Ravina Shamdasani

Headlines

UN, Amnesty Call For More Efforts To Protect Mosul Civilians

The United Nations and Amnesty International called Tuesday for greater efforts to protect civilians in west Mosul,...

Headlines

UN Documents Nearly 1,500 Child Soldiers In Yemen

Nearly 1,500 children have been recruited by Yemen's warring parties, mostly the Shiite Huthi rebels, since March 2015,...

Headlines

UN ‘disturbed’ By Light Sentence For Israeli Soldier

An 18-month prison sentence for an Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant is an "unacceptable"...

International

Iraqi Special Forces Seize Mosul District In Fresh Push

Iraqi soldiers drive into to Shahrezad village east of Mosul, Iraq Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into...

International

Islamic State Abducts More Than 200 Near Mosul

About 100 of the former ISF officers were taken at around midnight on Nov. 3 from Mawaly village Islamic State fighters...

International

Women, Children Flood Mosul As ISIS Loses Ground

The civilians from southern villages appear to have been forced into the city by ISIS, and witnesses said they looked...

International

ISIL ‘using Thousands As Human Shields’ In Iraq’s Mosul

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant appears to be using tens of thousands of people as "human shields" in and around...

International

ISIS ‘executes’ 232 Near Mosul and Takes ‘thousands As Human Shields’

ISIS has "executed" 232 people near Mosul and taken tens of thousands of people to use as human shields against...