War_Conflict
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Former Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Dies Aged 89
Former Chinese foreign minister Qian Qichen, who rebuilt relations with the international community after the 1989...
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...
Philippines’ Duterte Rails Against Corrupt Police
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday launched another tirade against corrupt police who are the frontline...
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...
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...
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...