Tikrit (Iraq) (AFP) - Iraqi forces on Wednesday picked through the rubble-strewn streets of Tikrit after storming to the city centre, searching for diehard jihadist fighters and avoiding the booby traps they left behind./ Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi claimed the city was liberated but the ...
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday declared the "liberation" of Tikrit from the Islamic State group, after a weeks-long operation that was Baghdad's biggest yet against the jihadists./ Abadi "announces the liberation of Tikrit and congratulates Iraqi security forces and popular volunteers ...
Kirkuk (Iraq) (AFP) - Iraqi forces have retaken the Salaheddin provincial government headquarters in Tikrit from the Islamic State jihadist group, a significant advance in the battle to recapture the city, officials said Tuesday./ The spokesman for the Badr militia said members of the Popular ...
In this picture taken on March 29, 2015, and released by the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency, a group of mourners carry the flag-draped coffin of Ali Yazdani, a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, whom the Guard says was killed during a U.S. drone strike near the Iraqi city of Tikrit./ ...
9 Reaper drone takes off from Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan on March 13, 2009 (AFP Photo/James Lee Harper Jr.)/ Tehran (AFP) - Two Iranian Revolutionary Guardsmen were killed by a US drone in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, Iranian state media said Monday, in a report that was denied by the Pentagon ...
In a curiously timed allegation coming on the eve of a key deadline for nuclear talks, Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Monday claimed a U.S. drone strike killed two of its advisers in Iraq -- an allegation the U.S. disputed. "We are looking into this, like we do all claims, but we don't think we ...
Iraqi security forces attack Islamic State extremists in the streets of Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq./ Iran's Revolutionary Guard says a U.S. drone strike has killed two of its advisers in Iraq, though the U.S. said Monday it has only struck militants in its campaign against the ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran's Revolution Guard says a U.S. drone strike has killed two of its advisers in Iraq, though the U.S. said Monday it has only struck militants in its campaign against the Islamic State group. The claim came as negotiators on Monday attempted to reach a deal on Iran's contested ...
When is a ceasefire not a ceasefire? According to the Israeli army, when it’s a “local, tactical pause of military activity for humanitarian purposes”. Israel’s humanitarian aid coordinator for Gaza set out the details of the scheduled daily pause in fighting between 08:00 and 19:00 local time, ...
“should have to take a cognitive test," only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee referred to Texas Republican Rep. , who was the White House physician for part of his presidency, as "Ronny Johnson.” The moment ...
A file image of Israeli soldiers along Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip/ Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in a blast in southern Gaza on Saturday, Israel’s military said, the deadliest incident for the army in the war since January. The soldiers were in an armoured vehicle that was ...
Mexico's future President Claudia Sheinbaum waves before the start of her press conference at her campaign headquarters, in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)/ MEXICO CITY (AP) — A highway accident Friday involving an SUV carrying aides to who won Mexico’s June 2 ...
UNICEF's James Elder says Gaza a 'horror show' for children/ The UN children's agency Unicef has told the BBC a convoy carrying aid was denied entry to northern Gaza, despite having all the necessary documents, adding that this is a common occurrence. Unicef spokesman James Elder, who was on a ...
This illustration provided by NASA depicts Voyager 1. The most distant spacecraft from Earth stopped sending back understandable data in November 2023. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California announced this week that Voyager 1's four scientific instruments are back in business after ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and start negotiations if Kyiv began withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected what he ...
Mediators presented the latest ceasefire proposal more than two weeks ago/ Hamas has pushed back after being criticised by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for not yet accepting a ceasefire proposal, saying it had shown "positivity" towards the negotiations. The group said it had "dealt ...
Parents of freed Russian-Israeli hostage tell BBC his return was a "miracle"/ "They were forced to speak in a whisper," says Michael Kozlov, whose son was one of four hostages dramatically rescued by Israeli special forces from Hamas captivity in central Gaza on Saturday. For the parents of ...
University of Pennsylvania athlete Lia Thomas prepares for the 500 meter freestyle event at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas failed in her challenge against rules that stop her competing in elite women’s races ...