Every shot sent shock waves all around and left ears ringing: the tanks of the Iraqi army's 9th armoured division were advancing through the streets of Mosul's Intisar neighbourhood. When Iraqi forces finally punched into the streets of Mosul in the past few day, the three-week-old offensive...

(Daily Mail)- Iraqi special forces threw themselves back into battle Saturday after a first foray into Mosul was blunted by stiffer than expected resistance from jihadists defending the birthplace of their "caliphate". While the elite Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) fought the Islamic State...

(Sky News)- At least 19 people have been killed and 50 others were injured when two trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Horrified witnesses described how one train sped into Quaidabad station and rammed into another train which was stationary at...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists documented an experiments of a machine work to eject dense smoke in air as a method of defence against further Russian and Syrian regime air strikes.  The machine is considered a substitute to burning tyres, which residents, especially children kept...