A Saudi-born suicide bomber affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has detonated a bomb in a historic district of Istanbul, killing at least 10 people, including at least eight Germans, officials say. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the bomber who carried out the[…]
At least 14 people have been killed and 20 others injured in an explosion near a polio vaccination centre in the city of Quetta, police have told Al Jazeera. Rescue teams shifted the victims to the Civil Hospital in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province, where an emergency was[…]
A Syrian suicide bomber is thought to be responsible for an attack which killed at least ten people including foreigners in the heart of Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet tourist district on Tuesday, President Tayyip Erdogan said. There was a high probability Islamic State militants were behind the blast near the Blue[…]
The next round of peace talks between Yemen’s government and Iran-backed Houthi militia scheduled for next week have been postponed, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel Malak al-Mekhlafi said Saturday. “The negotiations will not take place on the announced date of Jan. 14,” Mekhlafi said on the phone from Cairo. “They will[…]
Dozens of listings on the online accommodation service Airbnb show immaculate cottages, elaborate breakfasts and rolling hillside views “in Israel” – but what is not stated is that the properties are located in Jewish settlements and outposts on occupied Palestinian territory. One shows a tidy, three-bedroom rental home with an[…]
Over 200 masked right-wing supporters, carrying placards with racist overtones, went on a rampage in the eastern city of Leipzig on Monday night, throwing fireworks, breaking windows and vandalizing buildings, police said. Emotions are running high in German cities after gangs of young migrant men sexually assaulted women at New[…]
An aid convoy entered a besieged Syrian town on Monday where thousands have been trapped without supplies for months and people are reported to have died of starvation. Trucks carrying food and medical supplies reached Madaya near the Lebanese border and began to distribute aid as part of an agreement[…]
Demonstrators have gathered outside the White House in Washington DC, demanding the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility. The protests, on the 14th anniversary of the opening of the prison in Cuba, come a day after the US administration once again vowed to shut down the controversial detention site[…]
A series of bombing attacks and shootings across Iraq have left scores dead and dozens more wounded, security officials said. At least 19 people were killed and 48 injured in an attack on the al-Jawhara shopping centre in the capital, Baghdad, on Monday. Gunmen charged into the mall after a[…]
Aid convoys headed for a besieged Syrian town on Monday where thousands are trapped and the United Nations says people are reported to have died of starvation. Dozens of trucks bearing the Red Crescent logo and carrying food and medical supplies left Damascus for Madaya near the Lebanese border as[…]
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