‘Their fictitious state has fallen’: Iraqi forces have captured the historic Mosul mosque where ISIS declared its ‘caliphate’

AP Photo/Felipe Dana MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque in Mosul from where Islamic State proclaimed its self-styled caliphate three years ago, the Iraqi military said. Iraqi authorities expect the long battle for Mosul to end in the coming days as […]

Pranksters seek US congresswoman’s support amid ‘Russian hacking’ of elections in fictitious land

Two Russian pranksters have called US Congresswoman Maxine Waters posing as the Ukrainian PM seeking reassurances in the wake of Moscow’s most recent “invasions” across the globe and impudent “hacking” of presidential elections in a fictitious country. The two tricksters famous for their high-level prank calls are Vladimir Krasnov and Aleksey Stolyarov, known online as […]