War_Conflict
Trump Envoy Meets Netanyahu In Jerusalem
US President Donald Trump's special envoy Jason Greenblatt met Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in...
Syria Opposition Agrees Final Evacuation From Homs District
Syria's government and opposition said Monday they had agreed a Russian-supervised deal to complete the evacuation of...
‘Fighting Extremism’ Top Priority
Syria's future will be decided only after "getting rid of extremists" and achieving political reconciliation, the...
Two Foreign UN Experts Kidnapped In DR Congo
Two experts from the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been kidnapped in the...
‘Jihadists’ Kill Civilians, Soldiers In North Mali
Two civilians and two Malian soldiers were killed Monday in an attack blamed on jihadists in the country's restive...
Myanmar May Be Trying To ‘expel’ All Rohingya
Myanmar may be seeking to "expel" all ethnic Rohingya from its territory, a UN rights expert said Monday, pushing for a...
South Africa, Nigeria To Form Xenophobia-Busting Monitor
South Africa and Nigeria on Monday said they would launch a jointly run "early warning" system to track and deter...
Blast Targets Bus In Downtown Kabul During Rush Hour
A powerful explosion struck a bus in downtown Kabul during rush hour Monday, officials said, sending smoke rising in...
Displaced Hit By Water Shortages In NE Nigeria
Tens of thousands of people who fled Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria are facing a severe lack of water, compounding...
Six Years On, Aleppo Dares To Dream of End To Syria War
When the army recaptured Aleppo in December, Mohammad Baqdul left Beirut and returned with his family to his native...
More Than 320,000 Dead In Six Years of Syria War
Syria's war has killed just over 320,000 people since it erupted six years ago, a monitor said Monday, noting that a...
Syria Rebels Will Not Attend Astana Peace Talks
Syrian rebel factions will not attend a new round of negotiations with government figures in the Kazakh capital, an...
Iraq Forces Advance After Jihadists ‘trapped’ In Mosul
Iraqi forces said Monday they had taken more territory from the Islamic State group as they press an offensive that has...
IS Fighters Left In Mosul Will Die, Says US Envoy McGurk
Any so-called Islamic State (IS) fighters left in Mosul will die in the Iraqi city, a US envoy co-ordinating the...
Syria War: 2016 Deadliest Year Yet For Children, Says Unicef
Syria’s children “hit rock bottom” in 2016, with more killed than in any other year of the civil war, the United...
Govt Increases Soldiers’ ‘alawa’
President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced an increase in the allowances of Ghanaian peacekeepers from US$31 to...
Foreign Minister Heads For SA To Assess Aftermath of Xenophobic Attacks
Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, is set to fly to South Africa Monday to ascertain details of recent...
Violence Against Syria’s Children ‘at Its Worst’ In 2016
Violence against children in war-ravaged Syria was "at its worst" in 2016, the UN's children's agency said Monday as...
Palestinian Attacker Killed By Israeli Police In Jerusalem
Israeli police on Monday killed a Palestinian who attacked and wounded two border guards with a knife near an entrance...