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Kurds seek independence vote amid Iraq 'chaos'
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» Iraq's Kurds set the ball rolling Thursday for a referendum on their long-held dream of independence, ignoring calls for the nation to unite against rampant jihadists or face "Syria-like chaos".
Airport security ramped up over US bomb fears
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» US-bound travellers from Europe and the Middle East faced tighter airport security Thursday over fears that Al-Qaeda-linked militants are developing new explosives that could be slipped onto planes undetected.
Final push in 'historic' Iran nuclear talks
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» Iran's foreign minister took to social media Thursday to warn that the outcome of nuclear talks with world powers was unclear, as a decisive final round began in Vienna ahead of a July 20 deadline.
Tighter security for US-bound flights
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» WASHINGTON - US authorities plan to bolster security at some airports in Europe and the Middle East with direct flights to the United States, officials said Wednesday.
Malaysia police hunt 5 terror suspects amid crackdown
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police said Wednesday they were looking for a university lecturer and four others allegedly involved in terror activities and now believed to be hiding in the Philippines as it cracks down on suspected militants.
Syrian chemical weapons transferred to US ship
AFP, Published on 02/07/2014
» The international operation to destroy Syrian chemical weapons entered its final phase on Wednesday, with the stockpile being loaded onto a US military ship equipped to dispose of them.
ISIL declares 'caliphate' in Iraq, Syria
AFP, Published on 30/06/2014
» The ISIL jihadists whose sweeping Sunni militant offensive has captured swathes of Iraq have declared an "Islamic caliphate" in their territory as Iraqi forces battle to retake Saddam Hussein's hometown Tikrit.
Jihadists fighting in Syria, Iraq declare 'caliphate'
AFP, Published on 30/06/2014
» A powerful jihadist group known for its ruthless tactics and systemic abuses in the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts announced Sunday the establishment of a "caliphate", or Islamist state.
World peace enters a dangerous era
News, Published on 30/06/2014
» For some years now we have been told that war is a thing of the past. Numbers have been deployed to measure the reduction in war deaths, papers written about the shifting shape of conflict, and whilst the world is still a messy place, we were assured that the old threat of clashing powers leading to world war and nuclear annihilation were behind us.
Iraq presses counter-offensive, ISIL declares 'caliphate'
AFP, Published on 29/06/2014
» Iraqi forces pressed a counter-attack on Saddam Hussein's hometown Tikrit on Sunday as jihadists who led a sweeping Sunni militant offensive that captured swathes of territory declared a "caliphate".