CONFLICT

The Atlantic Council analysis provides evidence for the continuous use of chemical weapons, among other attacks.

The rights watchdog says 600,000 Afghan refugees were forced to leave Pakistan in 2016.

Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda have resumed their armed struggle in region.

Allegations include mass killings and gang rapes of women and children in Rakhine state.

SOS Torture/Burundi claims the presidency controls both justice system and police, and crimes go unpunished.

Top US military official says it has carried out at least 30 air strikes in the province last week.

Guantanamo Bay lawyer Clive Stafford Smith tells IBTimes UK that changes 'demeans America'

Missile travelled for 500km and crashed in the Sea of Japan

The UN says that 17.1 million people struggle to eat in the war-torn country.

The confrontation is likely to put the fragile ceasefire at risk.

Rebels have warned that a regional war might erupt in East Africa.

Rachid Kassim is believed to have guided half of the 17 terrorist attacks against France in 2016.

Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon announced that the controversial inquiry will be shut in months.

Kenya High Court ruled to keep Dadaab refugee camp open as 260,000 Somali refugees would be at risk.

Human Rights Watch warns reversing Dodd-Frank Rule could benefit abusive armed groups such as ADF.

IBTimes UK looks back at nearly two years of devastating civil war in the Arab world's poorest nation.

However, the order could open way for Isis detainees to challenge legality of their imprisonment, say critics.

Hailing from Blackburn, Taylor is involved in the US-backed operations to liberate Raqqa.

The attack has been characterised as a likely terror incident.

Kenya intends to appeal against high court's ruling to keep camp open claiming Dadaab is a 'terrorism haven'.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his 'condolences" over the incident in Syria.

Its closure would have resulted in over 200,000 people having to return to war-torn Somalia.

South Sudan became the world's newest nation following a referendum on independence after years of civil war.

Links between Russia and senior UK far-right figures are being monitored by the British government.

Court says forcibly repatriating refugees is anti-constitutional as it amounts to "group persecution".

Mass executions took place every week in the prison from September 2011 to December 2015, the report said.

Islamic State said it fired six rockets, while Israel said only four were fired, of which three were shot down.

In 2016, at least 456 air strikes in Afghanistan were not disclosed to Congress, military analysts and the media.

Thousands of displaced Maslawis attempt to return to the areas reconquered by the Iraqi army.