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Iraq forces retake large Mosul neighborhood from IS

Apr 25, 2017

Iraqi forces retake full control of one the largest neighbourhoods of west Mosul from the Islamic State group after a week of intense fighting, a top commander says. Video provided by AFP

Iraqi forces now attacking ISIS militants with drones in Mosul

Apr 25, 2017

Iraq’s military has turned the tables on the Islamic State’s drone tactics by improvising its own small unmanned aircraft to drop grenades and other small munitions on the militants in the key battle for Mosul, U.S. officials say.

Wild boars overrun Islamic State position, kill 3 militants

Apr 25, 2017

Tribal chief said the group was poised to attack a band of local tribesmen who had fled to nearby mountains since militants seized the town of Hawija three years ago.

Germany's Merkel to face challenger Schulz in Sept. 3 debate

Apr 25, 2017

BERLIN – German broadcasters say that Chancellor Angela Merkel will face challenger Martin Schulz in a single televised debate three weeks before the country’s national election.

Public television stations ARD and ZDF and private broadcaters RTL and SAT.1 said Tuesday that they will jointly host the live debate on Sept. 3.

Conservative Merkel is seeking a fourth term in the Sept. 24 vote and faces a challenge from center-left Social Democrat Schulz, a former head of the European Parliament who secured his party’s nomination earlier this year.

This will be the fifth election in which the two contenders for the chancellery have held televised debates. There were two debates between then-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and challenger Edmund Stoiber in 2002, but at every election since there has only been one debate.