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Thousands of people are fleeing the Iraqi city of Mosul, held by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, in fear ...

The United Nations has raised grave concerns about reports of high civilian casualties in the Iraqi city of Mosul. A ...

A third of Yemen's 22 provinces are on the brink of famine, the UN said Friday, warning that 60 percent ...

Russia may be supplying the Taliban in Afghanistan, a US general has said Russia has denied a top Nato general's ...

Russia on Friday denied allegations by the commander of NATO that Moscow may be assisting the Taliban as the insurgents ...

The Taliban captured a key district centre in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Thursday while in the country's north, an ...

The top US general in Europe said on Thursday he has seen growing Russian influence on the Afghan Taliban, and ...

Russia is "perhaps" supplying the Taliban as they fight US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, a top US general said ...

A French civilian has been abducted in the central African nation of Chad, French authorities said on Thursday. The kidnapping ...

Taliban fighters captured the strategic southern district of Sangin on Thursday, officials said, another setback for Afghan forces in opium-rich ...

About 600,000 people remain in the areas of west Mosul held by the Islamic State group, including 400,000 who are ...

Deadly fighting, a rise in jihadism, the threat of famine -- two years after Saudi Arabia intervened against Iran-backed rebels, ...

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the United States and Britain for transferring arms to Saudi Arabia to use in its ...

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and vowed to ...

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and vowed to ...

Humanitarian groups on Wednesday demanded access to civilians on the brink of famine in Yemen, describing the two-year civil war ...

Music fans in conservative Afghanistan Wednesday hailed the groundbreaking finale of a popular television singing competition, in which the first ...

The UN refugee agency has criticised Cameroon for the forced return of hundreds of refugees to north-east Nigeria after they ...

Seoul on Wednesday repatriated the remains of 28 Chinese soldiers killed in the Korean War, despite a heated row between ...

Israel's military chief said on Tuesday that Hezbollah's military commander in Syria, reported dead last year, was killed by members ...