The Barack Obama administration Wednesday confirmed the authenticity of a video showing the decapitation of a US journalist who was abducted in November 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria. "The US intelligence after analysing the recently released video showing James Foley...
WASHINGTON: The mother of American journalist James Foley, apparently executed by Islamic State jihadists, on Wednesday (Aug 20) paid tribute to her son who she said had died trying to expose the suffering of the Syrian people. Condolences and shocked messages poured...
(AFP)- Attacks on aid workers reached a new peak in 2013, with 155 relief staff killed, and this year is shaping up as equally deadly, according to figures released Tuesday. Afghanistan topped the list of countries where aid workers faced greater risk, with 81 killed in 2013,...
(Reuters) - A Kurdish protester was shot dead and two others were wounded in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday as they clashed with security forces dismantling a newly erected statue of a prominent Kurdish militant. Soldiers backed by military helicopters were removing the statue...
