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Civilian toll in air strikes climbs; Peace talks extended to Dec 15
Nov 30, 2017 (AFP)
The US-led coalition said that in October, an ongoing review of civilian casualty reports showed at least 801 civilians had been unintentionally killed since op...
Over 400 US Marines being withdrawn from Syria anti-IS operation
Nov 30, 2017 (AFP)
The Marines had deployed to Syria in March and used 155mm howitzers to support local forces as they fought to retake Raqa. "With the city liberated and ISIS on ...
Egypt's Sisi tells army to restore Sinai security in 3 months
Nov 29, 2017 (AFP)
Sisi made his remarks in a televised speech to mark the birthday of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed as the country reels from the Friday massacre in a North Sinai m...
UN calls for 'real progress' at Syria peace talks
Nov 29, 2017 (AFP)
The government in Damascus had initially refused to confirm it would attend the United Nations-brokered peace talks, which formally opened on Tuesday, after the...
Assad negotiators expected at Syria peace talks
Nov 29, 2017 (AFP)
Damascus had initially refused to confirm it would attend the talks, which began on Tuesday, given the rebel opposition were maintaining their hardline stance o...
Syria regime agrees to East Ghouta ceasefire: UN envoy
Nov 28, 2017 (AFP)
"I was just informed by the Russians... today at the P5 meeting that Russia has proposed and the government has accepted a ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta," Staffan...
Bangladesh upholds death sentence for 139 soldiers over massacre
Nov 27, 2017 (AFP)
In delivering his verdict Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique described the 2009 slaughter of 74 people -- including 57 top brass -- as an unprecedented atrocity in B...
Pentagon report shows thousands more troops deployed
Nov 27, 2017 (AFP)
According to a quarterly report from the Pentagon's Defense Manpower Data Center, as of September 30 the US military had 15,298 troops in Afghanistan, 8,892 in ...
Russian strikes kill 53 civilians in Syria's Deir Ezzor
Nov 27, 2017 (AFP)
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes hit the village of Al-Shafah in Deir Ezzor province, on the eastern bank of the Euphrates...
Philippines' Duterte tells Muslims he will correct 'historical injustice'
Nov 27, 2017 (AFP)
He made the remarks at a mammoth gathering hosted by the country's main Muslim guerrilla group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), but which has also bro...
Iraq face tough battle against IS desert hideouts
Nov 27, 2017 (AFP)
"Our units have cleared 50 percent of the total area of the desert of around 29,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq miles). The first phase is over," General Yahya...
Muslims gather to boost stalled Philippine peace talks
Nov 27, 2017 (AFP)
President Rodrigo Duterte was scheduled to speak at the event at the main base of the 10,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front on Monday afternoon, with both...
Syria opposition picks head of unified delegation for peace talks
Nov 25, 2017 (AFP)
Nasr al-Hariri, head of the opposition High Negotiations Committee, was picked to lead a 36-member negotiating team for the talks on November 28, after three da...
Colombia marks anniversary of FARC deal as optimism wanes
Nov 24, 2017 (AFP)
Santos and FARC leader Rodrigo Londono returned to the same Bogota theater where they signed the deal a year ago to end Latin America's longest war. The mood wa...
Russia to reduce Syria presence by year's end: military
Nov 23, 2017 (AFP)
"Of course, there will be a decision taken by the commander in chief and the group (working in Syria) will be decreased," said Valery Gerasimov when asked wheth...
Syria opposition meets in Riyadh under pressure to compromise
Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)
The meeting came as Iran, Russia and Turkey held a summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, pressing their diplomatic dash to resolve Syria's six-year conflict ...
Colombia's minorities still face armed conflict: Amnesty
Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)
A year on, the deal is having a "very limited impact" on the lives of minority communities in Choco - a department where 60 percent of the population are armed ...
Philippines' Duterte cancels communist peace talks
Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)
In a speech Tuesday night, Duterte criticised the insurgents over deadly attacks against soldiers and police while threatening to categorise them as a "terroris...
RSF urges release of UK journalist held by IS for 5 years
Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)
Cantlie was taken near the Turkish border in northern Syria along with US journalist James Foley, who was beheaded by IS in 2014. "Today marks five long years t...
US general's Guantanamo contempt conviction upheld
Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)
Brigadier General John Baker, who heads up legal defense teams at Guantanamo, was initially sentenced to three weeks' confinement in his trailer after a militar...
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