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Iraq bomb death toll rises to 73

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the most deadly bombing in Iraq in almost six months.
Syrian army units advanced in Aleppo on Friday and pounded rebel-held eastern neighbourhoods with air strikes and shelling, causing new deaths among besieged...

Train crash kills 44 in Iran

A collision between a moving passenger train and a stationary one in Iran has killed 44 people and injured more than 100.
A wildfire has been brought under control at the Israeli city of Haifa but other blazes continue to rage across the country.
The death toll from a train collision at a station in northern Iran has risen to 15, with dozens more injured.
Syrian civil-war rescue organisation the White Helmets apologises for taking part in the mannequin challenge.
An attack on a checkpoint in Egypt's northern Sinai has claimed the lives of at least eight security personnel.
At least 32 civilians, including five children, were killed Thursday in Syrian regime air strikes and artillery bombardment on rebel-held areas in eastern Aleppo,...
A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 70 people, mainly Shiite pilgrims, south of Baghdad Thursday, in the latest jihadist attack...
Tens of thousands of Israelis fled raging bushfires in the northern city of Haifa Thursday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said any proof of arson would be...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to flood Europe with migrants if his country continues to be pushed by the EU.
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suiciding bombing at a petrol station north of Baghdad that has killed about 100 people.
A car bomb attack targeting a government building in the southern Turkish city of Adana has killed at least two people and wounded 33 others.
Forces battling the Islamic State group in northern Iraq cut off the jihadists' last supply line from Mosul to Syria Wednesday, trapping them in the city for a...
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