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At least 26 civilians have died in artillery fire and Russian air strikes on two displacement camps and surrounding villages in eastern Syria, a monitor said Saturday (Nov 11). The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said nine children were among

Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy will visit Catalonia on Sunday to begin campaigning for his Popular Party, ahead of early elections in December. Mr Rajoy is expected to address a meeting of supporters of the conservative party on Sunday

Mass graves containing at least 400 bodies have been found near Hawija, an Iraqi city that was occupied by Islamic State (IS) fighters until last month. Kirkuk province's governor, Rakan Said, said they were found at an airbase just outside the

Tens of thousands of people joined a nationalist march in Warsaw on Saturday, organised to coincide with Poland's independence day. Marchers chanted religious slogans such as "God, honour, country" and some called out racist chants

Mindy Kaling, Aziz Ansari, Riz Ahmed and many others have signed an open letter condemning the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya going on in Myanmar. The letter, published by The Guardian, begins with startling statistics of just how many people

US President Donald Trump said he had "good discussions" with Russian leader Vladimir Putin when they met briefly at an Asia-Pacific summit in Vietnam. On Twitter, he blasted "haters and fools", who, he said, do not encourage

Barcelona's mayor on Saturday accused the ousted government of Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont of overseeing a "disaster" in their push to break away from Spain. Just hours before she was due to attend a rally in the Catalan capital

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said accusations that Moscow meddled in US elections, particularly through contacts with Donald Trump's campaign team, are "fantasies" and attempts to undermine the US presidency. The Trump

Islamic State group jihadists have recaptured nearly all of Albu Kamal, putting up a fierce fightback for what had been the last significant Syrian town under their control, a monitor said Saturday. Syrian regime forces and allied militia overran

A Taliban key commander, Qari Ehsanullah, was among 35 militants killed in eastern Kapisa province, an army spokesman in the eastern region, Shir Aqa Faqiri, said Saturday. More to follow...

The Saudi-led coalition is still blocking desperately-needed UN aid deliveries to Yemen despite the re-opening of the port of Aden and of a land border crossing, a UN spokesman said Friday. "Humanitarian movements into Yemen remain

US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed there was "no military solution" for the war in Syria, in a joint statement approved on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific summit, the Kremlin said Saturday. "The

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will host world leaders in Manila from Sunday, hoping their presence will quieten international criticism over his deadly drugs war, which rights groups say may be a crime against humanity. Duterte goes into the

Listeners to one of Sweden's most popular radio stations heard an Islamic State group recruitment song on the station's frequency for about 30 minutes on Friday morning, reports say. Mix Megapol's owners believe the station's

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has warned other countries against using Lebanon for proxy conflicts, following a crisis triggered by the resignation of its prime minister, Saad Hariri. Iran and its Lebanese ally, the militant Shia group

Justin Trudeau used a face-to-face meeting Friday with Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi to lay out some of the evidence he has seen on the state-led violence that has shaken her country and set off a huge refugee crisis. The prime minister

In the refugee camps of Bangladesh, a small handful of psychologists are attempting the near impossible — trying to counsel hundreds of thousands of traumatised Rohingya refugees. Many of their patients have seen or suffered unspeakable acts

Hezbollah’s leader said on Friday that Saudi Arabia had declared war on Lebanon and his Iran-backed group, accusing Riyadh of detaining Saad al-Hariri and forcing him to resign as Lebanon’s prime minister to destabilize the country.