
IRAQ
Daesh executes own cmdrs. in north Iraq
Daesh terrorist group execute four of its militant commanders in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk.

Daesh terrorist group execute four of its militant commanders in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk.

Iran blames the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)’s incapacity for the persistence of the Israeli regime’s criminal activities.

An official at the US Defense Department says American forces will remain in Afghanistan for “a very long time.”

Canada says it will normalize relations with Iran following the implementation of the JCPOA.

The world is closer to destruction than it was at the height of the Cold War, scientists behind the “Doomsday Clock" warn.

At least five people are killed in a fresh US drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar.

Six people involved in the armed occupation of a wildlife refuge in Oregon, the US, were arrested and one was killed following an exchange of gunfire with police.

A panel of UN experts says the Saudi war on Yemen has violated the humanitarian law, calling for an international commission of inquiry.

Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner says that Europe’s passport-free travel system may collapse.

Six US cops are fired three years after the fatal shooting of two unarmed African Americans.

Brazil says it intends to deploy more than 200,000 troops across the country in two weeks to curb Zika virus.

Nude statues in Rome’s Capitoline Museum were covered up ahead of a visit by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

GOP front-runner Donald Trump says he will not take part in the next Republican debate as the Iowa caucuses approach.

US multi-billionaire Republican candidate Donald Trump calls for "good" ties with Russia and China.

A planned mass shooting at a Masonic Temple in Milwaukee has been thwarted in an operation involving undercover FBI agents, US authorities say.

Residents in southern Lebanon say they have captured a vulture equipped with an Israeli transmitter allegedly for espionage purposes.

Russia says it is considering legal action against the UK over the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko.

At least two cases of the Zika virus have been confirmed in the US as more are expected to arise.