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The battle over, it's now time to start rebuilding Iraq's second city, parts of which were literally flattened during the ...

The school year is ending in the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau, but some pupils will hardly notice the difference. ...

Near Mosul's war-ravaged historic heart, Maher Al-Nejmawi watches a worker repainting his long-abandoned stall. Residents of Iraq's second city are ...

Iraqi forces fought to eliminate the last pockets of Islamic State group resistance in Mosul on Monday after the premier ...

Iraqi forces on Thursday battled the last remaining Islamic State group fighters in Mosul's Old City, where the UN said ...

Egypt began on Wednesday to deliver a million litres of fuel to Gaza, a Palestinian official said, in an attempt ...

The United Nations said Wednesday that Gazans were being held hostage to Palestinian political infighting, warning that longer blackouts triggered ...

The United Nations said Wednesday that Gazans were being held hostage to Palestinian political infighting, warning that longer blackouts triggered ...

Israeli and international NGOS joined the UN on Wednesday in warning of a "total collapse" in Gaza if Israel goes ...

Israeli and international NGOS joined the UN on Wednesday in warning of a "total collapse" in Gaza if Israel goes ...

Often than not, we tend to be oblivious of certain realities around us till self-reflection and assessment set in then ...

The piles of stinking rubbish are growing, running water and electricity are scarce. In Ennerdale, public anger over the failures ...

It's only when the thick smog of humidity and pollution lifts that the size of Lagos becomes clear: from above, ...

Aid agencies warn that humanitarian efforts against hunger in northeastern Nigeria are dangerously underfunded and some communities remain cut off ...

Angolan soldiers recruited by South Africa's apartheid government to fight against their homeland now live in squalor, forgotten and unwanted. ...

Voting began in Nepal on Sunday in its first local elections in two decades, a landmark moment in the country's ...

Nepal holds its first local elections in two decades on Sunday hoping to cement a fraught transition to democracy and ...

“If those journalists who pride themselves on reporting corruption in others, then ask for unofficial payment for themselves, isn’t that ...

The President believes that private sector led growth is the surest way for Ghana to sustain economic growth. Hence, the ...

An Israeli rights group warned Thursday that cutting power to the Gaza Strip would have "catastrophic consequences" after Israel said ...