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Belgian Laurent Van der Stockt wins international photojournalism honou
He won the Visa d'Or for News, the most prestigious award handed out at the "Visa Pour L'Image" festival.
40-50 years needed to clear weapons in Iraq, Syria: UN
The director of the United Nations Mine Action Service said that it will take decades of work to help the countries get rid of arms.
Twin blasts hit wedding near Iraq’s Tikrit, kill 23: Government official
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in Hajjaj, 20 km (14 miles) north of Tikrit.
Iraq to be exempted from new travel ban: White House source
The new executive order would keep a 90-day ban on travel to US by citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
In farewell speech, ISIS chief Baghdadi accepts defeat in Iraq
It is not clear if he is in the besieged city, where he declared his Caliphate in 2014 after the ISIS seized territory.
Canada to welcome 1,200 Yezidi refugees from Iraq
The initiative follows Parliament's resolution last fall to take in Yezidis facing 'genocide' in Iraq at the hands of ISIS.
US 'not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil': Mattis
, Mattis has also sought an exemption from Trump's travel ban for Iraqis who served with US troops, including translators.
Blowing up houses, digging up graves: Iraqis purge ISIS
Local people in Rfaila are purging every last vestige of ISIS's presence: demolishing terrorists' homes and even digging up their graves.
Iraq launches attack on ISIS-held west Mosul
The Islamic State group has put up stiff resistance to defend Mosul, where its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a
Iraq's 'cycling girls' ride for freedom
In Iraq's conservative society, the young woman cuts an unusual figure when she rides her red bicycle in the streets of the capital.