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IS Downs Iraqi Helicopter Over Mosul, Killing Two
The Islamic State group shot down an Iraqi helicopter that was supporting federal police forces in Mosul, killing two...
Mosul Humanitarian Crisis Deepens As Displacement Peaks
The fighting in west Mosul has forced up to 15,000 people to flee their homes every day recently, straining...
US Threatens Unilateral Action If UN Fails To Act On Syria
The United States warned Wednesday that it could take unilateral action if the United Nations fails to respond to a...
Afghan Activists Urge Progress In ICC War Crimes Probe
Afghan human rights groups urged the International Criminal Court on Wednesday to speed up a war crimes probe in their...
Iraq Urges Residents In IS-Held Areas To Shelter At Home
Iraq's military on Wednesday urged residents to shelter in their homes in jihadist-held areas of Mosul, where its bid...
Suicide Bombers Kill 31 In Iraq’s Tikrit
An attack by suicide bombers in the Iraqi city of Tikrit killed at least 31 people and wounded at least 42, army and...
Syria Chemical ‘attack’: Russia Blames Rebel Weapons
Russia says that a chemical gas that killed and injured dozens of civilians in a rebel-held town in northern Syria came...
Russia Blames Rebels For Syria Gas Attack
Russia says that chemical gas that killed and injured dozens of civilians in a rebel-held town in northern Syria came...
Civilians Killed In Attack Iraq’s Tikrit
At least 26 people have been killed and 40 wounded in an attack by Islamic State militants in the Iraqi city of Tikrit,...
Tragedy of Suspected Chemical Attack Seeps Into Syria Conference
For Diaeddin Al Zamel, the call to save Syria at a EU-UN conference in Brussels was not supposed to be a punch to the...
Syria Chemical Attack Kills 58 People
At least 58 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in...
Trump Son-In-Law Kushner Visits Iraq, Meets PM
President Donald Trump's son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner visited Baghdad Monday with the US's top military...
US Conducts Around 20 More Strikes In Yemen
US aircraft have conducted about 20 additional air strikes on Al-Qaeda in Yemen in recent days, the Pentagon said...
Somali Pirates Seize Indian Ship, 11 Crew Members
Somali pirates have seized an Indian cargo ship and 11 crew members, the ship's owner said Monday, as a recent series...
India Ship Hijacked In New Attack
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has fallen sharply in recent years Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian cargo ship...
Somalia Piracy: India Ship Hijacked In New Attack
Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian cargo ship off the coast of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, officials...
Somali Pirates “seize India Cargo Ship”
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has fallen sharply in recent years Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian cargo ship...
Mali Peace Conference Urges Talks With Islamist Groups
Mali’s government should start talks with the leaders of two Islamist groups that have staged deadly attacks on...
How To Save A Life While Under Fire In Afghanistan
It was first used by the armies of the Roman Empire. Centuries later, the tourniquet is buying casualties in...