Shi'ite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Syam (ISIS), stand during training in Baghdad, July 9, 2014.

Iraq PM says Kurdish Arbil becoming a base for ISIS militias

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday the Kurdish-controlled city of Arbil was becoming an operations base for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Syam (ISIS) group that seized swathes of northern and western Iraq last month. Maliki is under pressure as Sunni Muslim militias hold large parts of the north and west of the...

A man walks past the site of Wednesday's car bomb attack in Baghdad May 29, 2014.

UN: Nearly 800 killed in Iraq's bloodiest month this year

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BAGHDAD - Nearly 800 people were killed in violence across Iraq in May, the United Nations said on Sunday, making it the deadliest month so far this year. Of the total 799 people killed, 196 were members of the Iraqi security forces, and the rest were civilians - often victims of attacks by Sunni Islamist insurgents who have been...

An elderly women is helped after voting during the Egyptian presidential election in Ashmoon city, Minoufiya goverorate, 40 km northwest of Cairo, May 27, 2014.

Selasa , 27 May 2014, 23:52 WIB

Egypt extends presidential election to help Sisi

Egyptians sit on a bench near electoral posters of presidential candidate and former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi near the Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo May 26, 2014.

Senin , 26 May 2014, 16:06 WIB

Sisi on brink of presidency as Egyptians vote

Members of the Egyptian security forces hold guns during clashes with supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood outside Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 23, 2014.

Sabtu , 24 May 2014, 22:17 WIB

Egypt sentences 20 students for rioting