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  • ISIL claims deadly suicide attacks in Iraq

    At least 11 Iraqi security personnel have been killed in a quadruple suicide car bombing near Beiji that was claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group. ISIL, which controls large parts of northern Iraq, said four of its foreign fighters carried out Saturday's bombings, which targeted Iraqi army and allied units' positions in the town.. More

  • GCC voices support for Qatar hosting 2022 World Cup

    The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has underlined its full support for Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup and has encouraged media in the region to counter those questioning its right to stage the event. The GCC information ministers, meeting in Doha on Wednesday, agreed on a strategic campaign to boost Qatar's image. The meeting came as football's.. More

  • US to send hundreds of extra troops to train Iraqi army

    US President Barack Obama has ordered the deployment of up to 450 more US troops to Iraq to advise and assist local forces in an effort to reverse the recent gains of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Under the plan, the United States will open a fifth training site in Iraq, with the goal of integrating Iraqi Security Forces and Sunni.. More

  • UN excludes Israel from child rights violators list

    The UN has left Israel off its List of Shame of states and armed groups that violate children's rights during conflicts, despite an outcry over the death of more than 500 children in the Gaza war. Rights groups had called on Ban Ki-moon to add Israel to the list released on Monday, and there was much debate among UN agencies before the final decision.. More

  • Heavy fighting resumes in Ukraine's east

    Ukraine's government forces and pro-Russian separatists have accused one another of launching a major new attack in the country's east. The rebel forces began a "large-scale offensive against Ukrainian positions" close to their stronghold of Donetsk overnight on Wednesday, using about a dozen tanks and up to a thousand troops, the Ukrainian.. More

  • Yemen fighting rages on amid new diplomatic push

    Jets from the Arab coalition have targeted Houthi rebel positions in their stronghold of Saada on Yemen's border with Saudi Arabia. The strikes against the rebels on Monday came as Yemeni officials said diplomats' attempts to bring an end to the conflict at talks in Oman had made some progress. The Saada attacks followed Sunday's strikes against.. More

  • Palestinian official slams Israel's stone-throwing bill

    Adoption of a bill by Israeli cabinet ministers aimed at imposing tougher penalties on stone-throwers is the latest discriminatory measure by Israel, singling out Palestinians, a Palestinian diplomat has told Al Jazeera. The draft law stipulates 10 years in jail for stone-throwers without the need to prove the defendant's intention to harm anyone. "Whe.. More

  • Scores killed as gas explosion sets Syria clinic ablaze

    Scores of patients, children and nurses were killed while dozens of others were injured in a gas explosion that took place in a clinic located in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah, a monitoring group and activists said. A fire caused by the explosion of a gas canister at the Maysaloun clinic in Qamishli on Sunday left at least 40 people killed.. More

  • Nusra Front leader: We will not target Syria's Alawites

    The leader of al-Qaeda's Syria branch has said the group will not target the country's Alawite minority despite their support for Bashar al-Assad's government. Abu Mohammad al-Golani, leader of the Nusra Front, made the remark in an exclusive interview to Al Jazeera. "The battle does not end in Qardaha, the Alawite village and the birthplace.. More

  • Israeli planes strike Gaza after rocket lands in Ashdod

    The Israeli air force has carried out four strikes on targets in the besieged Gaza Strip hours after a cross-border rocket landed in the city of Ashdod. The planes targeted training camps belonging to the Islamic Jihad in Rafah, Khan Yunis and Gaza City, witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Earlier on Tuesday, the Qassam.. More

  • ISIL fighters set Iraq's Beiji oil refinery ablaze

    Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group have set large parts of Iraq's largest oil refinery on fire, in an effort to thwart advances by Iraqi security forces. Black plumes of smoke could be seen coming from parts of the sprawling complex on Monday as the Iraqi army backed by Shia militias advanced to within 2km of the facility,.. More

  • Iraqi and Syrian forces ramp up attacks on ISIL

    Forces in Iraq and Syria are bolstering their offensives on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, in a bid to retake key cities in both countries. Iraqi security forces renewed efforts to retake the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Monday, as ISIL poured more fighters into the city that it claimed a week ago. Police sources said Iraqi.. More

  • Indonesia urges int. community to aid migrants

    Indonesian President Joko Widodo called on the international community Sunday to participate – especially financially - in sheltering Muslim Arakan migrants rescued from the Andaman Sea. "Assistance to refugees is a humanitarian activity," MetroTV quoted Widodo – popularly known as “Jokowi” – as saying in Surakarta.. More

  • UN talks on Yemen conflict 'postponed'

    United Nations talks to end the conflict in Yemen have been postponed just four days before they were due to begin, a UN official told AFP news agency. There had been growing uncertainty over which of the warring Yemeni parties would attend the talks, slated to begin on Thursday in Geneva, and the postponement is a further blow to UN efforts to broker.. More

  • Malaysia finds mass graves of suspected migrants

    Mass graves believed to contain bodies of hundreds of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been found in Malaysia, the country's home minister said. Police discovered 30 large graves in two locations in the northern state of Perlis, which borders Thailand, local media reported on Sunday. Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi confirmed the unearthing.. More