Senior Al-Nusra Front commander, known under the alias Abu Omar Saraqeb, was reportedly killed in a targeted airstrike on the village of Kafr Naha, 15 km north of Aleppo. In the city, Syrian government forces regained control over Ramousah district. The airstrike reportedly hit a group of Jabhat Fath Al-Sham[…]
North Korea said it has carried out a successful “nuclear warhead explosion” test to counter what it called US hostility, North Korean state TV reported, angering neighbours and the United States. An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 was detected in the country’s north on Friday morning, South Korea’s meteorological[…]
Gabon’s re-elected President Ali Bongo shrugged off international calls for a recount of last week’s disputed vote, saying it was a matter for the constitutional court to decide. The European Union has questioned the validity of election which the opposition has dismissed as a sham. France, the former colonial ruler[…]
In a damning report, the UN development body (UNCTAD) described the ways Israeli occupation of Gaza and West Bank has been preventing the Palestinian economy from recovery and getting twice as big as it is now. The document detailing the “staggering economic cost” of Israeli occupation was released on Tuesday[…]
The Syrian government has denied claims it dropped barrels of chemical weapons on an opposition-held neighbourhood in Aleppo city that has caused at least one death and dozens of cases of suffocation. A video obtained by Al Jazeera shows what activists say is the aftermath of an attack in the[…]
War and poverty have forced 50 million children around the world from their homes, according to UNICEF. Up to 28 million of the children have been uprooted by violent conflict, with nearly as many abandoning their homes in search of a better life, says a report released by the UN[…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a broad range of updates on Moscow’s foreign policy and relations with major world players as he spoke to international media on the last day of the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China. Moscow and Ankara are working on restoring their ties, which deteriorated last year[…]
The pre-trial court hearing of Christopher Panayiotou and his three co-accused will commence on Monday in the Port Elizabeth High Court. During the initial pre-trial hearing, Advocate Hanlie Bakker, who represents accused No 2 Sizwezakhe Vumazonke, told the court that he was medically unfit to start the pre-trial hearing. Panayioutou[…]
At least 18 people were killed and dozens wounded in a series of bombings across mostly government-controlled areas of Syria on Monday, state media reported. The blasts hit government-held Tartus and Homs, as well as Hasakeh, which is mostly controlled by Kurdish forces but where the government maintains a presence.[…]
The government of South Sudan agreed on Sunday to accept 4,000 extra peacekeepers in a bid to avoid an arms embargo threatened by the United Nations Security Council, but said the details of the deployment were still being discussed. The announcement came after a meeting in the South Sudanese capital,[…]
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