Families of aid workers killed in an ambush in South Sudan on Saturday have been at the morgue in the capital, Juba, waiting to collect the bodies of their loved ones. The UN has called it the worst...
The Finnish government has allocated over EUR 18 million (over $20 million) to five famine-hit African countries at risk of death and starvation caused by drought and conflict. The countries are...
The Sudanese government has pledged to open a new corridor to South Sudan for swift delivery of humanitarian aid to the famine-hit neighbouring country. Sudan’s Foreign Ministry Under-Secretary...
The Philippines Monday took delivery of two Japanese military surveillance aircraft to help it patrol vital sea lanes in the South China Sea, despite Manila's increasingly conciliatory stance to...
US-backed Syrian fighters on Monday paused their offensive for a key dam held by the Islamic State group to allow a technical team to enter the complex, a spokeswoman said. There have been fears...
US-backed forces battled the Islamic State group around a key Syrian town Monday, hours after the capture of an airbase brought them closer to besieging the jihadists in their stronghold Raqa. Backed...
Iraqi forces renewed their assault Monday against jihadists in Mosul's Old City, after days in which the battle was overshadowed by reports of heavy civilian casualties from air strikes. Iraqi forces...
An Egyptian court has sentenced 56 people to prison over the capsizing of a migrant boat that killed more than 200 people in September. They were given sentences of up to 14 years, and the...
US-backed forces battled Islamic State group fighters around a key northern Syrian town on Monday, a monitor said, hours after seizing a military airport from the jihadists. The capture of Tabqa...
A US-backed force of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters say they have taken full control of a key airbase held by the Islamic State group (IS) near Raqqa. Its capture is seen as a significant step in...
Myanmar's army chief defended a military crackdown in Rakhine State on Monday after the UN pledged to probe claims security forces carried out a campaign of killing and torture against Rohingya...
More than 100 countries are set to launch the first UN talks on a global nuclear weapons ban on Monday over objections from the major nuclear powers. Some 123 UN members announced in October that...
Indonesian toddler Salsa Djafar was wearing a glittering golden crown decorated with ribbons and a shiny purple dress to mark a special occasion -- her circumcision day. At the celebrations attended...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says achieving excellence in girls’ education is a must if the country is to shed off the evils of poverty, ignorance and disease, and put onto the path of...
US-backed Syrian rebels say they have taken full control of a key airbase held by the Islamic State group near its stronghold, Raqqa. Talal Sello, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),...
President Omar al-Bashir will attend an Arab League summit in Amman this week, Sudan's foreign minister said Sunday, despite a top rights group urging Jordan to deny him entry. Bashir is wanted by...
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame became the first African leader to address Washington's biggest pro-Israel forum Sunday, hailing the Jewish state as an inspiration for his own country's rebirth after...
Six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in South Sudan, the UN said Sunday, the latest such attack in the country suffering a famine blamed on a brutal civil war. The aid workers were killed...
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that achieving excellence in girls’ education is a must if the country is to shed off the evils of poverty, ignorance and...
An Egyptian court has sentenced 56 people to prison over the capsizing of a migrant boat that killed more than 200 people in September. They were given sentences of up to 14 years, and the...
