UN bracing for massive flight from Iraq’s Mosul
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The United Nations said Tuesday it was rushing to build camps to accommodate what it expects to…
8 years ago
Middle East
Libya parliament rejects UN-backed unity government
BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) - Libya's internationally recognised parliament on Monday voted no confidence in a UN-backed unity government, in a blow…
8 years ago
Israel launches ‘dozens’ of Gaza strikes, draws Turkish ire
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - by Stephen Weizman Israel said Monday it staged dozens of strikes on Gaza in response to…
8 years ago
Turkey seeks to identify IS child bomber who killed 54
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - by Fulya OZERKAN Stuart WILLIAMS Turkish authorities scrambled Monday to identify a child suicide bomber acting on…
8 years ago
Deadly battles as Yemen army seeks to break Taez siege
ADEN, Yemen (AFP) - Deadly clashes raged on Monday between Yemeni government forces battling to secure an entrance to the…
8 years ago
Syrian regime jets hit Kurdish positions, even after US warning
HASAKEH, Syria (AFP) - by with Thomas Watkins in Washington Syrian regime jets pounded US-backed Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria for…
8 years ago
Saudi facing ‘long’ Yemen war after talks fail
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - by Ian Timberlake Six months after Saudi Arabia said its war in Yemen was winding down,…
8 years ago
Rocket kills 7 civilians in Saudi as Yemen probe begins
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - Saudi Arabia suffered its worst civilian death toll Tuesday in cross-border shelling from Yemen as an…
8 years ago
Russia launches first Syria raids from Iran base
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) - by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber Russia said Tuesday its warplanes flew out of an Iranian airbase for the first time to…
8 years ago
Deadly coalition air strikes hit Yemen hospital
SANAA, Yemen (AFP) - Arab coalition air raids Monday hit a Yemeni hospital where international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders…
8 years ago
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