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Israel preps for war on Gaza and Lebanon

 Israel is drawing up contingency plans to evacuate up to a quarter-million civilians from border communities to protect them from attacks from Hamas, Hezbollah or other groups. The mass evacuations would be the biggest in Israel’s history, part of a bigger plan where the army works with...

Multiple bomb blasts rock migrant camp in Nigeria

Suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants who have fled Boko Haram insurgents near Nigeria's restive northeastern city of Maiduguri early Wednesday, officials said. "There were four explosions inside the camp," the coordinator of the Muna camp Tijjani Lumani told AFP. "The bombers...

Iran steps up support for Houthis

 Iran is sending advanced weapons and military advisers to Yemen’s rebel Houthi movement, stepping up support for its ally in a civil war whose outcome could sway the balance of power in the Middle East, regional and Western sources say. Iran’s enemy Saudi Arabia is leading an Arab...

Russia 'to train US-allied Kurds in Syria'

(The Telegraph)- Russia is to build a base and send military personnel to northern Syria to train the YPG, the US-backed Kurdish group, the militia has said.   Redur Xelil, a spokesman for the group, said troops with armoured vehicles had already arrived near the town of Afrin, 25 miles...

North Korean missile launch fails

A North Korean missile launch failed on Wednesday, with the rocket exploding within seconds, the U.S. military said, the latest in a series of North Korean weapons tests to rattle its neighbors and raise tension in the region. South Korea said the apparent test launch of one missile by...

Coalition gathers to hear Trump ISIS plan

The 68-nation U.S.-led coalition against ISIS will meet in Washington on Wednesday to accelerate efforts to destroy the remaining extremist strongholds in Iraq and Syria. U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his generals to come up with an accelerated strategy to "eradicate" the group's...

US envoy says US-EU trade deal still alive

Negotiations for a mega U.S.-EU trade deal are still alive after they were suspended over elections and public opposition on both sides of the Atlantic, a senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday. EU officials had feared U.S. President Donald Trump would abandon the four-year talks for the...

ISIS claims responsibility for Baghdad attack

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a car bombing in Baghdad that killed 27 people the previous day, shattering a relative lull in the Iraqi capital. The extremist group says in an online statement posted on an ISIS-affiliated website hours after the attack that a militant parked the...

Australian probe clears World Vision over Gaza case

An Australian government probe has found no evidence taxpayer money was misused by the World Vision NGO in the Gaza Strip, after Israel alleged millions of dollars were diverted to Hamas. In August 2016, Israel accused World Vision's Gaza head Mohammed al-Halabi of siphoning off millions of...