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Lebanese security forces will launch an operation against militants near informal refugee camps in the country's east after coming under ...

South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir has declared a state of emergency in part of the country’s north-west. The statement, broadcast ...

Hemmed in by Myanmar security forces and menaced by abductions and killings, Rohingya Muslims in a conflict-scarred corner of Rakhine ...

Adel, 15, hasn't seen his parents for the past nine months, but that was the price to pay to escape ...

Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu is in Budapest Tuesday for talks with Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban, who hopes the visit will ...

Iran is receiving "contradictory signals" from the US administration about the fate of the nuclear deal but Foreign Minister Mohammad ...

Comedian and UN ambassador Lilly Singh has called on the Indian government to be more tolerant of satire after a ...

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday called for a "state of emergency for education" in Nigeria, as she visited ...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated that creating job opportunities for Ghanaian youth and women is a top priority ...

Heavy bombardment and fierce fighting shook the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa on Monday, as US-backed forces said they ...

Revenge attacks against Iraqis accused of siding with the Islamic State group in Mosul are on the rise after Iraqi ...

Comic and UN ambassador Lilly Singh has called on the Indian government to be more tolerant of satire after a ...

Japan on Monday downplayed South Korea's offer to hold military talks with North Korea, saying the priority should be piling ...

The bodies of eight missing Malian soldiers have been found following a presumed jihadist attack on July 9, official sources ...

An Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant will be placed on house arrest pending his appeal of ...

The Civil Society Organisations’ Platform on Ghana IMF programme says an extension of the package will best serve the nation’s ...

Miss United Nations International pageant held in Kingston, Jamaica, over the weekend has crowned Ghanaian beauty queen, Rebecca Asamoah, as ...

The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions against 16 more high-ranking military Syrian officials and scientists over chemical weapons attacks ...

The people of war-torn Afghanistan continue to bear the brunt of the grinding conflict with civilian deaths at their worst ...

Civilian deaths in Afghanistan hit a new high in the first half of 2017 with 1,662 killed and more than ...