Before being taken by Isis, Hatra had withstood sieges from two Roman emperors.
Trump criticised North Korea for 'disrespecting the wishes of China' after test-firing ballistic missile.
US and South Korea claim that Pyongyang test-fired a missile on 29 April but it exploded within minutes after taking off.
The militant group, which has pledged allegiance to Isis, is known to kidnap foreigners for ransom.
The car bomb reportedly targeted a busy street in the Iraqi capital, which houses several foreign media offices.
Launch comes after US warnings against 'catastrophic' failure to act at Security Council meeting.
Donald Trump is willing to threaten rogue states with military action and then follow through with it.
Five peacekeepers are accused of acts of sexual abuse and exploitation in the first three months of 2017.
3.8m people – 40% of the population – are food insecure but the government says the situation under control.
Video shows attacks on US warships and the destruction of the US Capitol building.
The US military wants to allocate five ground-based interceptors to shoot down an incoming ICBM but there are only 36 of them in stock.
Russian and Japanese leaders say 'belligerent rhetoric' must be avoided.
Royal Marine shot dead an injured Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan in 2011.
The IDF confirmed that they fired a Patriot anti-ballistic missile in the Golan Heights.
Move could plunge entire territory into darkness.
Medecins Sans Frontieres tells IBTimes of the worrying situation in refugee camps in Tanzania.
DJI has updated the Go app to stop its drones taking off in large parts of Iraq and Syria.
Juan Pablo Pernalete Llover died after receiving the impact of a tear gas canister in his chest.
French police union says attack "shows policemen are in danger throughout the national territory".
The foreign secretary also signalled that the prime minister may not have to win a Commons vote for strikes.
Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan went missing on 12 March as they investigated rights abuses.
The 2 attackers were also shot dead in gunfire that continued for nearly 4 hours.
Opposition leaders claimed the police also used tear gas at protesters outside an elementary school in Caracas.
Erdoğan defends strikes that killed Kurdish fighters battling Isis.
Reyaad Khan had been linked to seven thwarted UK terrorist attack plots.
It follows days of rising tensions between the two nations.
Jihadists disguised as Iraqi troops gun down civilians who cheer them.
Eight people were killed in early April and the violence is intensifying
Tensions between the US and North Korea have spiked in recent weeks.
As state security forces lean more heavily on tear gas, protesters have begun gearing up with goggles, gas masks and vinegar-soaked rags.