Taliban claims responsibility for the attack and puts the number of soldiers dead at 70.
NNPC is conducting research operations in the area following crude oil discovery in restive north east.
The four were among a group of 20 women captured by Iraqi forces in Mosul.
Civilian casualties were the first to occur since the ceasefire was declared on 22 July.
The Battle of Passchendaele, one of the longest, bloodiest and most controversial battles of World War One, began 100 years ago.
The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army describe themselves as "faggots who kill fascists"
Indonesia said it fired warning shots when 2 Vietnamese boats intercepted inside Indonesian water.
The Jordanian soldier was convicted by a military court earlier in July.
The unverified video is said to occur around the time UN officials called for investigations into executions.
Ekhlas was 14 when Isis militants raided village in northern Iraq, killing men and kidnapping women and girls.
24 dead and 42 injured in attack on bus carrying government employees.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte says he is prepared to wait for a year for the end of the siege which has killed more than 500 people.
A Jordanian has died and an Israeli and Jordanian were injured, the official report said.
The president's critics accuse him of using law to realise his "dictatorial ambitions."
Monthly 'attack warning' sirens to sound in response to Pyongyang's ballistic missile test.
Samuel and his siblings have been living with foster family in Uganda since fleeing South Sudan in 2016.
Men also enjoyed a shave for the first time in years.
Three Palestinians have died in violent clashes between Israeli police and Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem.
Tensions running high due to new security measures implemented at shrine holy to both Jews and Muslims.
An estimated 100 children fleeing the war in South Sudan cross into Uganda every day.
The former UK Prime Minister discussed her plans with US defence secretary Dick Cheney.
Operation Dynamo saw some 338,000 British, French and Belgian soldiers rescued between 27 May 27 and 3 June 1940.
German-born Harry Sarfo, 28, is already serving a three-year-sentence in Germany on terror offences.
The Royal Air Force took Christmas trees into the Islamic kingdom for secret Santa Claus shows.
More than one million children have fled South Sudan since war erupted in 2013.
The war is tearing families apart, but new ones are created during the dangerous escape to Uganda.
A dispute over metal detectors at Jerusalem's Noble Sanctuary-Temple Mount compound is escalating into a new showdown between Israel and the Muslim world.
General Paul Selva says autonomous weapons go against the 'ethics of war'.
Intermittent activity has been noted at Pyongang's nuclear science facility.
Employers are being urged to hire more ex-military staff in a bid to utilise their skills.