by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the...
Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq detained a 20-year-old Iraqi man Friday on suspicion of raping and murdering a 14-year-old Jewish girl in Germany, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said in a statement. Seehofer told reporters the Kurdish security forces had taken him into...
The party of Pakistan's former military dictator Pervez Musharraf announced Saturday that he will run for a seat in parliament in July 25 national elections. The move comes after the country's Supreme Court conditionally allowed Musharraf to return from Dubai, where he has been living...
Security in Singapore has already been tested before the island nation hosts next week’s unprecedented U.S.-North Korea summit as Friday saw local officials interrogate two South Korean journalists and a Kim Jong-un impersonator. The two reporters were questioned by police for...
