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14 million ‘on brink of famine’ in Yemen: charities

14 million ‘on brink of famine’ in Yemen: charities

Thirty-five Yemeni and international NGOs called Wednesday for an “immediate cessation of hostilities” in Yemen, where they warned 14 million…
Yemen fighting traps Hodeida hospital patients in crossfire

Yemen fighting traps Hodeida hospital patients in crossfire

Amnesty International has warned Houthi rebels not to use hospital patients as human shields. The call came as fighting in…
US must break from Syrian Kurds after PKK reward offer – Turkey

US must break from Syrian Kurds after PKK reward offer – Turkey

  ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey gave a guarded welcome on Wednesday to a US decision to offer millions of dollars…
Dubai Police start training on flying motorbikes

Dubai Police start training on flying motorbikes

  (CNN) – The flying motorbike is back in Dubai — and you could see the police riding one in…
Woman at centre of Pakistani blasphemy row leaves jail

Woman at centre of Pakistani blasphemy row leaves jail

  A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy has been freed from jail after…
#ShameOnWho campaign uses art to change Lebanese attitudes to rape

#ShameOnWho campaign uses art to change Lebanese attitudes to rape

  BEIRUT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The hashtag #ShameOnWho? is being deployed as part of a new street art campaign…
Libya commander Haftar visits Russia ahead of conference

Libya commander Haftar visits Russia ahead of conference

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s defense minister Sergei Shoigu met Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar in Moscow on Wednesday, Russian media…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah won’t yield in government formation dispute: report

Lebanon’s Hezbollah won’t yield in government formation dispute: report

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah will not give way in a dispute over Sunni Muslim…
EU official: ‘More honest’ to scrap Turkey membership talks

EU official: ‘More honest’ to scrap Turkey membership talks

  BERLIN (AP) — The official overseeing the European Union’s future enlargement says that, in the long term, it would…
More than 200 mass graves of Islamic State victims found in Iraq: UN report

More than 200 mass graves of Islamic State victims found in Iraq: UN report

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – More than 200 mass graves have been uncovered in Iraq in areas formerly controlled by Islamic…
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