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An 18-year-old Australian man was behind a deadly suicide bomb attack in Iraq last week, authorities said Monday, with Attorney-General George Brandis calling it a “disturbing development.” The blast last Thursday near a mosque in Baghdad left several dead, including the teenager, who left Melbourne for the region last year. …

A suicide bombing in southern Baghdad killed seven people and wounded 18 others on Saturday morning, police and a local hospital source said. The bomb exploded at a police checkpoint in the Abu Dsheer district, south of the capital, the sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for …

A pro-Palestinian protester shouts anti-Israeli slogans in a massive street march in Paris, Sunday, July 13, 2014. French authorities have forbidden pro-Palestinian protests in some cities, citing potential tension between the opponents of the Israeli atrocities and the backers of the Tel Aviv regime. A police official said Wednesday that …

Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the Islamic Republic will do all in its power to help the Palestinian nation. Iran supports the Palestinian nation as well as unity among Muslims, Larijani said in a meeting with ambassadors of Islamic countries in Tehran on Tuesday. “We take it upon ourselves …

An American Muslim organisation has criticised Barack Obama for using a White House iftar on Monday as an opportunity to voice his support for Israel. The Muslim Public Affairs Council, which attended the event along with many other US Muslim leaders, said it was appalled at the president’s actions. At …

Iraqi armed forces have regained full control of the northern city of Tikrit during a major offensive against Takfiri ISIL militants. Al-Iraqiya television network reported on Tuesday that the army succeeded in recapturing the strategic city after the Iraqi air force pounded the main ISIL strongholds in Tikrit, located 140 …

Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders in the United Kingdom have come together to denounce the Islamic militant group ISIS in a video posted by a group called Imams Online, reports the BBC. A statement on the Imams Online website says, “Senior British imams have come together to emphasize the importance of unity in the UK and to decree …

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has dismissed Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari as tension continues between Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). On Friday, the Iraqi premier appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani as a replacement for Zebari. The development came after Zebari, along with other Kurdish …

The United States moved Thursday to blacklist a group of companies it claimed covertly helped Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement acquire components for surveillance drones. The US Treasury placed sanctions on Beirut-based Stars Group Holding, which it said purchased electronics and other technology via offices in China and Dubai to support …

A 28-year-old man from London has won an undisclosed sum from two police forces for being detained unlawfully under terror laws after trying to make a complaint on a train. The case has called into question how anti-terror legislation is being used while the government forces through emergency surveillance legislation …