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IS Kills More Than 50 In Central Syria Attack
The Islamic State group killed more than 50 people in an attack on two government-held villages in central Syria's Hama...
UN Says Struggling To Cope With Mosul Exodus
The exodus of civilians from the battleground city of Mosul has reached an unprecedented level, leaving aid agencies...
On Mosul Front, Iraqi Forces Come As Civilians Go
The black Humvee slaloming between car bomb carcasses and mortar craters stops to let fleeing civilians cross and then...
We’ll Deal Decisively With Aisha Huang Despite Threats – Amewu
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has said that his outfit determined to decisively apply the...
Suspected Saudi-Led Raid Kills 23 Yemen Civilians
A suspected raid by the Saudi-led coalition intervening in Yemen killed 23 civilians on Wednesday, including women and...
US-Led Coalition Denies East Syria Strike That Killed Civilians
The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group said Wednesday it did not conduct strikes in the eastern Syrian...
Hardline Challenger In Iran
Ebrahim Raisi, the leading rival to President Hassan Rouhani in Friday's presidential election, is a hardline judge...
Middle East’s Shiite Powerhouse
Iran, the Middle East's second largest power by economy and population, is the Shiite Muslim rival of regional Sunni...
Yemen Cholera Death Toll Reaches 184
A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 184 people in recent weeks with another 11,000 suspected cases across...
Israel’s First Female Sharia Judge Sworn In
Israel on Monday swore in its first female judge to its Muslim religious court system, the first woman to preside in...
Hamas Names Chief Suspect In Commander Killing
A military court in Gaza on Monday held the first hearing of three men accused of assassinating a Hamas military...
Rescued ‘human Shields’ Tell of Mosul Horror
Fear and hunger are driving an ever-growing number of Iraqi civilians into a camp in Hammam al-Alil, where they share...
Conservative Ghalibaf Withdraws From Iran Election
Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew from Iran's presidential race Monday, paving the way for a head-to-head...
Yemen Rebels Declare State of Emergency Over Cholera Outbreak
Rebel authorities in Yemen's capital have sounded the alarm over a spreading cholera outbreak that has killed dozens in...
Conservative Ghalibaf Withdraws From Iran Presidential Race
Conservative Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew from Iran's presidential race on Monday, just days before...
Emergency In Sanaa As Cholera Kills Scores
A state of emergency has been declared in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after an outbreak of cholera killed scores of...
Yemen Declares State of Emergency Over Cholera Outbreak
Authorities in Sanaa, which is controlled by Shiite rebels, have declared a state of emergency in the Yemeni capital,...
Inter-Ethnic Clashes Claim 6 Lives In Somalia
At least 6 people were killed and nine others injured when rival clans clashed in Central Somalia, local elders said on...
115 Dead As Yemen Cholera Outbreak Spreads
A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 115 people and left 8,500 ill as hospitals struggle to cope with an...