US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced stop in Baghdad to discuss Syria and ISIL with the Iraqi PM.
Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani entered government after the Taliban seized power following US-led drawdown in 2021.
Commander Hassan Abdul Ghani said the city and its military airport are fully ‘liberated’.
US Central Command said nine targets were hit at two locations in Syria in response to an attack on US forces.
The now 21-year-old woman has returned home to her family in Iraq after complex rescue involving Israel, US and Jordan.
The two attacks occurred on September 16 and 24, according to CENTCOM.
US officials offer little clarity on future of two-decade US military presence in Iraq amid ‘transition’.
French prosecutor says plots included plans to attack ‘Israeli institutions or representatives of Israel in Paris’.
The group said the blast targeted the Taliban’s prosecution service to ‘avenge Muslims’ held in its prisons.
Seven US soldiers were injured; Iraq’s military says air strikes killed key members of the group.
With half the country not under government control, al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM is increasingly targeting civilians.
The suspect is a Syrian national who turned himself in and admitted to the crime, police said.
Authorities continue to search for perpetrator of knife attack that killed three people in western Germany.
Hundreds were killed after the once bustling town in the southern Philippines was occupied by hardline fighters in 2017.
