CONFLICT

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights states 51 women and 88 children were among the victims.

Hundreds were reported to have been at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.

At least 48 have been killed in a car bomb blast near car dealerships.

House was struck is said to belong to Mohammad al-Nakaya, a tribal chief allied with Yemen's Houthi movement.

Twenty-four men were arrested after raid on Dialoubé village in an antiterror crackdown.

Abu Sayyaf has threatened to behead the German hostage if ransom is not paid by 26 February.

Gruesome details have emerged of serious international crimes committed by rival ex-Seleka militias.

"Children in the IS area have lost their innocence due to all the violence", says intelligence chief.

The boys – aged 11 and 12 – are brothers and were abducted in August 2014 from Iraq's Nineveh Province.

Dormant for years, the secessionist sect from Kongo-Central region has taken up arms again.

President Trump has ordered his defence secretary to present a proposal by February-end to combat the Islamic State.

US Central Command confirmed over 5,000 rounds containing DU were fired.

Yahya Sinwar, a 55-year-old military veteran, has been elected head of Hamas in Gaza.

Special Court to pave the way to justice for victims of crimes committed by warlords in Central African Republic.

IBTimes UK speaks to Dr Stef Vandeginste about the potential fall of power-sharing in Burundi.

While the world wrings its hands over settlements in the West Bank, Yahya Sinwar's ascension provokes little outrage.

Heads of warring factions made the landmark commitment in Cairo.

33,793 Burundian refugees are currently in Uganda after fleeing current crisis that killed thousands.

The US-led coalition started bombarding the terrorist group in Raqqa, Syria over the past few weeks.

Nearly 10 million people in conflict-ridden Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria are going hungry.

Local government said social order has been restored and an investigation is ongoing.

But the Ministry of Defence disputes that only 1.98% of GDP was spent on defence.

PMOI says a network of camps run by the revolutionary guard trains hundreds of fighters each month.

Concerns over high death toll and disproportionate use of force against Kamuina Nsapu militia in Kasai.

Four French police officers accused of using excessive force including raping male suspect with baton.

Government anti-terrorist operation targeted at jihadists in Mali's Mopti region.

Aid convoys blocked from getting through to four warzones for nearly three months.

Conflict has killed thousands and displaced millions as violence continues and man-made famine is looming.

Think tank says China has greater influence over Pakistan's policies than the US.