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Lack of aid may push Iraqis to ISIL: UN
The United Nations says a lack of funding may force some Iraqis to turn to ISIL for aid.

The United Nations says a lack of funding may force some Iraqis to turn to ISIL for aid.

ISIL Takfiri militants set nine civilians in the Iraqi city of Mosul on fire.

Israel is against the conclusion of Iran nuclear talks because it is afraid of normalization of relations between Tehran and Washington.

Egypt's top cleric calls for a meeting of leading Shia and Sunni scholars.

A top Ansarullah official rejects reports that the southern Yemeni port city of Aden has fallen to pro-Hadi gunmen.

Pro-independence parties in Catalonia announce a joint list of candidates for September’s regional elections.

Kerry and Moniz say for the United States to back away from the conclusion of Iran nuclear talks would be a “historic mistake.”

Israeli forces kill a Palestinian man during a home raid in the West Bank town of Beit Ummar.

The family of a black woman, who died in a Texas prison, says she was jailed only because of hurting the ego of an overzealous police officer.

Greece’s parliament has approved the second batch of reforms necessary to receive a third bailout from its international creditors.

At least 20 Egyptians have died when their ferry collided with a cargo boat.

Astronauts successfully blast off for the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

The US has set its sights on China and Russia, because they are threatening Washington’s global economic dominance, American scholar James Fetzer says.

Iran is prepared for ‘win-win’ economic ties with other countries, says the chief of staff of President Hassan Rouhani.

ISIL has said in a new execution video that it will fill the streets of Paris with dead bodies.

At least 40 people have lost their lives in four bomb explosions in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Gombe.

Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc says the country plans to boost security measures along its border with Syria.

Canada’s “radical” policy towards Iran is isolating Ottawa from the international community.