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Militants seize more Iraq towns as US presses unity
AFP, Published on 22/06/2014
» Sunni militants advanced in western Iraq and killed 21 people after security forces left several towns, while America's top diplomat called Sunday for the country's leaders to rise above sectarianism.
Iraq conflict threatens vital growth of oil sector: analysts
AFP, Published on 22/06/2014
» Escalating violence in Iraq is threatening the development of some of the world's largest oil reserves at a time when OPEC's number-two producer was expected to be a key future supplier.
Iraq battles militant onslaught as Kerry presses unity
AFP, Published on 24/06/2014
» Iraqi forces held off Sunni insurgent attacks on a key town and an oil refinery as John Kerry pushed Tuesday for unity in a conflict the UN says has killed nearly 1,100.
Qaeda 'merges with ISIL' at Syria-Iraq border town
AFP, Published on 25/06/2014
» Al-Qaeda's Syrian offshoot on Wednesday made an oath of loyalty to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at a key town on the Iraqi border, a monitor said.
Iraq PM warns against exploiting militant offensive
AFP, Published on 25/06/2014
» Beleaguered Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki warned rivals Wednesday against exploiting a Sunni militant onslaught for political gain and insisted that any new government must be based on an election he won.
Woman faces supporting terrorism charge in Australia
AFP, Published on 05/05/2014
» An Australian mother was Monday charged with supporting terrorism after she was arrested trying to board a flight from Sydney with her four young children.
WHO declares polio 'public health emergency'
AFP, Published on 05/05/2014
» The World Health Organization warned Monday that polio has reemerged as a public health emergency, after new cases of the crippling disease began surfacing and spreading across borders from countries like Syria and Pakistan.
At least 22 dead in Greece migrant sinkings
AFP, Published on 05/05/2014
» At least 22 migrants including four children drowned in the Aegean Sea on Monday after a yacht and a dinghy carrying them towards Greek shores capsized, coastguard officials said.
Syria rebels evacuate 'capital of revolution' Homs
AFP, Published on 07/05/2014
» The evacuation of rebel-held parts of Syria's Homs began Wednesday under an unprecedented deal which hands back control to the government weeks before the presidential election.
Syria rebels in final retreat from heart of Homs
AFP, Published on 08/05/2014
» The last rebels were pulling out from the centre of the battleground city of Homs on Thursday, handing a symbolic victory to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ahead of a controversial election.