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World Watches As Yemen Descends Into Total Collapse
Yemen is descending into total collapse, its people facing war, famine and a deadly outbreak of cholera, as the world...
Baghdad Blasts Kill 27 As Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul
Two bombings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 100 in Baghdad, officials said Tuesday, as Iraqi forces...
Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least Five
A car bomb exploded near one of Baghdad's main bridges on Tuesday, killing at least five people, security and medical...
UN Warns 200,000 At Grave Risk In Last Stages of Mosul Battle
Up to 200,000 civilians caught between fanatical jihadists and advancing Iraqi forces are in grave danger in the final...
Taiwan Steel Plant Opens In Vietnam After Fish Deaths
A Taiwanese steel firm behind a toxic waste dump that killed tonnes of fish in Vietnam last year started operations on...
Iraq Presses Mosul Assault, Calls On Civilians To Flee
Iraqi forces pressed forward on Monday with a broad offensive targeting Islamic State group-held areas in west Mosul...
Iraq Presses Mosul Assault, Calls Civilians To Flee
Iraqi forces pressed forward on Monday with a broad offensive targeting Islamic State group-held areas in west Mosul...
Thousands of Motorcyclists Pay Tribute In Peaceful Washington Rumble
Tens of thousands of motorcyclists rumbled through the heart of Washington on Sunday in an annual "Rolling Thunder"...
Iraq Mosul Offensive: Civilians ‘in Grave Danger’
Civilians are being hit hardest as Iraq's military assault on Mosul enters its final phase, the country's UN...
Iraqi Troops Push For Last ISIL Holdouts In Mosul
Iraqi forces have launched a broad assault on parts of Mosul, closing in on the remaining pockets of territory held by...
Iraq Forces Launch Broad Attack On IS Holdouts In Mosul
Iraqi forces have launched a broad assault on parts of battleground second city Mosul still held by the Islamic State...
Car Bomber Kills 13 In East Afghanistan On First Day of Ramadan
A suicide car bomber killed 13 people in the eastern Afghan city of Khost on Saturday, officials said, in the first...
UN Braces For Up To 200,000 Iraqis To Flee Mosul
As many as 200,000 Iraqis may try in the coming days to flee areas of Mosul under the control of the Islamic State...
Why Civilian Deaths In Iraq and Syria Are Increasing
Reports of civilian deaths from US-led air strikes in Iraq and Syria have soared in recent months, raising questions...
US-Led Syria Strike Kills Scores of Relatives of IS Fighters
Dozens of relatives of Islamic State fighters were killed on Friday in new US-led strikes on Syria, just hours after...
New US-Led Syria Strike Kills 80 Relatives of IS Fighters
A US-led coalition air strike on the eastern Syrian town of Mayadeen early Friday killed at least 80 relatives of...
Expert In Escaping North Korea Has A Message For Trump
"I'm good at escaping," says Grace Jo, a slender 25-year-old who managed to flee North Korea and its authoritarian...
US Probe Finds Over 100 Civilians Killed In Mosul Air Strike
Pentagon officials on Thursday said at least 105 civilians died in a strike targeting Islamic State fighters in the...
US Air Strike On IS Killed 105 Civilians In Iraq’s Mosul
This photo taken on 26 March shows houses destroyed in the area The United States has admitted that at least 105 Iraqi...