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Daesh uses chemical agents in Iraq's Kirkuk: Officials

Iraqi officials say Daesh terrorists used poisonous substance in shelling a village in the country’s northern province of Kirkuk.

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  • Iraqi officials say Daesh terrorists used poisonous substance in shelling a village in the country’s northern province of Kirkuk.
  • Israeli Knesset members sign a bill to deport family members of Palestinians killed over alleged anti-Israeli attacks from the West Bank to Gaza.
  • Turkey’s premier asks the parliament to lift the immunity of senior pro-Kurdish politicians to prosecute them on charges of belonging to an armed terrorist group.
  • The UN torture investigator is concerned about calls by some Republican candidates in the US presidential race to authorize waterboarding to interrogate detainees.
  • In France, police fire tear gas in the capital Paris to disperse thousands of anti-austerity protesters.