Reuters: Advancing Iraq troops enter strategic town on edge of Tikrit
Iraqi government forces and Iran-backed militiamen entered a town on the southern outskirts of Saddam Hussein's home city Tikrit on Friday, pressing on with the biggest offensive yet against Islamic State militants that seized the north last year.
Military commanders said the army and mostly Shi'ite militia forces had retaken the town of al-Dour on Tikrit's outskirts, known outside Iraq as the area where executed former dictator Saddam was found hiding in a pit near a farm house in 2003.
MIDDLE EAST
U.S. leads 16 air strikes against Islamic State: statement.
Senior Nusra Front commander killed in Syria air strike. Syria says it killed military leader of Al-Qaida group.
Iraqi forces push on to Tikrit as IS destroys ancient site.
IS group erasing history, culture in Syria, Iraq.
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'Jihadi John' link deepens security unease in Kuwait.
PLO leadership votes to suspend security cooperation with Israel.
Jerusalem: Israelis wounded in attack by Palestinian driver. Palestinian assailant injures 5 Israelis in car attack.
ASIA
Bangladesh border guards clash with Muslim migrants from Myanmar.
Tajik opposition leader Kuvatov shot dead in Turkey.
China boosts military spending, vows to oppose Taiwan independence.
Several injured in knife attack at China train station.
Indian city under curfew after mob lynches rape suspect.
North Korean diplomat stopped with nearly £1m in gold at Dhaka airport.
South Korean charged with attempted murder in attack on U.S. envoy.
Indonesian president steadfast on executions.
Malaysia Airlines upgrades aircraft tracking, a year after MH370.
AFRICA
South Sudan peace talks suspended indefinitely.
'Boko Haram' kills dozens in raid on Nigerian village. Nigeria Boko Haram attacks kill 56 people in northeast.
Lakeside communities in Chad live in fear of Boko Haram.
Gunmen attack Libyan oilfield, kill eight guards: official.
Mali delays local elections over insecurity in the north.
Eastern DRC still at mercy of armed groups and corrupt officials, Oxfam says.
Tanzania arrests 32 witch doctors over albino murders.
EUROPE
Ukraine's 1,541 military killed, 6,226 wounded in Donbas fightings — General Headquarters.
Car blast injures two in Kharkiv, including pro-government commander.
Ukrainian army completes withdrawal of Grad multiple launch systems — security official.
Ukraine crisis: EU's Mogherini calls for efforts on truce.
EU says it's ready for more Russia sanctions if necessary.
Moscow dismisses NATO allegations that Russia conducts large-scale nuclear drills.
Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition is not deterred by Boris Nemtsov murder. Russian Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny out of Moscow prison.
Pay cut for Putin: Russia's billionaire president slashes salaries, including his.
Germany's new 30% rule for women on boards.
Europe swamped with crush of migrants arriving by land, sea.
AMERICAS
President Obama: Ferguson bias ‘not an isolated incident’.
Venezuela honors Chávez as pressures mount.
Guyana says Exxon to begin offshore drilling, Venezuela irked.
Brazil’s struggles hammer the Real.
Ottawa shooter in video: 'You are not even safe in your own land'. Gunman video says Parliament attack spurred by Canada military action.
White US children will be minorities by 2020 after immigrant 'baby boom', Census reveals.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Iran promoting terrorism, taking over Iraq: KSA.
ISIS controls as many as 90,000 Twitter accounts which it uses to spread sick propaganda and radicalise Westerners, terror experts reveal.
'Battered' Harrison Ford survives crash landing on southern California golf course.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
All US banks pass first phase of 'stress test'.
Apple will join the Dow Jones industrial average.
'Made in China' nuclear reactors a tough sell in global market.
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