( The Guardian )- The Manchester Arena bomber, Salman Abedi, had close connections with criminal gangs as well as known and suspected terrorists in the city, it has emerged. Abedi, 22, associated with a gang that has for years waged war with a rival grouping in south Manchester, the...

Iran has built a third underground ballistic missile production factory and will keep developing its missile program, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Thursday, in a development likely to fuel tension with Arab neighbors and Washington. "Iran's third underground factory has been...

Iraq’s interior minister Wednesday ordered an investigation into allegations that members of the security forces had tortured, killed and abused civilians in the campaign to oust Daesh (ISIS) militants from Mosul. The inquiry was in response to a report by the German newsmagazine Der...

( The Independent )- Salman Abedi returned from a visit to Libya just days before carrying out the Manchester attack and may have travelled to terrorist strongholds in Syria, it has been revealed. The 22-year-old’s potential links to Isis militants and recruiters around the world are being...