Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer,who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front of her home in central Baghdad.
The bomb was armed with acoustic and seismic detectors,making any noise or vibration deadly. Even worse,attached magnetic devices could detect the metal eyelet of an approaching boot.
Diaspora communities say they were blindsided by proposed laws that could ban foreigners from countries such as Iran and South Sudan from entering Australia.
Seven months after the invasion of Iraq,the Defence Department said it was time to cut Australia’s troop presence. Secret documents reveal how the plan was thwarted.
The regime usually hits out via proxies in the Middle East but now it has launched a direct attack. How did Iran get here – and can the era of the ayatollahs last?
In 2012,American journalist James Foley was seized by militia in Syria. His parents waited two agonising years to learn of his fate.
The discovery of a cache of sensitive federal cabinet documents that had been forgotten and left lying around gathering dust for more than 40 years is possibly even too far-fetched for political satire.
The elite force struck areas near the US consulate in Erbil,as well as targets in Syria,vowing more revenge for deaths it blames on Israel and its allies.
The seizure of the Marshall Islands-flagged St Nikolas coincides with weeks of attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militias targeting Red Sea shipping routes.
The detonation of an unmanned vessel in the Red Sea did not damage any ships,but marked a significant escalation in their Gaza-related harassment campaign.
Thursday’s strike comes amid mounting regional tensions fuelled by the Israel-Hamas war and fears that it could spill over into surrounding countries.