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Iraqi Forces in Mosul Close in on Key IS Mosque

A boy rides his bike past destroyed cars and houses in a neighborhood recently liberated by Iraqi security forces, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, March 19, 2017. Share Iraqi helicopters on Sunday fired rockets near a key mosque in the contested city […]

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Pope Francis to Visit Egypt on April 28-29

Pope Francis will visit Cairo on April 28-29 at the invitation of the Egyptian president and the grand imam of the capital’s famed Al-Azhar mosque, the Vatican said Saturday. The pontiff had hosted the grand imam, Ahmed al-Tayeb, at the Vatican last May, in a […]