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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...

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...

Global backlash grows against Trump's immigration order

A global backlash against U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration curbs gathered strength on Sunday as several countries including long-standing American allies criticized the measures as discriminatory and divisive. Governments from London and Berlin to Jakarta and Tehran spoke out...

Trump and Putin vow to cooperate in ISIL fight

(Al-Jazeera)- US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart have made a "significant start" in fixing their countries' relationship, while agreeing to cooperate in fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group, the White House said following an hour-long phone call. The two...