An Australian engineer and businessman has been detained in Iraq for 15 days with no explanation, and no contact allowed with his distraught wife and three children. Robert Pether, from Sydney’s north shore, was arrested on April 7 when he arrived at a scheduled meeting with his client, the Central Bank of Iraq, in Baghdad. Unable … Read more
RAF Typhoon pilots smash Isis mountain cave network in Iraq with deadly fusillade of Storm Shadow cruise missiles RAF Typhoon pilots used the Storm Shadow cruise missile for the first time Previously the high-tech weapon system was used by the Tornado GR4 fleet ISIS in Iraq and Syria were also blasted by Hellfire and Paveway … Read more
Tuesday, March 16 The blame game has been raging furiously since my sudden departure from Good Morning Britain. But the real culprit may be Dylan Jones, long-time editor of GQ magazine. Three times, he’s given me awards. In 2003, I was GQ’s Newspaper Editor Of The Year for the Daily Mirror’s campaign against the Iraq … Read more
Iraqi baby is first boy ever to be born with THREE penises, doctors claim A boy from Duhok in Iraq had to have surgery to remove two extra penises He was born with a 2cm penis on the base of his phallus and another 1cm one Supernumerary penises occur in between one in five and … Read more
An American drone strike on Baghdad airport on January 3, 2020 killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Quds Force and one of the country’s most powerful men, and brought Washington and Tehran to the brink of all-out war. While the strike marked a sudden and violent escalation of tensions between the two countries, trouble has … Read more
An orphan whose family was killed after travelling to Syria to join ISIS has said he wants to return to England. Abdullah, 13, is stranded in a prison for minors in north-east Syria. He has been in camps and prisons since 2019, when Kurdish-led forces launched an attack against Baghouz. The town, located near the … Read more
An orphan whose family was killed after travelling to Syria to join ISIS has said he wants to return to England. Abdullah, 13, is stranded in a prison for minors in north-east Syria since. He has been in camps and prisons since 2019, when Kurdish-led forces launched an attack against Baghouz. The town, located near … Read more
Ex Army Lance Corporal threatened to shoot Alastair Campbell in the back of the head while in rage over Brexit and Iraq War, court hears Lee Gould, 47, from Kent, emailed Alastair Campbell after hearing him on radio He wrote: ‘As a former guardsman I would happily put one in back of your skull’ Mr … Read more
Pope Francis leaves Iraq after successful first-ever papal visit to the country Francis and his entourage were waved off by Iraq’s president at Baghdad airport He will fly back to Rome after covering more than 900 miles on his four-day trip The 84-year-old pontiff urged Iraqis to embrace diversity and reject extremism By Tim Stickings … Read more
Pope Francis today held a historic meeting with the top Shia Islam cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on day two of his landmark visit to Iraq. The 84-year-old, who defied security fears and the pandemic to become the first pontiff to travel to the Gulf, met with the Grand Ayatollah in Najaf as his four-day trip … Read more