Twin explosions in Iraq’s Kirkuk have left nearly 30 people dead amid escalating row between the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the central government.
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).
A US lawmaker in the House of Representatives has warned that militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant can build “a dirty bomb” with nuclear materials thought to be in their hands.
Anti-Israeli protests have been held in several cities across the globe, as Israel continues a new wave of aggression against Palestinians of the besieged Gaza Strip.