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Daesh mortar attack on soccer field kills 6 in Iraq

Police in Iraq say Daesh (ISIS) militants have fired mortar rounds at a soccer field near a Shiite shrine, killing six civilians and wounding nine others. The attack occurred late Saturday in the village of Daquq, in Iraq's northern Kirkuk province, as people were exercising. Police...

2 Israeli drones crash in Lebanon: Hezbollah

An Israeli drone went down and another exploded in southern Lebanon early Sunday, an official with Lebanese group Hezbollah said.   One drone crashed over the Moawwad neighborhood in southern Lebanon after midnight and its debris were taken to a safe place by Hezbollah members,...

Iran blacklists US-based think-tank: ministry

Iran has blacklisted U.S.-based think-tank the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and its chief Mark Dubowitz on accusations of being behind "economic terrorism" against the Islamic republic. The Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement issued late Saturday that it had "added the...