Fire hits Iraq's biggest ballot warehouse before recount: security official

For decades, the collective Arab dream has been a "free Palestine". Since the 1950s, the Palestinian cause has been the pinnacle of Arab aspirations and the centre of the pan-Arab movement. Arabs and Palestinians identified with each other through a shared language, similarities in culture and...
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...