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Hundreds In Syria Capital Protest US Strike
Hundreds of Syrian students gathered on Tuesday outside the United Nations headquarters in Damascus to protest last...
IS Now Controls Less Than Seven Percent of Iraq
The Islamic State group now controls less than seven percent of Iraq, down from the 40 percent it held nearly three...
Five Dead As Militants Attack Philippine Tourist Island
Five people including a Philippine police officer were killed Tuesday in clashes with 10 suspected members of the Abu...
More Than 100 Million People To Face Severe Food Insecurity
Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely food...
Global Executions Fall 37% Since 2015, Amnesty International Says
The number of executions recorded worldwide in 2016 fell by 37% on the previous year, human rights group Amnesty...
Amnesty Hails Decline In Executions
US death penalty sentences fell to a historic low last year and executions also dropped sharply, contributing to a...
China Remains World’s Biggest Executioner
China executed more people in 2016 than all other nations combined, Amnesty International said Tuesday, as death...
Mosul Zoo Lion and Bear Flown Out of Iraq
Simba the lion and Lula the bear, the ailing last two residents of Mosul zoo, were flown out of Iraq Monday to receive...
Sweden Holds Minute’s Silence For Victims
Sweden's prime minister has told the families of the victims of Friday's truck attack they are not alone, after the...
Near Mosul, Soldiers and Displaced Meet At the Spa
Hammam al-Alil's sulphur springs and reopened spa have become a spot where the soldiers fighting in Mosul and the...
Egypt Set For Emergency Rule After Church Attacks
Egypt prepared to impose a state of emergency Monday after jihadist bombings killed dozens at two churches in the...
Australia Wheat Board Chairman Punished Over Iraq ‘kickback’
The former chairman of an Australian wheat firm was fined Aus$50,000 (US$37,500) Monday and banned from managing a...
Pressed In Iraq and Syria, IS Lashes Out In Egypt
The twin bombings of churches in Egypt suggest that Islamic State group jihadists are lashing out as they find...
Stockholm Attack Suspect Was Refused Residency
The suspect behind the Stockholm truck attack had been facing deportation and had extremist sympathies, Swedish police...
First Palm Sunday Since IS In Iraq’s Main Christian Town
Members of Iraq's Christian minority celebrated Palm Sunday in the country's main Christian town of Qaraqosh for the...
US Military Veterans In A New Fight — Against Deportation
Miguel and Esperanza Perez stood outside Chicago's immigration courthouse, clutching an American flag folded into a...
US Soldier Killed In Anti-IS Operations In Afghanistan
An American soldier was killed during operations against the Islamic State group in Afghanistan late on Saturday, the...
A Washington Museum Puts Faces On America’s Wars
One of them looks at you directly: frank, clear-eyed and unblinking. Another, his helmet a bit askew, wears a grim,...
Iraqi Shiite Cleric Sadr Urges Assad To Step Down
Influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, also calling...