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On Monday, the Iraqi Joint Operation Command officially declared victory a day after the Iraqi forces raised the Iraqi flag on the provincial government complex of Ramadi, some 110 km west of Baghdad, but Anbar’s provincial capital has not yet been fully secured.

At least two mosques south of Baghdad were attacked last week after a Shia cleric was executed in Saudi Arabia, triggering angry reactions in Iraq and neighbouring Iran.

South Korea said Monday, January 11, that further United States “strategic assets” might be deployed to the Korean peninsula, following a flyover by a US B-52 bomber in response to North Korea’s latest nuclear test.

“Everything she touched, she made better”, he said.

The US State Department has said it is looking into a report of a US citizen being held by the North Korean government.

He said the 10 vehicles targeted the Iraqi army’s 10th Division base northeast of Ramadi.

A committee of National Football League owners has recommended a proposal for a stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson that is backed by the San Diego Chargers, the NFL said Tuesday.

Opening a meeting of Arab League diplomatic chiefs in Cairo, the group’s head, Nabil al-Arabi, accused Tehran of “provocative acts”.

An “essential” factor in Guzman’s eventual arrest was the drug lord’s meeting with Hollywood star Sean Penn in Guzman’s remote mountaintop hideout in the Mexican state of Durango in early October, Mexico’s attorney general Arely Gomez said on Monday.

At least 14 people, including police personnel, have been killed and several injured in a blast near anti-polio centre in Quetta’s satellite town in Pakistan.

The White House said Obama would not address the 10 U.S. Navy sailors who were being held by Iran Tuesday night.

Russian Federation was suspended by the IAAF from worldwide competition, including the Olympics, in November after a report by a World Anti-Doping Agency accused Russian Federation of having a state-sponsored doping programme.

President Barack Obama is facing tough questions in front of an audience of high-profile figures in the debate over gun violence.

An aftershock occurred five minutes later – this one measuring magnitude 3.8.

According to a press release issued by the Office of the Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz informed the Committee regarding Pakistan’s stance as a friend of Saudi Arabia and that any danger to Saudi Arabia’s integrity would evoke a strong...