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Aleppo Self-Rule Plan Rejected By Government
A UN proposal to end heavy fighting in the city of Aleppo has been rejected by the Syrian government. Under the plan,...
Paranoid ISIS Leader Reportedly Refuses To Sleep Without Suicide Vest
As U. S.-backed Iraqi forces close in on the Islamic State's hub of Mosul, the leader of the terror network has become...
No Ghanaian In Pope Francis’ Fresh List of Cardinals
Pope Francis has named 17 new cardinals among whom there is no Ghanaian. There are, however, three Africans in the list...
Airstrikes Knock Out Hospitals In Rebel-Held Aleppo
A number of major trauma hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo are out of service after days of heavy airstrikes, the...
Sunni Vs Shia and the Trouble With Islam
The conflict between Sunni and Shia is deeply rooted and intractable, it has existed for almost 1400 years. The divide...
Trump National Security Adviser Mike Flynn Calls Islam ‘a Cancer’
The man whom President-elect Donald Trump picked as his national security adviser has said he doesn’t believe that...
Air Strike Hits Children’s Hospital In Syria’s Aleppo
An air strike has hit a children's hospital in Syria's eastern Aleppo, forcing its medical staff to evacuate their...
Obama Urges Trump To Stand Up To Russia’s Putin
President Barack Obama has urged his successor Donald Trump to stand up to Russia if it deviates from US "values and...
Trump Picks Sessions For Attorney General
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Sen. Jeff Sessions to be his nominee for the next attorney general, an...
Obama Urges Trump To Stand Up To Russia
US President Barack Obama has urged his successor Donald Trump to stand up to Russia if it deviates from US "values and...
Nov. 17 World News Summary At 0030 GMT
LONDON — A London tram was travelling at 70 km/h when it derailed and overturned on a bend with a speed limit of 20...
‘Utter Desperation’ In East Aleppo As Bombs Rain Down
Air strikes and artillery have pounded rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo for a second day, killing dozens of...
A Nonviolent Strategy To Liberate Syria
In early 2011, as the Arab Spring was moving across North Africa and the Middle East, small groups of nonviolent...
US Aims New Sanctions At Assad Backers
US legislators have passed a bill that would sanction the government of Syria and its supporters, including Russia and...
Lippi Gets Down To Work In China
Marcello Lippi, head coach of China’s national soccer team, reacts during the press conference for the 2018 FIFA...
Nov. 16 World News Summary At 0045 GMT
MOGADISHU — The Somali National Army (SNA), backed by troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), on...
Nov. 15 Middle East News Summary At 2200 GMT
RIYADH — A Saudi-led coalition said that a missile fired from Yemen toward the border city of Najran was intercepted,...
Syria’s Assad Hopes For ‘anti-Terror Ally’ In Trump
Syria's leader has said he hopes US President-elect Donald Trump will be an ally in fighting terrorism but remains...
Toaso Violently
I admit I have lived my whole life with very little violence. When I listen and see the devastation in Aleppo, Syria,...