(the guardian)- More than a third of almost 300 female students abducted by Islamic militants from a school in Nigeria two-and-a-half years ago appear unwilling to leave their captors, a community leader has said. Nigeria’s government is negotiating the release of 83 of about 190 girls...

An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison on charges of cooperating with the United States, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, the latest sign of an intensifying crackdown against Iranians with ties to the West. Iran's Islamic...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- 5 civilians have been killed and scores injured on Tuesday by vacuum missiles targeted besieged eastern Aleppo neighborhood and similar bombing targeted towns in the countryside injuring many, local sources reported. Zaman al-Wasl reporter in Aleppo said the Russian warplanes...

(Bloomberg)- Vladimir Putin’s backing for the relentless air bombardment of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo has provoked some foreign governments to accuse Russia of carrying out indiscriminate attacks on civilians. The U.S. and some European Union countries including Germany are...