News in Brief - Mon - March 16 - 04:30 GMT

Iraqi Shiite Muslim fighters from the Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigades), a group formed by Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, stand on the back of a vehicle as they prepare to leave Baghdad, for the city of Samarra, some 120 kilometers north of the Iraqi capital, to fight against Takfiri group ISIL on March 15, 2015. (AFP Photo)

Iraqi officials say they have dismantled an ISIL bombing network responsible for dozens of terrorist attacks in the capital Baghdad.

A senior UN official warns the situation in the Gaza Strip is very critical as Israel continues its blockade of the territory.

And the Russian president says he was ready to put the country's nuclear forces on alert last year to save the Russian-speaking population in the Crimean Peninsula.


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