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Hamas Executes Three Over Commander’s Murder
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas executed three people in the Gaza Strip on Thursday over the assassination of...
Tunisia Protester Death Raises Fears of More Unrest
A young protester was killed Monday after a national guard vehicle "accidentally" ran him over in south Tunisia,...
Tunisia Protester ‘accidentally’ Killed In South
A young protester was killed Monday after a national guard vehicle "accidentally" ran him over in south Tunisia,...
Palestinians Stop Work For Hunger-Striking Prisoners
Palestinians were on Monday observing a general strike in solidarity with prisoners refusing food in Israeli jails for...
Syria Rebels Being Evacuated From Last Homs District
The last Syrian rebels and their families were being evacuated from the last opposition-held neighbourhood of the...
Evacuation of Rebel Damascus District Begins
Civilians and rebels began evacuating a third opposition-held district of Damascus on Sunday, bringing the government...
SLeone Govt To Seek Higher Diamond Offers In Belgium
Sierra Leone's government said Thursday it would seek higher offers in Belgium for a massive 709-carat diamond found by...
DR Congo Police Surround Opposition HQ In ‘tomb Row’
About 100 riot police surrounded the main opposition party HQ in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa Tuesday, an AFP...
US-Backed Fighters Corner IS In Syria’s Tabqa
US-backed fighters cornered the Islamic State group in a last part of Tabqa on Monday, after tearing down a huge...
Strikes Destroy Seven Hospitals In Syria’s Idlib
Seven hospitals and clinics in northwestern Syria have been knocked out of action this month in air strikes by the...
10 Dead After Strikes On Rebel-Held Hospitals In Syria
Air strikes on two hospitals in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Thursday left 10 people dead including two babies in...
Turkish Strikes Kill Kurdish Fighters In Syria, Iraq
Turkish warplanes killed more than 20 Kurdish fighters Tuesday in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key...
Taliban Attack On Army Base Kills ‘more Than 50’ Afghan Soldiers
Taliban gunmen wearing Afghan military uniforms launched an attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan Friday...
Taliban Kill At Least Eight Afghan Soldiers In Base Attack
At least eight Afghan soldiers have been killed and 11 wounded during an ongoing Taliban attack on their base in...
Scared Syrian Evacuees Stuck At Site of Deadly Bombing
Hundreds of frightened Syrians being evacuated from besieged towns were stuck Thursday at a rebel-held transit point...
Thousands Evacuated After Deadly Syria Bombing
Thousands of Syrians were evacuated from besieged towns on Wednesday with tight security in place after a weekend...
Syria Evacuations Resume After Deadly Bombing
The evacuation of civilians and fighters from besieged Syrian towns resumed on Wednesday after a weekend bombing at a...
US VP Pence Near DMZ After Failed N.Korea Missile
Mike Pence arrived at the gateway to the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas on Monday, an AFP correspondent...
Dozens of Children Dead In Syria Evacuees Bombing
Nearly 70 children were among those killed when a suicide car bombing tore through buses carrying evacuees from...