A suicide bomb claimed by ISIS killed at least seven people, including two police, when it exploded on Monday near a Shiite Muslim procession in a northern Baghdad neighborhood, police and medical sources said. The explosion in Shaab, which the sources said left 23 wounded, was one of a...
Human Rights Watch Sunday called for a thorough and impartial investigation into the death of two Tunisian detainees in suspicious circumstances in separate cases. "Relatives of both men provided photographs showing marks and bruises on their faces and bodies, and said that authorities had...
Ever since they expelled ISIL from Tal Abyad in mid-June, Syria’s Kurds have been at the centre of many rumours. In particular, there has been talk of upcoming battles against ISIL in northern Syria, including Kurdish-Russian cooperation. The idea of a Kurdish-led offensive to capture...
A series of blasts targeting Shia Muslims in Dhaka killed at least one person and wounded dozens more early on Saturday as they gathered for a procession in the old part of the Bangladesh capital to mark the holy day of Ashura, police said. Police cordoned off the area and were...
