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New Taliban chief Akhundzada a scholar, not a soldier

KABUL: Religious scholar Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, named Wednesday as the Afghan Taliban's new leader, was… Read More

Maliki refuses to go as Iraqis turn to new leader

BAGHDAD: An increasingly isolated Nuri al-Maliki again protested his removal as Iraqi prime minister on… Read More