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Tens of thousands of Syrians stranded in rebel areas of east Aleppo, days after government claimed victory. Tens of thousands of civilians are anxiously waiting to leave eastern Aleppo after a new deal was reached between rebel fighters and the Syrian regime. Al-Farouq Abu Bakr, a...

The Iftiin Somali graduate program has paired nine Muslim Somali university graduates with early-and mid-career professionals from the Young Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) network. The mentoring program is a six-month program that includes regular one-on-one meetings and workshops. ‘Iftiin’ is the Somali word for...

By ANNE BARNARD BEIRUT, Lebanon — Russia declared on Tuesday that the four-year battle over Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, was over, as the last remaining rebel fighters agreed to turn over their territory to the Syrian government. While pro-government forces were moving in, United Nations...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he personally killed suspected criminals when he was mayor of a southern city to set an example for police. Duterte made the comments in a speech late on Monday night to businessmen as he discussed his campaign to eradicate...

Turkey's unprecedented crackdown on media brought the total number of jailed journalists worldwide to the highest number since the Committee to Protect Journalists began taking an annual census in 1990. As of December 1, 2016, there were 259 journalists in jail around the world. Turkey...

Pakistan Navy Ship while deployed on Counter Piracy mission saved precious lives in Gulf of Aden. The ship was operating as a part of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151), an international Coalition Task Force of naval ships and aircraft formed under the UN mandate...

By:Maher Sattar Some hid in rice fields, others ate only leaves while making the long journey by foot across the border into Bangladesh. Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - Outside this town by the Bay of Bengal, we kept bumping into fresh arrivals when we visited the camps for...

MEUREUDU At least 25 people died and hundreds were injured after a strong earthquake struck off Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, local officials said. The shallow 6.5-magnitude quake struck Pidie Jaya district at dawn, as some in the predominantly Muslim region prepared for...

The fate of the passengers and cause of the accident is unclear. Yemen's government has requested rescue help from the Saudi-led coalition. A passenger ship carrying more than 60 people sank in the Indian Ocean off Yemen's Socotra Island, the war ravaged country's fisheries minister...

A U.S. Senate vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for 10 years shows the world that Washington cannot be relied upon to act on its commitments, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday. Iran has vowed to retaliate against the ISA...