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Pompeo heads to Saudi, UAE for Iran crisis talks
WASHINGTON, D.C - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday he will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for talks on the crisis sparked by Iran's downing an American drone. "We'll ...
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Iran pushes bellicose rhetoric in face of Trump’s hesitation
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region- As tensions rise in the Persian Gulf following the downing of a US spy drone by Iran, the spokesperson for the Iranian Armed Forces threatened on Saturday that Tehran would...
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Iraq has not rerouted commercial flights over Persian Gulf: officials
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq and the Kurdistan Region’s aviation authorities have not rerouted commercial flights away from the Persian Gulf, nor have they discussed doing so in response to the s...
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ISIS claims responsibility for fires on Syria-Iraq border
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region- Islamic State (ISIS) militants burned lands of Sunni fighters and Yazidis in Nineveh, on the Iraqi border with Syria, in early June, the group said on Thursday. ISIS’ claim...
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Trump called off strikes on Iran due to large number of casualties
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - President Trump said on Friday in a series of tweets that he refused to go ahead on targeted strikes on Iranian installations on Thursday evening in response to the shooti...
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UNESCO World Heritage Site certificate presented at Erbil Citadel concert
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Rudaw CEO Ako Mohammed was presented an official document recognizing Erbil Citadel as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Thursday night by Iraqi musician Naseer Shamma, the ...
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Oil shippers boost security after mysterious attacks in Gulf
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A series of attacks on oil tankers near the Persian Gulf has ratcheted up tensions between the U.S. and Iran — and raised fears over the safety of one of Asia’s m...
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Kuwaiti emir to visit Iraq on Wednesday
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kuwait’s ruling emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah will visit Iraq on Wednesday to discuss rising Middle East tensions, Kuwait state agency KUNA reported on Tues...
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Iraqi, Kurdish Islamic leaders pay tribute to Egypt’s Morsi
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Islamic party leaders in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region have paid tribute to the deposed president of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, who died during a court hearing in Cairo on Mon...
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Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi dies during trial
CAIRO,Egypt - Mohamed Morsi, who died Monday aged 67, was Egypt's first democratically elected president but spent just one turbulent year in office after the 2011 uprising before the army toppled ...