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  State outlets in countries allied to Syrian president carry unanimous condemnation of US-led strikes on Syria. State media outlets in Russia, Iran and Syria have been carrying heavy condemnation of US-led air strikes on Syrian government positions. US, French and British forces launched the attacks in response to...

Human Rights Watch has accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen of committing war crimes, saying its air strikes killed 39 civilians including 26 children in two months. The rights group says five air strikes that hit four family homes and a grocery store were...

BY ELLEN MITCHELL Qatar has signed an agreement to buy up to 36 Boeing-made F-15 fighter jets from the United States, despite President Trump’s harsh words for the country after several Gulf states moved to isolate Qatar. Qatari Defense Minister Khalid Al-Attiyah and U.S. Defense Secretary...

World leaders, NGOs and fellow peace prize winners speak out over Aung San Suu Kyi's response to the Rohingya crisis. Myanmar's Nobel Peace Prize winning Aung San Suu Kyi is facing intense scrutiny over her response to the plight of her nation's Rohingya population. Almost 300,000...

At least 17 soldiers and four rebels killed in attack that comes as region gripped by more than two months of unrest. Seventeen soldiers and four suspected rebel fighters have been killed in an attack on an army headquarters in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to a...

Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan on the new unity government and Trump, and Guy Verhofstadt discusses the EU and Brexit. In this week's UpFront, Mehdi Hasan speaks to Hamas senior leader and spokesman Osama Hamdan, who discusses the new Palestinian unity government and how Hamas will...

By:WAM The UAE sent a plane carrying urgent medical and food aid to Afghanistan on Friday, as part of its contribution to providing the basic and necessary needs of thousands of Afghan families, especially the most vulnerable groups such as women, children and the elderly,...

Divided Arab leaders arriving in Jordan for a summit on Wednesday are seeking common ground to reaffirm their commitment to a Palestinian state, a long-standing goal that U.S. President Donald Trump last month put into doubt. The Dead Sea meeting is expected to have a...

Baba, a poet and former teacher, lives with his family in one of many tarpaulin-covered tents at the Jalozai camp, southeast of Peshawar, in Pakistan, which was originally set up to house refugees fleeing the civil war in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Jalozai has welcomed...

China's foreign ministry says it has lodged a complaint with the US after President-elect Donald Trump spoke to Taiwan's leader in a phone call. China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province. US policy set in 1979 cut all formal relations with Taiwan. However, Mr Trump's transition...