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Kurdish weatherman suffers snowball attack
A TV weatherman fell victim to a snowball attack while reporting on snow that has hit many areas of Iraq, including parts of Iraqi Kurdistan. The weatherman for the local outlet Rudaw traveled to a particularly snowy stretch of road on February
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Supporters of Shia militia storm into US Embassy compound in Baghdad
Dozens of angry Iraqi Shia militia supporters have broken into the US Embassy compound in Baghdad after smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, prompting tear gas and gunfire. An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw
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Yazidi sex slave ran into abuser while seeking asylum in Germany
A Yazidi girl who escaped to Germany after being sold by her IS captors to a man who used her as a sex slave has told of her horror at bumping into him in the street in Stuttgart. Ashwak was just 14 when she was kidnapped four years ago. After
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Duchess of Cambridge re-wears Michael Kors coat for memorial unveiling
For the dedication and unveiling of an Iraq and Afghanistan memorial in London today, Kate Middleton was spotted wearing a tweed – and long-standing favourite – coat of hers. Like the Queen, Middleton opted for a blue outfit instead of the perhaps too-formal black, and matched her lighter outerwear with a navy blue wide-brimmed hat along with colour-matching gloves and suede court shoes. The flared (but fitted) Michael Kors coat is one she’s worn to another memorial previously; Australia and N
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Meet the Iraqi drifters out to prove their country isn't all war
Iraqi citizens have been living in a war-torn country for more than a decade, so it'd be easy to imagine everything as being a bit miserable. However, many parts of the country are free from the self-styled Islamic State reign of terror,
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Islamic State videos urge refugees to flee 'humiliation' in Europe
Islamic State has produced a series of videos telling refugees to avoid "humiliation" in Europe and instead join the terror group in war-torn Syria and Iraq. One video uses footage of desperate migrants facing riot police with water
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Suicide bomber's car flung into the sky before detonating mid-air
A video has emerged from Iraq, which apparently shows the moment an ISIS suicide bomber's car is flung into the sky by a roadside bomb, before exploding in
