Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Qassem Soleimani (L) visits the town of Tal Ksaiba in Salahuddin province, Iraq in 2015. (Reuters)/ Despite all the brouhaha made over Iran’s “lightning” advances in Iraqi Kurdistan, the entire scene change in less than 48 hours. Tehran desperately needed to ...
A senior Iranian military commander repeatedly warned Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq to withdraw from the oil city of Kirkuk or face an onslaught by Iraqi forces and allied Iranian-backed fighters, Kurdish officials briefed on the meetings said. Major-General Qasim Sulaimani, commander of ...
A top Iranian military commander traveled to northern Iraq to urge Kurdish leaders to withdraw from Kirkuk in a move that Kurdish officials said played an important role in enabling Iraq's government to swiftly retake control of the city from Kurds this week. Kurdish lawmakers said Major-General ...
A Cleveland woman who pleaded guilty to aggravated murder after leaving her toddler home alone in a playpen while she went on a 10-day vacation was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole. A judge found that Kristel Candelario, 32, had committed “the ultimate act of betrayal” when she ...
Marwan Issa/ Hamas leader Marwan Issa died in an Israeli air strike, White House official Jake Sullivan has said./ As deputy military commander, Mr Issa would be Hamas's most senior leader to die since the war began on 7 October./ The Palestinian group, which controls Gaza, has not officially ...
on Monday said she supported a local New York official’s order with transgender athletes from using county-owned facilities. The ban applies to over 100 athletic facilities in New York City's Long Island suburbs. Speaking alongside Nassau County Executive at his office in Mineola, Jenner said ...
When dawn broke last Monday morning, signalling the beginning of Ramadan, it brought a cruel irony for the people of Gaza./ The holy month when Muslims fast during daylight had arrived amid a looming famine./ Gazans had already endured five months of war. Virtually the entire population was ...
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds rally in Richmond/ has so far been unable to obtain a bond that would allow him to appeal a $454 million judgment against the former U.S. president in a New York civil fraud case without posting the full amount ...
'The situation here is catastrophic'/ Displaced Gazans have been told to leave the area around the hospital Image caption: Displaced Gazans have been told to leave the area around the hospital Eyewitness have told of how panic gripped those inside al-Shifa hospital after Israeli forces launched ...
area cyclists who helped one of their own escape the jaws of a cougar recounted their story this weekend, saying they fought the cat and pinned it down. The woman who was attacked, Keri Bergere, sustained neck and face injuries and was treated at a hospital and released following on a trail ...
BERLIN (AP) — When Sabine Thonke joined a recent demonstration in Berlin against Germany's far-right party, it was the first time in years she felt hopeful that the growing power of the extremists in her country could be stopped. Thonke, 59, had been following the rise of the Alternative for ...
Israeli forces have launched an overnight raid on the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, with reports of tanks and heavy gunfire at the facility./ An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said the IDF was carrying out a "high precision operation in limited areas" of the hospital./ The IDF said "senior ...
members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about the mysterious, cult-like, bad-vibes towns they came across in the . And, PHEW, there are A LOT. Here are their chilling responses: Note: Some of these stories contain mentions of racism and sexual assault. Also, apologies if your hometown is on ...