War & Conflict

Syria’s Kurds on Saturday handed four relatives of Islamic State group fighters, including three children, to Dutch diplomats for repatriation, a thorny issue for authorities in the Netherlands, reports BSS. The group consisted of a Dutch...

The World Bank has suspended its financial operations in Mali following the second coup in under a year in the West African nation, a spokesman in Bamako said Friday. The Washington-based bank has “temporarily paused disbursements...

Miscreants have abducted 136 children from an Islamic school in Nigeria’s northern state of Niger. Although the incident took place last Sunday, the administration and the owner of the school confirmed the information to reporters on...

Israel wants USD 1 billion from the United States to repair the Iron Dome, a missile defence system. Defense Secretary Benny Gantz will pay a state visit to the United States on Thursday, during which he...

Malaysia says it is to summon China’s ambassador after 16 Chinese military aircraft flew over disputed waters off its eastern state of Sarawak. Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the transport planes on Monday after detecting...

At least nine militants were killed as security forces stormed Taliban hideout in Alishing district of Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province on Sunday, the provincial government said in a statement released here. The security forces attacked a...

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked Rwandans to forgive France for its role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which about 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus died, reports BSS. Speaking at the genocide memorial in...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for civilian leaders in Mali to be released after military officers upset with a government reshuffle detained the president and prime minister at an army camp outside the...

Bangladesh has called on the international community to take urgent and decisive decisions to find a lasting solution to the ongoing Palestinian crisis. Ambassador Rabab Fatima, the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, made...

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip, came into force early Friday after 11 days of deadly fighting that pounded the Palestinian enclave and forced countless Israelis to seek...