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Iraqi forces have captured the border town of Rawa, the last remaining town under Islamic State control, signalling the collapse of the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate. CBC | World News

STRICTLY COME DANCING contestant Debbie McGee found herself at the centre of a shock age joke on It Takes Two tonight. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed

U.S. officials say special operations forces have captured a militant who was instrumental in the attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. The attack resulted in the death of the American ambassador to the country. CBC | World News

US-LED coalition forces have found ISIS chemical weapons in both Iraq and Syria, a military spokesman has revealed. Daily Express :: News Feed

Canada’s special operations troops have put a temporary hold on their training of Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the wake of escalating fighting between the two factions. CBC | World News

U.S.-allied forces in Syria say they’ve captured the country’s largest oil field from ISIS. The Syrian Democratic Forces say they are in full control of the Al-Omar field. CBC | World News

A commander with the U.S.-backed Syrian forces battling ISIS says the city of Raqqa has been liberated from militants and that combing operations are underway to clear the city of land mines and extremist sleeper cells. CBC | World News

Iraqi Kurdish officials say federal forces and state-backed militias have launched a “major, multi-pronged” attack aimed at retaking the disputed northern city of Kirkuk, causing “lots of casualties” in fighting south of the city. CBC | World News

Syria state media say pro-government troops have seized the town of Mayadeen, an ISIS stronghold in the country’s east, after weeks of fighting with the militants. CBC | World News

NORTH KOREA’s special forces have conducted military drills to infiltrate South Korean and US military posts via paraglider, defence officials said. Daily Express :: News Feed