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Hurricane Matthew: Haiti dead reach 800 as south awaits aid

8 October 2016

The UN has warned it could take days for the full impact of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti to emerge, as the death toll soars to more than 800. The death toll has doubled, and may rise, as rescue teams gain access to southern areas cut […]

UN Security Council formally nominates Guterres

8 October 2016

NITED NATIONS (AP) — Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres, who was formally nominated on Thursday to be the next U.N. secretary-general, said he faces “huge challenges” and hopes to see unity and consensus during his term. Security Council President Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s U.N. ambassador, […]

UN: Aleppo Could be ‘Totally Destroyed’ in Coming Months

8 October 2016

The United Nations special envoy for Syria says eastern Aleppo could be “totally destroyed” by the end of the year due to the “cruel, constant” military activities in the city, where some 275,000 civilians are besieged. At a news conference Thursday, U.N. envoy Staffan de […]

Islamic State Hold on Eastern Syria Still Strong

8 October 2016

Losing territory in northern Syria and north-west Iraq, and with assaults looming on the Islamic State’s city strongholds of Raqqa and Mosul, the terror group may be left next year with control just of the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor. But defeating the jihadists […]

The United States and Russia Are Prepping for Doomsday

8 October 2016

The other day, a little present arrived in the mail. It was book, or rather a pair of doorstops. Titled Doomed to Cooperate, the massive two-volume set is about 1,000 pages of essays, interviews, and vignettes from more than 100 participants in the remarkable period […]

Yemeni Navy Warns Foreign Vessels of Violating Maritime Borders

6 October 2016

Yemeni Navy coastal Defense warned on Tuesday every vessel of carrying out any action related to Saudi-led alliance against Yemen, as well as of approaching territorial waters for any reason without taking prior authorization from Yemeni authorities. “For more than a year and a half […]

Syria: Fatah Al-Sham Terrorist Group’s 2nd Man Killed in Air Raids in Southern Idlib

6 October 2016

Religious leader of Fatah al-Sham Front (the newly-formed al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group previously known as the al-Nusra Front) Sheikh Ahmad Salamah Mabrouk, known as Abu al Faraj al Masri, was killed in an airstrike in the Southern territories of Idlib province. Al-Masri, who was known as […]

Inside The Refugee Camp At The Foot Of The Washington Monument

6 October 2016

Sabrina Chang, 30, didn’t know much about the global refugee crisis. “I think I could spit out headlines that I’ve seen, but that’s about it,” she says. But then she found herself — for a moment — in refugees’ shoes. Chang visited Forced From Home, […]

Airstrike Kills Senior al-Qaida Leader in Syria

6 October 2016

An airstrike Monday killed a senior leader in the Syrian Islamist group that split from al-Qaida earlier this year. Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, the group formally known as Jabhat al-Nusra, said Abu al-Farai al-Masri was killed when his vehicle was struck in the northwestern Idlib province. […]

Turkey: 12,800 police suspended; authorities reportedly raided Kurdish TV station

6 October 2016

ANKARA, Turkey — Authorities on Tuesday suspended about 12,800 police officers over suspected links to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen as Turkey pressed ahead with its vast crackdown on a network it says is behind the country’s July 15 coup attempt. Meanwhile, a pro-Kurdish television […]

Morocco dismantles cell of women Islamic State extremists

4 October 2016

RABAT, Morocco: Morocco’s Interior Ministry said authorities have detained 10 women linked to the Islamic State group who are suspected of plotting suicide attacks and trying to recruit other women to join the extremists. The ministry said in a statement that the Central Bureau of […]

Attacks in Iraqi capital kill at least 15 civilians

4 October 2016

BAGHDAD: Militants on Monday unleashed a series of attacks in Shiite-majority neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 15 civilians, officials said. The deadliest attack took place in the southwestern neighborhood of al-Amil when a bomber set off his explosives-laden vest in a […]