War & Conflict
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6,000 Nigerians flee Boko Haram attack to Chad
Jan 23, 2019Thousands of Nigerians have fled across Lake Chad since Boko Haram launched attacks in and around the fishing town of Baga last month, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday. “An estimated 6,000 refugees have... -
Plea for peace as body of murdered Arab-Israeli student returns home
Jan 23, 2019Australians have farewelled Arab-Israeli student Aya Maasarwe in emotional vigils and ceremonies as her heartbroken father prepared to return home with her body on Tuesday, a week after her rape and murder. The 21-year-old’s body was... -
Turkey is ready to take over Syria’s Manbij
Jan 21, 2019Turkey is ready to take over security in Syria’s Manbij, where four U.S. citizens died in an Islamic State-claimed bombing last week, President Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Donald Trump in a telephone call on Sunday,... -
Three dead in Paris gas blast amid lockdown for yellow-vest protests
Jan 12, 2019Two French firefighters and a Spanish citizen died and nearly people 50 were injured in a gas explosion that gutted the ground floor of a building in a central Paris shopping district on Saturday, authorities said.... -
UN Security Council to meet for Yemen truce deal
Jan 8, 2019The UN Security Council will meet Wednesday to hear the UN envoy for Yemen report on a ceasefire deal and his latest efforts to end the nearly four-year war, diplomats said. UN envoy Martin Griffiths was... -
Taliban seek venue change for peace talks with US
Jan 6, 2019The Taliban will not attend planned peace talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia this month, and want to shift the venue to Qatar, Taliban officials said on Sunday, seeking to fend off Riyadh’s push... -
Bolton warns Syria against use of chemical weapons
Jan 5, 2019U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton has warned the Syrian government it should not see the impending U.S. military withdrawal from the country as an invitation to use chemical weapons. U.S. President Donald Trump said in... -
US military apologizes for tweet about dropping bombs
Jan 2, 2019US Strategic Command apologized Monday for a joke in “bad taste” after tweeting it was ready to drop something “much bigger” than the traditional Times Square crystal ball at New Year. In a message posted, and... -
A crude bomb killed two people in the southern Philippines
Dec 31, 2018A crude bomb, blamed by security forces on a small pro-Islamic State militant group, killed two people and wounded dozens on Monday in the southern Philippines, an army commander said. Islamist militants operate in the south... -
Police teargas ‘yellow vest’ protesters in Paris
Dec 30, 2018Police fired tear gas at “yellow vest”demonstrators in Paris on Saturday but the turnout for round seven of the popular protests that have rocked France appeared low. Several hundred people wearing the symbolic hi-visibility vests had...
