War & Conflict

At least 42 people have been killed in near-daily protests against the government of Colombian President Ivan Duque since April 28, the country’s human rights ombudsman said Tuesday. All but one — a member of the...

As the US siege of the Strait of Hormuz began, 30 shots were fired at the Iranian navy. The two countries met for the second time in less than a month. A Pentagon spokesman, John Kirby,...

One Turkish soldier was killed and four others were injured in a rocket attack on Idlib in Syria. The casualties came after a rocket attack on a logistics fleet on Monday (May 10th). Reuters quoted the...

The “significant upsurge in violence” in the West Bank, in and near Gaza, and in east Jerusalem “needs to stop immediately,” a spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday. “The firing of...

Hamas Islamists warned Israel Monday that it would face escalation unless it withdrew its forces from the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and a flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood within an hour. “The leadership of the resistance gives the...

The death toll from a car bomb and mortar attack on a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, has risen to 68. At least 165 people were injured. Most of the casualties in the blasts on Saturday (May...

Some of the children killed outside a secondary school in Kabul on Saturday have been buried – as other relatives are still searching for the missing. More than 50 people – mostly girls – died in...

At least 163 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Palestinian worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Friday. It is claimed that six Zionist Israeli soldiers were also wounded by the brickbats fired by the...

More than 200 NGOs have called on the United Nations to impose an “arms embargo” on Myanmar to prevent junta aggression. Voluntary and human rights organizations, led by Amnesty International, have submitted a draft proposal to...

Jihadists have killed 35 people, including five troops and 15 militiamen, in two attacks in Nigeria’s troubled northern Borno state, sources told AFP Tuesday. Islamic State-aligned militants have intensified attacks on army camps in recent weeks...