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Sudan army denies rebel capture of Sudanese town

Sudan's army on Wednesday denied reports that the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) had captured a strategic area in South Kordofan state. "The Talodi area is still under the control of the Sudanese army," army spokesman Col. Al-Sawarmy Khaled Saad told...

Peshmerga claim advances in ISIL operation in Iraq

Around 200 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants have been killed in a major operation by Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces early on Wednesday, an official said. "A wide-ranging military operation started in the east and west of the Mosul Dam...

Russia says US 'wants to dominate the world'

Moscow (AFP) - Russia on Wednesday responded disparagingly to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, claiming it showed that the United States wanted to dominate world affairs. "Americans have set a course for confrontation," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told...

Thousands in Tehran mourn Iranian general killed by Israel

Thousands gathered Wednesday in Tehran at a funeral procession for a Revolutionary Guards general killed by Israel, after his commander warned the Jewish state it should "await destructive thunderbolts". General Mohammad Ali Allahdadi died alongside six fighters from Lebanon's...