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Unarmed black man shot dead by US police in a California town

US: Protests after Unarmed Black Man Shot Dead by Police

Protesters marched on Wednesday in a California town following the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man said to be mentally ill, as local officials urged calm and pledged a full investigation. The victim, identified as Ugandan refugee Alfred Olango, 30, was shot on Tuesday in the San Diego ...

September 29, 2016

Middle East

Gunmen of al Qaeda's Nusra Front carrying weapons in Syria. (File Photo)

Russian MoD: ISIL Defeated before FSA Troops in Northern Syria, Militants Plan for Chemical Attacks

Terrorists from the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) takfiri group offer weak resistance to the offensive of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) supported by Turkish troops in northern Syria and retreat to the south and southeast, Lt. Gen. Viktor Poznikhir, first deputy chief of Russian General ...

September 29, 2016

Middle East

Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif meeting Turkish PM Binali Yıldırım

Zarif’s Achievement in Turkey Visit to Halt: Cooperation to End Syrian Conflict

The Iranian foreign ministry’s media diplomacy directorate general announced that the most important achievement of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s visit to Turkey was Tehran-Ankara agreement to cooperate on halting Syria fighting and sending humanitarian aids to the war-ravaged country. Zarif on Wednesday conferred with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım ...

September 28, 2016

Middle East

Saudi Stock Market Falls Sharply on Weak Oil, Austerity Steps

Saudi Arabia’s stock market fell sharply for a second straight day on Wednesday, leading the entire region down, in response to weak oil prices and government austerity measures. The Saudi equities index, which had retreated 3.8 percent on Tuesday, sank a further 3.4 percent to 5,534 points, its lowest finish ...

September 28, 2016

World

Pentagon Chief Confirms US to Send Approximately 600 Troops to Iraq

President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar a-Abadi have agreed to send around 600 extra US troops to Iraq to help in the upcoming Mosul offensive, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday. The leaders have “approved, and they’ve both directed that the United States increase its contingent of forces ...

September 28, 2016

Middle East

Supreme Leader: Iranian Military Should Prepare for Its ‘Great Missions’ in Times of Need

Leader of Islamic Revolution Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei has addressed a graduation and oath-taking ceremony of students of Shahid Sattari University of Aeronautical Engineering on Wednesday morning, stressing that the military should remain prepared for the times of need so that it could serve the nation. Ayatollah Khamenei told the ...

September 28, 2016

Middle East

Iraq Requests More US Troops ahead of Mosul Battle

Iraq has asked Washington to send additional trainers and advisors ahead of the battle to retake second city Mosul from the ISIL group, the premier’s office said Wednesday. Iraq has requested “a final increase in the number of American trainers and advisors to support the heroic Iraqi security forces in ...

September 28, 2016

Middle East

US Army soldiers move down a street as they start a clearing mission in Dora, Iraq, on May 3, 2007, four years before their withdrawal from the country.

Troops of US-led Coalition Deployed in Iraq Reach 8,000

The number of troops on the ground in Iraq as part of a US-led coalition against the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group now stands at some 8,000, a US official announced on Tuesday. “The number of coalition forces in Iraq is now 8,000 personnel, ...

September 28, 2016

Middle East

Terrorist Commander Killed, Another Injured in Daraa Bomb Attack

The so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) announced the death of its military commander in a bomb attack east of Daraa. “Liberation of Houran Brigade – FSA” announced on its account on social media the death of the military commander of “March 18 Band – FSA”, Hussam al-Hajah (Abu Zeid). The ...

September 28, 2016

Middle East

Syrian Opposition Commander: Foreign States Gave Us Rockets with Range up to 40 km

Foreign states have given gunmen operating in Syria surface-to-surface Grad rockets of a type not previously supplied to them in response to a major Russian-backed offensive in Aleppo, an armed group commander said. The Grad rockets with a range of 22 km and 40 km have been supplied in “excellent ...

September 28, 2016