War_Conflict

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Yemen War Threatens Millennia-Old Mummies

Yemen's war has claimed thousands of lives and pushed millions to the brink of famine. Now the conflict threatens to...

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Austria Convicts Asylum Seeker of Syria War Crimes

The suspect is said to have claimed responsibility for 20 deaths in Homs An asylum seeker has been sentenced to life...

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Modi Heads To Sri Lanka As Chinese Influence Rises

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Sri Lanka on Thursday on a charm offensive as New Delhi seeks to reassert...

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London Conference Aims For Stable Somalia Under New Chief

International leaders are gathering in London on Thursday to thrash out agreements with Somalia aimed at stabilising...

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CIA Forms Special Unit Focused On North Korea Threat

The US Central Intelligence Agency said Wednesday it had formed a special unit dedicated to assessing North Korea's...

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US To Arm Syrias Kurds ‘very Quickly’

The United States will soon start delivering weapons to Syria's Kurdish fighters, despite furious Turkish objections, a...

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US Offers $10 Mn Reward For Ex-Qaeda Affiliate Chief

The United States is offering a $10 million reward for information to identify or locate the head of Al-Qaeda's former...

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Anglican Head Backs Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian Peace Effort

The leader of the world's Anglicans on Wednesday backed US President Donald Trump's bid for fresh peace talks between...

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UN Warns of Massive Displacement In Yemen

A UN official warned Wednesday that up to half a million people could be displaced as conflict escalates and the...

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South Korea’s Moon Jae-In Willing To Visit North Korea

Moon Jae-in, South Korea's new president, has declared his willingness to visit the nuclear-armed North, moments after...

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Ex-Qaeda Branch Threatens Syria Rebels On Safe Zone Deal

An alliance dominated by Al-Qaeda's former Syrian branch has warned rebel groups against implementing a deal on safe...

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Mexico Was Second Deadliest Country In 2016

It was the second deadliest conflict in the world last year, but it hardly registered in the international headlines....

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Suspected Qaeda Suicide Bombing Kills Yemeni Soldier

A suspected Al-Qaeda suicide bombing on Wednesday killed a Yemeni soldier in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, a...

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Former Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Dies Aged 89

Former Chinese foreign minister Qian Qichen, who rebuilt relations with the international community after the 1989...

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Wasps Attack Sri Lanka Pilgrims Ahead of Modi Visit

Fifty pilgrims in Sri Lanka were taken to hospital Wednesday after being attacked by a swarm of wasps as they...

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Philippines’ Duterte Rails Against Corrupt Police

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday launched another tirade against corrupt police who are the frontline...

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Wife of Palestinian Hunger Striker Wants Pope To Intervene

The wife of the leader of a hunger strike by hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has written to Pope...

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Syria Kurds Say US Decision To Arm Them Will Hasten IS Defeat

Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State group in Syria said Wednesday that the "historic" US decision to provide...

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NATO Mulls Sending Thousands More Troops To Afghanistan

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that military chiefs wanted a few thousand more troops from the...