At least 1,500 people died Monday in Turkiye when two major earthquakes and 145 aftershocks struck the southeast of the country, Turkish officials said. Vice President Fuat Oktay said 1,541 people were killed and 9,733 [ More … ]
An electrical fire broke out during a Mass in a church located in city of Gaza near Cairo, where at least 41 people were killed and 45 people were injured in the blaze At least [ More … ]
Egyptian economic expert Ayman Hadhoud, who worked with the Reform and Development Party, has passed away after having been forcibly disappeared in February. Ayman Hadhoud, a graduate of the American University in Cairo and economic [ More … ]
At least 28 people have reportedly been shot dead by security forces across Iraq as protesters torched the Iranian embassy in the southern city of Najaf. A curfew was imposed in the city following the [ More … ]
Iraqi Human Rights Commission says those killed appeared to have died after being hit by tear gas canisters At least two demonstrators were killed in Baghdad on Friday morning as Iraq’s highest religious authority urged [ More … ]
Doctors’ committee says two people killed in clashes in the capital, while two others died in its twin city of Omdurman One week after scores died in a crackdown on Sudanese protesters demanding civilian rule, [ More … ]
– Iraqi authorities typically blame Daesh terrorist group for such attacks – A suicide bomber Monday killed seven people in a predominantly Shia district of Iraqi capital Baghdad, according to a local official, reported Anadolu Agency. [ More … ]
-Iraq has suffered a devastating security vacuum since mid-2014. – At least 18 people, mostly militants, were killed across Iraq on Friday as Iraqi authorities were preparing to launch an offensive to dislodge the Daesh [ More … ]
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