Air strikes and artillery have pounded rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo for a second day, killing dozens of people, damaging medical facilities and flattening residential buildings. Sources...
US legislators have passed a bill that would sanction the government of Syria and its supporters, including Russia and Iran, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the country. The bill was...
Turkey's state-run news agency says an official has died of wounds sustained in an attack on a government building in southeastern Turkey. The Anadolu Agency said Fatih Safiturk, the district...
Six stories you may have missed because of US election Iraqi Kurdish forces seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from ISIL, an official said While the US presidential race between Donald Trump and...
Since the Iraqi army took control of Kokejli, the town has come under heavy bombardment from ISIS Along the main road connecting Mosul city centre with Erbil, hundreds of families could be seen...
US election: What does the rest of the world think? As the voting day in the US approaches, the world's attention is focused on perhaps one of the most polarised elections in US history. Not only...
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant appears to be using tens of thousands of people as "human shields" in and around Mosul, where Iraqi forces are waging an offensive aimed at retaking the country's...
Russia's seat on the UN Human Rights Council is under threat due to its support of the Syrian government's air campaign in Aleppo. More than 80 human rights and aid organisations, including Human...
An official said the killings were to avenge the death of one of ISIL's commanders Fighters have killed at least 30 civilians, including children, after abducting them in the remote Afghan province...
ISIS is allegedly an Al Qaeda-linked Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant, known for its ruthless tactics and suicide bombers and who currently poses a threat throughout the Middle East. It is also...
At least 12 people were killed and 40 wounded when two bomb blasts went off at a district court in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. A suicide bomber threw a hand grenade at police guards before...
Facebook’s decision to implement its “safety check” feature for the attacks in Paris, but not after bomb blasts in Beirut a day earlier, has prompted debate online. Critics of the site accused...
