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Fighting nears Baghdad as UN warns crisis ‘life-threatening’
Iraqi officials have insisted they are making progress in repelling the fighters,…
Palestinian killed in Israeli crackdown over missing 3
The army says more than 150 Palestinians have been arrested in the…
Syria government retakes strategic town on Turkey border: State TV
AFP - Syrian government forces on Sunday recaptured the strategic town of…
South Sudan crisis ‘deteriorates’ after six months of war
War in the young nation has already killed thousands and forced more…
Iraq presses counter-offensive as US deploys warship
The militants, spearheaded by the powerful jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and…
50,000 children facing death in war-torn South Sudan: UN
War in the young nation has already killed thousands and forced more…
Syria TV says 30 killed in blast near Iraq border
AFP - A bomb attack targeting a weapons bazaar in eastern Syria…
Obama rules out sending troops as cleric calls Iraqis to arms
Washington spent billions of dollars training and equipping Iraqi security forces before…
Syria prisoner releases begin after amnesty: Lawyer
The releases came a day after Syrian state television reported that Assad…
South Sudan rivals are warmongers, mediators say
The comments came just hours before Kiir and Machar were set to…