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UN Fears 200 Died In Coalition Airstrike On Mosul

The United Nations has raised grave concerns about reports of high civilian casualties in the Iraqi city of Mosul. A...

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Third of Yemen Provinces On Brink of Famine

A third of Yemen's 22 provinces are on the brink of famine, the UN said Friday, warning that 60 percent of the...

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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...

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Russia Denies Supplying Taliban After NATO Claim

Russia on Friday denied allegations by the commander of NATO that Moscow may be assisting the Taliban as the insurgents...

International

Taliban Capture Key Afghan District; 9 Police Killed

The Taliban captured a key district centre in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Thursday while in the...

International

Russia May Be Supplying Taliban Fighters

The top US general in Europe said on Thursday he has seen growing Russian influence on the Afghan Taliban, and raised...

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Russia ‘perhaps’ Supplying Taliban

Russia is "perhaps" supplying the Taliban as they fight US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, a top US general said...

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French National Abducted In Chad

A French civilian has been abducted in the central African nation of Chad, French authorities said on Thursday. The...

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Emboldened Taliban Capture Key Southern District

Taliban fighters captured the strategic southern district of Sangin on Thursday, officials said, another setback for...

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400,000 ‘trapped’ In West Mosul’s Old City

About 600,000 people remain in the areas of west Mosul held by the Islamic State group, including 400,000 who are...

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Two Years On, Yemen Stuck In ‘quagmire’

Deadly fighting, a rise in jihadism, the threat of famine -- two years after Saudi Arabia intervened against...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Afghanistan Music Fans Hail Trailblazing Talent Show

Music fans in conservative Afghanistan Wednesday hailed the groundbreaking finale of a popular television singing...

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Cameroon ‘forcing Nigeria Refugees Home’

The UN refugee agency has criticised Cameroon for the forced return of hundreds of refugees to north-east Nigeria after...

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S. Korea Returns Chinese Soldiers’ Remains Despite THAAD Row

Seoul on Wednesday repatriated the remains of 28 Chinese soldiers killed in the Korean War, despite a heated row...

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Hezbollah Commander Killed By Own Men

Israel's military chief said on Tuesday that Hezbollah's military commander in Syria, reported dead last year, was...