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Yemen has been the site of a brutal civil war and a deep humanitarian crisis since conflict erupted in 2015.

The US troops are assisting the Philippines military as they make a final push to end the long-standing conflict.

The American citizen is currently being held by US forces in Syria pending instructions from the White House.

Japan warned its residents to take cover and the UN has called an urgent meeting.

Attacks on an air force training school and barracks were also thwarted, France's interior minister says.

Rights group says 530,000 Syrian children missed school last year as funds did not reach hosting countries.

"Japan is no longer needed to exist near us," the Kim Jong-un regime said.

The militants attempted to blow up a security checkpoint near Rafah village where more than 20 soldiers were killed in July attack.

The Islamist group has also threatened to "punish" Myanmar "for its crimes" against ethnic Rohingya minorities.

More than 1,600 exhibitors from over 40 countries are displaying their latest weapons and defence systems at Defence & Security Equipment international (DSEi).

The images show numerous landslides throughout the test site in the wake of Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test.

Turkish state media said 22 of the jihadists, detained in Istanbul, were foreign nationals.

Security forces in the kingdom arrested two suspected Isis suicide bombers who were found to be Yemeni nationals.

The Egyptian Interior ministry confirmed the attack in a statement, but did not provide any casualty figures.

Longer sentences for rapists contribute to a more egalitarian, peaceful society.

Lebanon bans its citizens from travelling to Israel, a country it has been at war with for decades.

The attack was allegedly in response to the deepening crisis in the restive western Myanmar state of Rakhine.

Authorities said they were verifying the nationalities of the women and children to send them back to their countries.

The group Control Arms has accused the British government of double standards.

Authorities were alerted to the lab after workmen noticed suspicious items.

Thousands have fled from Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh.

UN Secretary General has warned that nuclear programme is world's "most serious crisis in years."

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army has urged the Myanmar military to reciprocate the ceasefire.

The air raids reportedly targeted Isis engineers so as to cut down their ability to use drones in attacks.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of possible ethnic cleansing and a "humanitarian catastrophe" in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

More than 125,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in less than two weeks to escape violence and alleged persecution in Myanmar.

Pyongyang has conducted its most powerful nuclear test to date.

The next missile test could be just days away as the country approaches its 69th anniversary.

Nearly 90 bodies in total are believed to have been buried in mass graves since June as troops battle Islamist militants in Marawi.