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Four Red Cross Employees Kidnapped In Central Mali
Four Malian Red Cross employees have been kidnapped in the country's restive centre, the organisation said Monday,...
Vietnam Arrests Activist As MP Resigns Over Mass Fish Deaths
Vietnam arrested another activist on Monday for organising protests over mass fish deaths caused by pollution from a...
Rescued ‘human Shields’ Tell of Mosul Horror
Fear and hunger are driving an ever-growing number of Iraqi civilians into a camp in Hammam al-Alil, where they share...
Emergency In Sanaa As Cholera Kills Scores
A state of emergency has been declared in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after an outbreak of cholera killed scores of...
115 Dead As Yemen Cholera Outbreak Spreads
A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 115 people and left 8,500 ill as hospitals struggle to cope with an...
115 Dead As Yemen Cholera Outbreak Spreads
A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 115 people and left 8,500 ill as hospitals struggle to cope with an...
Trump Weighs Further US Troops For Afghanistan
Hanging in a corridor outside the Pentagon press office, a blow-up of a Time magazine cover shows a weary US soldier...
Number of Civilians Fleeing Mosul Swells
The number of people fleeing the fighting in the Iraqi city of Mosul is reaching new highs and the condition of the...
Yemeni Government Rejects Southern Autonomous Council
The government of war-ravaged Yemen on Friday rejected a self-proclaimed autonomous body in the formerly independent...
As Summer Heat Looms, Post-IS Mosul Faces Water Crisis
In the battle against jihadists in northern Iraq, the village of Sayramun was recaptured in February but remains as...
Rifts Grow On Both Sides of Yemen Conflict
Rifts are growing within the ranks both of Yemen's government and the rebel alliance, further dimming the prospects of...
Security In Afghanistan Likely To ‘deteriorate’
The head of US intelligence agencies offered a pessimistic assessment Thursday of the security situation in...
South Yemen Leaders Defy Government With Local Council
Former Yemeni officials on Thursday launched an autonomous body to manage the war-wracked country's formerly...
UN Confirms 58 Cholera Cases Across Yemen
The United Nations on Thursday confirmed 58 cases of cholera and 47 cholera-associated deaths across war-torn Yemen in...
Iraq Forces Launch Anti-IS Push In Western Desert
Iraqi forces have launched a broad operation to root out fighters from the Islamic State group who have been harassing...
Jihadists Snaring Starving Civilians In Mosul Death Trap
Jihadists preparing for a desperate last stand in Mosul are booby-trapping homes with civilians inside and welding...
Yemen Strongman Saleh Open To Negotiations With Saudi
Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh is open to negotiations with rival Saudi Arabia, two years into a deadly war...
Iraq Forces Advance In West Mosul
Iraqi forces announced on Tuesday they had retaken yet another neighbourhood of western Mosul, tightening the noose...
Anti-IS Coalition Meets In Denmark To Assess Campaign
Key members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria meet in Copenhagen on Tuesday to...