Jihadists Snaring Starving Civilians In Mosul Death Trap
Jihadists preparing for a desperate last stand in Mosul are booby-trapping homes with civilians inside and welding doors shut on ...
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India Finding It Hard To End Love Affair With Cash
Fat wads of bank notes move across counters in Old Delhi's gold and diamond district in one of many challenges ...
Russia, Turkey, Iran Sign Deal To Set Up Syria Safe Zones
Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday signed an agreement to set up four safe zones in Syria that the United ...
Russia, Turkey, Iran Ink Deal On Safe Zones In Syria
Syrian regime allies Russia and Iran and rebel supporter Turkey on Thursday signed a memorandum on a Moscow-backed plan to ...
Syria Rebels Return To Peace Talks
Syrian rebels on Thursday resumed participation in peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana centred around a Russian-backed plan to ...
Iraqi Forces Seize Ancient Site of Hatra From IS
Iraqi pro-government forces said Wednesday they had seized the UNESCO-listed ancient site of Hatra from the Islamic State group, the ...
Police Fire At Student Protesters In Indian Kashmir
Police fired into a crowd of stone-throwing students in Indian Kashmir on Monday, as violence in the disputed region intensified. ...
Singapore FA Raided In White-Collar Crime Probe
Singapore police Thursday raided the offices of the city-state's football governing body, which is in the throes of a leadership ...
Syria Car Bombing Kills At Least 16 Evacuees
A suicide car bombing killed at least 16 people Saturday in an attack near buses for Syrians evacuated from two ...
Zambian Opposition Leader Held Over ‘motorcade Standoff’
Armed police on Tuesday held Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema after raiding his house overnight, an AFP correspondent witnessed. No ...
New Somali Army Chief Escapes Deadly Car Bombing
Somalia's new army chief escaped a car bombing Sunday that killed at least five people in a bloody response by ...
Rebel Court Sentences Yemen President To Death
A rebel court in Yemen's insurgent-held capital has sentenced President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to death for high treason in absentia, ...
Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre Shrine Renovation Completed
A major restoration project at the shrine inside the Jerusalem church where Jesus is said to have been buried was ...
Israeli Police Begin Evacuating West Bank Settler Homes
Israeli police on Tuesday began removing residents and protesters from nine West Bank settler homes set to be demolished under ...
Libyan ‘hell’ Driving New Migrant Surge
Nightmarish conditions in Libya are helping to drive a surge in the numbers of migrants attempting to reach Italy in ...
Iraq Forces Battle IS To Close In On Mosul’s West Bank
Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way towards southern Mosul on Monday and prepared to take on ...
Blast Kills At Least One, Injures 22 In Pakistan’s Lahore
An explosion killed at least one person and injured 22 in Pakistan's teeming eastern city Lahore Monday, officials said, sending ...