Gunmen Kill Hamas Official In Gaza
Gunmen in the Gaza Strip on Friday shot dead a Hamas official who was freed by Israel in a 2011 prisoner swap, the interior ministry in the Palestinian enclave said. Mazen Faqha was released along...
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27 Killed In South Yemen Clashes
At least 20 rebels and seven soldiers were killed over the past 24 hours in ongoing fighting in southern Yemen, a military source said Friday. Clashes erupted Thursday between government loyalists...
Russia Denies It Is Supplying the Taliban After Nato General Claim
Russia may be supplying the Taliban in Afghanistan, a US general has said Russia has denied a top Nato general's allegation it may be secretly sending supplies to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Gen...
Escaping IS-Held Mosul, Residents Head Into Unknown
Bilal Abduljabbar clambers onto the back of an Iraqi army truck with his two teenage children to start the final stage of their escape from war-torn west Mosul. "Where we came from, there was no...
Where Are the Leaders Now?
What happened to the leaders whose power was challenged in the so-called Arab Spring that began in late 2010? Here is a look. Hosni Mubarak stepped down on February 11, 2011 after three decades in...
Cairo Blast Kills Egyptian Man
An explosion killed an Egyptian man on Friday in Cairo, the interior ministry said. The blast in the Maadi district, caused by a "strange metal device", killed a 35-year-old doorman as he cleaned a...
Iraq’s Sadr Threatens Boycott If Election Law Unchanged
Populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr told a demonstration in Baghdad on Friday that he would order a boycott of upcoming Iraqi parliamentary elections unless the country's electoral law is changed....
Imminent Closure of Senior High Schools In Salaga Over Water Crises
Authorities of the Salaga Senior High School (SHS) and T. I Ahmadiyya Senior High School at Salaga in the East Gonja District of the Northern region may soon send students home following water...
300,000 Civilians At Risk In Damascus Fighting
The United Nations said fighting around Syria's capital has cut off 300,000 people from humanitarian assistance and pauses in the conflict are needed to allow aid convoys to get to the area. Fighting...
Yemen Children Dream of School As War Keeps Them Out
Roua Ahmed's classes ended abruptly when her school in Yemen was bombed, but she still clings to her dream of getting an education. She is one of hundreds of thousands of young Yemenis forced out of...
Somali President Pleads To UN For Aid To Avert Famine
Somalia's new president appealed to the international community Thursday for more aid to avert a famine threatening his country that could also undermine fledgling political hopes born in his...
Mosul Comes Alive With the Sound of Music
When the Islamic State group controlled eastern Mosul, playing music was a crime punishable by lashes. Today, music stall owner Mohammed Mohsin is making up for lost time. The jihadists' religious...
Two Years On, Yemen Stuck In ‘quagmire’
Deadly fighting, a rise in jihadism, the threat of famine -- two years after Saudi Arabia intervened against Iran-backed rebels, Yemen is more unstable than ever. The chaos has also seen fighting...
Amnesty Condemns US, UK Over Yemen Arms
Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the United States and Britain for transferring arms to Saudi Arabia to use in its war in Yemen. The rights group said the two countries had together sent...
US Airlift Backs New Assault Near Raqqa Stronghold
US-led coalition aircraft have for the first time carried out an airlift of allied fighters battling the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria. The Pentagon said members of the Syrian Democratic...
Killing ISIS Boss Is ‘only A Matter of Time’ Says Tillerson
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and vowed to hunt down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. 'Nearly all of Abu Bakr...
Allies Vow To Destroy IS As Attacks Overshadow Talks
The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group vowed to crush the jihadists Wednesday at a meeting overshadowed by an attack in London and civilian deaths in Syria. Secretary of State Rex...
Killing ISIS Boss Is ‘only A Matter of Time’ Says Tillerson
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and vowed to hunt down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. 'Nearly all of Abu Bakr...
Senegal’s Touba TV Blames ‘satanic Trick’ For Porn Gaffe
The channel has laid a complaint with the authorities to identify the culprits. A religious TV channel in Senegal has blamed an unidentified saboteur for the "satanic trick" that led to a hardcore...
NGOs Demand Access As Yemen Suffers ‘open-Air Massacre’
Humanitarian groups on Wednesday demanded access to civilians on the brink of famine in Yemen, describing the two-year civil war in the Arab world's poorest state as an "open-air massacre". "The...