Suspected Taliban militants shot dead 12 anti-landmine workers in Afghanistan ’s southern Helmand province Saturday, Afghan police said. According to provincial police spokesman Farid Ahmad Obaid, suspected Taliban riding motorbikes opened fire on the workers...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels using improvised mortar bombs made of cooking gas canisters killed 311 civilians between July and December this year, a monitoring group said on Friday, condemning the use of the wildly inaccurate weapons. Two-thirds of the...
The scourge of HIV/ AIDS is being overlooked in South Sudan, activists warn, as the government and civil society remain focused on other problems caused by the country's year-long political crisis. "The problem is, there's no proper system of treatment for those living with...
The “solution process” to end Turkey's 40-year conflict with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is advancing positively and no one will be able to disturb this process, the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said. Addressing Turkish businessmen on...
