Massive protests in Canada for Gaza’s permanent ceasefire
Thousands of people demonstrated waving Palestinian flags in front of the Canadian Parliament building in Ottawa,…
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Gaza’s death toll is double that of two years in Ukraine
Experts said civilians were being killed in Gaza even more rapidly than in the bloodiest moments of US-led attacks…
Iraq forces retake centre of IS bastion Hawija: army
Iraqi forces said Thursday they had retaken the centre of Islamic State group stronghold Hawija and were pushing…
Iraq begins battle to retake Tal Afar, IS bastion near Mosul
Iraqi forces on Sunday launched an assault to retake the northern city of Tal Afar from the Islamic State group,…
Syrian force urges Raqqa jihadists to surrender by end-May
A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian militias promised on Thursday that no harm would come to Islamic State fighters…
Six soldiers killed in Chechnya base attack, Russia says
Russia said on Friday that six of its soldiers had been killed after successfully repelling an assault on a…
Syria’s rebels launch offensive on Damascus gateway
Syrian rebels stormed a major road junction leading into the heart of Damascus on Tuesday as they launched an…
Egypt’s court: 3 years-sentence for 2 policemen in Matariya hospital assault case
An Egyptian appeals court upheld on Monday a three-year prison sentence for two low-ranking police officers,…
Clashes in Syria’s capital after surprise rebel assault
Heavy clashes rocked eastern districts of the Syrian capital on Sunday as rebels and Islamist militants tried to…
UN says North Syria exodus as families flee assault on ISIS
More than 65,000 people have been forced to flee fighting in northern Syria, ravaged in recent weeks by dual…
Netanyahu seeks to rally Israelis around him in anti-Obama assault
Benjamin Netanyahu has been unrelenting in his criticism of the Obama administration over what he condemned as its…
IMF head Christine Lagarde in negligence trial in France
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has gone on trial in France for negligence over a…
Obama unlikely to see assault on Islamic State’s Syria stronghold
A U.S.-backed assault on Raqqa, Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria, is unlikely to pierce the city itself…
Biden: Trump’s remarks show ‘ instinctive abuse of power’
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Monday Donald Trump's lewd comments about women, caught on tape in 2005, are the…
Kuwaiti employer who beat naked Egyptian detained
Egypt's manpower minister said on Sunday that he received confirmation that a Kuwaiti citizen who was videoed…
Doctors’ reaction to alleged police assault ‘inconsiderate’- says…
Egypt's Health Minister Ahmed Emad critisised on Monday a decision made by the Doctors Syndicate to provide free…
Pentagon targeting trucks, rigs in assault on ISIS oil funding
U.S.-led air strikes have hit at least 175 targets in the Islamic State's main oil-producing region over the past…
Syrian Army, Hezbollah launch Major Assault on Border City
The Syrian army and its allied militia have launched a major assault on the rebel-held Syrian city of Zabadani, the…
Egypt describes IS assault on Saudi Arabian mosque as ‘brutal terrorism’
Egypt’s government and highest religious authority extended their deep condolences to the victims of the…
Assault On Iraq Funeral, Other Attacks Kill 92
Two suicide bombers, one in an explosives-laden car and the other on foot, hit a cluster of funeral tents packed…