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WFP resumes air drops to Syrian city besieged by Islamic State

The United Nations has restarted air drops of food to support 93,500 Syrians besieged by Islamic State in the city of Deir al-Zor, the U.N. World Food Program said on Tuesday. Air drops were halted on Jan. 15 after Islamic State militants cut the besieged zone in two and overran the drop...

EU states can reject asylum seekers with terror links

EU nations can reject asylum seekers who have taken part in a terrorist group's activities even if their role was confined to logistics, the bloc's top court ruled Tuesday. The European Court of Justice ruled against a Moroccan whose request for asylum in Belgium was rejected after a Belgian...

Iraq Yazidi lawmaker could be barred from US award ceremony

An Iraqi lawmaker who has campaigned prominently for fellow Yazidi women enslaved by ISIS group said Tuesday that new US travel restrictions may prevent her from accepting a human rights award. Vian Dakhil had been due to travel to Washington to receive the Lantos Human Rights Prize next...