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‘They don’t eat lettuce’: Youtuber explores a misunderstood community protecting 7,000-year-old tradition in northern IraqA new documentary by Sonny Side introduces the Yazidi people, an ancient religious minority. The film explores their unique faith, traditio...
A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq has killed more than 100 people and injured 150A fire at a wedding party in Iraq's Nineveh province has left over 100 people dead and 150 injured. The fire, which broke out after firewor...
Muslim-majority nations express outrage and plan street protests over Quran desecration in SwedenIn Iran, Iraq and Lebanon, protesters planned demonstrations after Swedish police permitted a protest Thursday in which an Iraqi Christian ...
Iraq orders the expulsion of Sweden's ambassador as a man desecrated the Quran in StockholmThe diplomatic blowup came hours after protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Islamic holy book stormed the Swedish Emb...
Videos purport to show protesters storming Swedish Embassy in Baghdad in anger over Quran burningThe videos showed dozens of men climbing over the fence at the complex, with the sound of them trying to break down a front door. Another s...
Pope calls for peace from ruins of Iraq's war-battered MosulFrancis travelled to northern Iraq on the final day of his historic visit to minister to the country's dwindling number of Christians, who ...
Pope Francis meets with top Shiite cleric in IraqThe historic meeting in al-Sistani's humble home was months in the making, with every detail painstakingly discussed and negotiated between...
Pope Francis arrives in first visit to IraqHe brings a message of peace and coexistence to comfort the country's deep-rooted Christian minority, many of whom fled the country in the ...
- Trump travel ban leaves Iraq's persecuted Yazidis in limbo
USA-TRUMP/IMMIGRATION-IRAQ-MINORITIES (TV, PIX):Trump travel ban leaves Iraq's persecuted Yazidis in limbo
Afsha Jabeen, IS recruiter from Hyderabad dreams of global caliphateAfsha Jabeen had deeply imbibed the terror outfit's religious extremism, fervently believing that a global caliphate would be established s...
US gun maker Spike's Tactical launches 'ISIS-proof' assault rifleA US gun maker has created an "ISIS-proof" assault rifle designed to never be used by Islamist terrorists as it is inscribed with a biblica...
US President Barack Obama vows to 'degrade and ultimately destroy' ISIS"I've made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country wherever they are," US President Barack Obama said.
Top Muslim groups and leaders condemn ISISCAIR's remarks came days after the ISIS released a video showing one of its members beheading American journalist James Foley, who was abdu...
US continues hitting ISIL targets, providing humanitarian aidThe US has continued with its two-pronged mission in Iraq, hitting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant targets and providing humanitar...
UN Security Council condemns ISIL attacks in Iraq, Ban Ki-moon calls for supportThe UN Security Council has condemned attacks on minorities by Islamist militants in Iraq as Ban Ki-moon called for international support.
US President Barack Obama authorizes air strikes in IraqUS President Barack Obama said on Thursday he has authorized air strikes against Islamist militants in Iraq to protect American personnel.
US condemns religious and ethnic prosecution by ISIL in IraqThese abominable actions only further demonstrate ISIL's mission to divide and destroy Iraq, Psaki said.
ISIL attacks on civilians could amount to war crimesSuch attacks on civilians and countrymen are violations of international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes.
- Suicide bomber targets church in Egypt, kills 21
At least 21 worshippers were killed and about 80 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a church soon after the New Y...
- Suicide bomber kills 25 west of Baghdad
A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in the midst of a celebration to welcome home an Iraqi detainee released from US custody, killing a...