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Some 27 million pilgrims mark Arba'een in Iraq
Iraq hosts more than 26 million pilgrims for the Arba'een rituals.

Iraq hosts more than 26 million pilgrims for the Arba'een rituals.

Thousands of people in Germany voice their anger at government plans to get militarily involved in Syria further.

Danes vote "no" in a referendum on adopting more European Union policies on justice and home affairs.

At least 16 people are killed after an attacker hurls a Molotov cocktail at a Cairo restaurant, Egyptian media sources say.

Police in the US find a man with a hoard of some 5,000 guns at home.

Muslim Americans are concerned about a new wave of Islamophobia in the aftermath of a mass shooting in California.

Researchers detect Fukushima radiation off North America's shores.

Russia says Moscow and Washington back the need to close Turkey's borders with Syria and Iraq.

Protests erupt in Ecuador over a parliament decision to lift presidential term limits from 2021.

The number of US police officers charged with murder has tripled this year.

The US military allows women to serve in all combat roles, says the Pentagon chief.

The US Senate rejects a proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers after 14 people are killed in the latest gun violence.

The relatives of the slain Palestinian Dawabsheh family say the Israeli regime gives illegal settlers the license to kill Palestinians.

Dutch lawmakers urge the military to join the US-led airstrikes in Syria.

Israeli troops shoot dead four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank amid ongoing tensions there.

The US is on the “brink” of starting a new nuclear arms race that will increase the risk of nuclear threat to new levels, former US Secretary of Defense William Perry says.

A village in western Indonesia is hit by a rainfall-triggered landslide, which has buried 18 people.

The Australian Senate has passed legislation that strips dual Australian nationals involved in terrorism of citizenship.