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Iraq Forces Push Into Old Mosul As Thousands Trapped
Iraqi forces battled Islamic State group fighters on Monday to push into Mosul's Old City where thousands of civilians...
UNESCO Raises $75.5 Mn To Protect Heritage From War, Terror
Seven countries and an American donor on Monday pledged $75.5 million (70 million euros) to a UNESCO-backed fund aimed...
Cloaked In Rags and Dust, Somalis Flee Looming Famine
Mariam Ibrahim, her seven children and two neighbouring families were the last to leave their village in southwestern...
Mass Graves In Central Congo Bear Witness To Growing Violence
The increasingly brutal nature of fighting in central Congo between the army and local militia is on vivid display in...
Clashes In Syria’s Damascus After Surprise Rebel Attack
Heavy clashes rocked eastern districts of the Syrian capital on Sunday after rebel fighters launched a surprise assault...
East Timor Votes In Presidential Poll Seen As Sign of Stability
East Timor voted for a new president Monday, with a former guerrilla fighter tipped for victory after winning the...
Saudi-Led Coalition Calls For UN To Supervise Yemen Port
The Arab coalition battling rebels in Yemen called Sunday for Hodeida port to be placed under UN supervision, after...
Ablakwa Urges Action Against Politicians Who Incite Violence
North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed worry over the rising incidents of hate...
Security Situation In Mali Remains Worrying Despite Progress
The security situation in Mali “remains worrying” despite recent troop deployments and some progress on the...
Somalia Wants Saudi Probe of Refugee Boat Attack
Somalia has called on the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to investigate an incident in which dozens of Somali...
Avoiding Risky Sea Journey, Syrian Refugees Head To Italy ‘pronto’
Just before midnight in a sleepy district of Beirut, dozens of Syrian refugees huddle in small groups around bulging...
Nestle, Others Agree To End Deforestation In Ghana, Ivory Coast
The world’s largest chocolate makers, including Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez, and cocoa traders, such as Cargill and...
The Toxic Mystery Behind Kim Jong-Nam’s Assassination
More than a month after Kim Jong-Nam was murdered in Kuala Lumpur, experts are struggling to make sense of Malaysia's...
East Libyan Forces Claim Victory In Southwest Benghazi
Khalifa Haftar's east Libyan forces have claimed capture of the final holdout of hardline armed forces in the southwest...
U.S., China Soften Tone, Say To Work Together On North Korea
The United States and China will work together to get nuclear-armed North Korea take "a different course", U. S....
US Issues Trade Challenge At Fraught G20
The United States on Saturday challenged long-standing global principles surrounding free trade, refusing to renew past...
Two Senior Yemen Rebels Survive Deadly Convoy Strike
Two senior Yemen rebels survived a Saudi-led coalition air raid on their convoy in the southwestern province of Taez...
International Quartet Backs Libya’s Unity Government
A quartet of international groups said Saturday it supported efforts by Libya's unity government to assert control over...
Celebrity Social Media Push To Help Somalia Goes Viral
UN says 2.9 million people in Somalia need urgent help "to save or sustain their lives". Campaign to raise $1m to...