
Germany’s defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen, was in a Saudi Arabia visit to enhance the “excellent bilateral relations” between the two countries, the embassy said. The visit was also to hold talks with her Saudi counterpart, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, aiming to conclude a training deal for ...

A unit of Iraqi Hash Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) engaged on Wednesday with a group of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group in west Tal Afar city of Mosul, killing number of its militants. Following the clashes, scores of ISIL group terrorist gunmen managed ...