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Aleppo civilians pay the price as bombardment continues
Rescue workers in Aleppo struggled to help hundreds of wounded Syrians trapped in a massive Russian-backed regime air offensive as the bloody battle to recapture the key city entered its fifth day. Dozens of air strikes hit opposition-held areas of the northern Syrian city on Monday with the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights saying at least.. More -
Jets pound Aleppo as UN discusses Syria escalation
The United States called Russia's action in Syria "barbarism" while Moscow's UN envoy said ending the war was "almost an impossible task" as regime forces relentlessly bombed the besieged city of Aleppo. The United Nations Security Council met on Sunday at the request of the US, Britain and France to discuss the escalation of fighting.. More -
UN Security to hold urgent meeting on Syria
The UN Security Council will hold an urgent meeting Sunday regarding increased bloodshed in Syria. After a weeklong truce, war has raged n Aleppo where nearly 300,000 civilians are besieged and in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "appalled by the chilling military escalation in the city of Aleppo, which.. More -
Battle rages near Aleppo, air onslaught continues
Syrian regime and opposition forces battled for control of high ground on the Aleppo outskirts on Saturday as warplanes bombed the city's opposition-held east relentlessly in a Russian-backed offensive that has left Washington's Syria policy in tatters. In their first major ground advance of the offensive, the regime army and its militia allies seized.. More -
Scores drown after boat capsizes off Egypt's coast
At least 43 people have died and 154 have been rescued after a boat carrying hundreds of refugees capsized off Egypt's coast. State news agency MENA reported on Wednesday that the boat, believed to be carrying around 600 people, capsized off the coast of Kafr al-Sheikh governorate, about 140km north of Cairo. Officials said 31 bodies had been recovered.. More -
Hollande chastises Security Council over Syria
French President Francois Hollande appealed to the United Nations on Tuesday to take action on the Syrian conflict. "The Syrian tragedy will be seen by history as a disgrace for the international community if we do not end it quickly. Aleppo, today, is a martyred city," he told the General Assembly. The Syrian regime and its foreign supporters.. More -
Protests rage in Charlotte after police kill black man
A US police officer has shot a black man at a housing complex in Charlotte, authorities in North Carolina say, prompting street protests late into the night. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) said on Twitter on Tuesday that demonstrators were destroying marked police vehicles and that approximately 12 officers had been injured. Witnesses.. More -
120 Palestinians in Israeli jails declare hunger strike
At least 120 Palestinians in Israeli jails have begun an open-ended hunger strike to demand the release of three fellow prisoners who continue to languish in "administrative dentition", the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s committee on detainees said Tuesday. In a statement, the committee said that 120 Palestinian prisoners in jails.. More -
Eight Afghan policemen killed in US strike
US air strikes have killed eight Afghan policemen in the embattled southern province of Afghanistan, officials confirmed, as security forces, supported by US strikes, battle Taliban fighters. Rahimullah Khan, a provincial operational commander, said the first of two air strikes on Sunday afternoon killed one policeman at a checkpoint outside the provincial.. More -
Jordan set for 'historic' vote
Throughout Jordan, street signs have been replaced by beaming campaign posters and car parks filled with rows of seats for rallies. Campaigning reached its peak on Sunday night before lapsing into an enforced silence in preparation for Tuesday's polls, which will be different from other elections in the kingdom's recent past. Jordan made significant.. More -
Syria: Deadly aid convoy bombing as ceasefire ends
Syrian regime or Russian warplanes bombed aid trucks near Aleppo after a fragile week-long ceasefire ended as it appeared the bloody five-year war was fully back on late on Monday. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 32 people were killed in dozens of air strikes launched in and around Aleppo after the truce officially came.. More -
Syria's shaky ceasefire continues to crumble
Syria's fragile ceasefire continued to unravel on Sunday with the first aerial attacks on opposition-held neighborhoods of Aleppo and a southern village in the deadliest day since the truce began. The violations came as tensions between American and Russian brokers of the deal worsened following a deadly US air raid on Syrian regime forces. The UK-based.. More -
Palestinian man shot dead after alleged stabbing attack
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man after he allegedly stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said, in the latest killing in a 24-hour spike in violence. A spokeswoman said on Saturday that the "assailant armed with a knife stabbed an [Israeli] soldier" during a "routine security check" before.. More -
Kashmir protests: Thousands attend funeral of schoolboy
Thousands of demonstrators have defied a curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir to attend the funeral of a schoolboy whose body was found riddled with pellets. Security forces fired tear gas shells on Saturday to disperse stone-throwing protesters, triggering more clashes in at least half a dozen places across Srinagar and southern parts of the Himalayan.. More -
Italy mourns as survivors bury earthquake's dead
More than 900 aftershocks have rattled the central Italy region since the quake on Wednesday, which killed 290 people. Italy observed a national day of mourning on Saturday with flags across the country at half-staff amid a state funeral for dozens of victims of the earthquake which killed 290 people and injured many more. Italian Prime Minister Matteo.. More
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