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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant uses sexual slavery and forced marriage as weapons of war against women and girls from Iraq's Ezidi religious minority, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The London-based rights group said hundreds and possibly thousands...
At least 60 journalists were killed on the job in 2014, including 17 who died as a direct result of covering the civil war in Syria, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in its annual report Tuesday. The New York-based group said it was still investigating...
Turkey has sent at least 625 trucks of humanitarian aid to Iraq up till now, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency said Tuesday. The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency in coordination with the Health Ministry, Turkish Red Crescent, the Turkish...
Rome will send military instructors to Iraq, Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Tuesday. Gentiloni, during a 24-hour visit to Iraq, said in a joint press conference in Baghdad with his Iraqi counterpart, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, that Italy hoped to strengthen its...
(Reuters) - Hundreds of civilians in Libya have been killed in fighting since late August, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning commanders of armed groups that they could face prosecution for possible war crimes including executions and torture. The North African...
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(Reuters) - Satellite imagery indicate that 290 cultural heritage sites in Syria , whose history stretches back to the dawn of civilization, have been damaged by its ongoing civil war, the United Nations' training and research arm (UNITAR) said on Tuesday. Syria's heritage spans...
(Reuters) - Asian markets should be well underpinned on Tuesday after Wall Street closed at historic highs while oil prices suffered a vicious setback after Saudi Arabia quashed all thought of cutting supply. The revival in risk appetites undermined the safe haven yen and...
(Reuters) - Jordan will begin training the first group of army troops from neighboring Iraq in the next few weeks as part of the international effort to fight Islamic State, the Iraqi defense minister said on Monday. Speaking after meeting Jordanian King Abdullah, Khaled al...
(Reuters) - Prominent Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood figure Zaki Bani Rushaid went on trial on Monday on charges of "souring ties with a foreign country" after he criticized the United Arab Emirates for designating his organization as a terrorist group. Asked whether he was...
(Reuters) - Oil prices resumed their downward march on Monday, doubling back on the biggest one-day gain in over two years, after Saudi Arabia's powerful oil minister said OPEC would not cut production at any price. After a weekend of comments from several Gulf OPEC members...
(Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus delivered its first A350 mid-sized jetliner to Qatar Airways on Monday and moved to end speculation about the future of its larger A380 superjumbo. Airbus said it was on course to reach its production goals for the A350, a mid-sized jet...
(Reuters) - Qatari-owned Al Jazeera suspended broadcast of its Egypt-focused channel on Monday, citing a product restructuring, as Doha and Cairo seek to mend ties that deteriorated last year after the army toppled elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. Qatar was one of the...
(Reuters) - Veteran Tunisian politician Beji Caid Essebsi won the country's first free presidential election, in the final step of a transition to democracy after an uprising that ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. Essebsi beat rival and incumbent Moncef...
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I will do my best to spread hope in Aleppo this Christmas, but it is hard to celebrate when your city is in ruins. Four years ago, Aleppo was a thriving, cosmopolitan place, but everybody has suffered in Syria’s terrible war. The rich have left, the middle classes have...
(Reuters) - Veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi declared victory in Sunday's presidential run-off vote, seen as the last step in Tunisia's shift to full democracy four years after an uprising ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. Official results are not due until Monday...
(Reuters) - The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States fell 25 cents in the past two weeks, tumbling to its lowest level in more than five-and-a-half years, according to the Lundberg survey released Sunday. Prices for regular-grade gasoline fell to $2.47 a...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria said on Sunday that an Israeli drone had been brought down in the province of Quneitra near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. State media said the drone was flying above the village of Hadar when it was downed. It was not immediately...
