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$2.1bn needed to avoid catastrophic famine in war-torn Yemen
3.3 million people - including 2.1 million children - have been left starving by Yemen's two-year-long conflict.
Feb 08, 2017
Isis attack in Afghanistan kills six Red Cross workers
The group of Red Cross workers were attacked by Islamic State in Jowzjan province.
Feb 08, 2017
Francois Fillon scandal: Wife paid €45,000 in severance as Marine Le Pen rival hit by fresh revelations
The money paid to Penelope Fillon was given in addition to €830,000 she was paid as an aid.
Feb 08, 2017
Somalia elects a president - Here are 5 things you need to know
MPs and Senators will elect new president amid a security and corruption crisis and looming famine.
Feb 08, 2017
Five terror attacks the Trump administration (presumably) thinks did get enough coverage
The White House has released a list of 78 attacks which took place from September 2014 to December 2016.
Feb 07, 2017
Suicide bomber kills 19 in blast targeting Kabul judiciary in Afghanistan
The attacker, wearing a suicide vest, targeted the court employees as they were leaving a building in Kabul.
Feb 07, 2017
Syria: President Bashar al-Assad says Donald Trump shows promise
Assad, who is backed by Moscow and Tehran, believes he can work with the Trump administration.
Feb 07, 2017
Palestinians decry 'theft of land' as thousands of West Bank settlements legalised
Under the controversial law houses built illegally on privately owned Palestinian land will be legalised.
Feb 07, 2017
President Duterte restarts bloody war against Maoist rebels
Tentative peace in the Philippines deteriorated after communist forces killed six soldiers.
Feb 06, 2017
Iranian arms flood into Yemen as US and Islamic Republic square off over the Middle East
The increased build-up of arms in the country threatens to prolong Yemen's 19-month-long proxy war.
Feb 03, 2017
President Trump tweets US needs to 'get smart' to terrorists after Louvre attack
The US president has repeatedly commented on attacks in France in relation to security in America.
Feb 03, 2017
Philippines' Duterte vows no peace with Maoist rebels, tells troops to be ready to fight
The New People's Army (NPA) killed seven Filipino troops prior to Duterte's call to arms.
Feb 03, 2017
Attack at the Louvre: French soldier opens fire on machete-wielding assailant
French media reports shots were fired in the 'Carousel' area beneath the Louvre's iconic glass pyramid.
Feb 03, 2017
Francois Fillon, favourite to defeat Marine Le Pen, found to have paid two children as aides
As scandal mounts around the front-runner more allegations have emerged.
Jan 31, 2017
US basketball players in Iran league fear Islamic Republic's retaliation for Trump travel ban
In the wake of Trump's travel ban to Muslim nations, the Islamic Republic has promised retaliation.
Jan 31, 2017
Philippines police and hitmen payed $1000s to wage Duterte's drug war on the poor
Human Rights group has said the incentives to kill drug dealers and users has created an "economy of murder".
Jan 31, 2017
European Union President Donald Tusk: 'Unpredictable' Trump is a threat to the EU
In a letter to the EU leaders Tusk has fired a shot across the bow of the new US administration.
Jan 31, 2017
Donald Tusk's letter to 27 EU heads of state about Trump administration in full
The President of the European Council has said changes in Washington put EU in a difficult situation.
Jan 31, 2017
At least one killed and two injured after gunman opens fire in Istanbul restaurant
Initial reports have claimed the gunman targeted an individual diner because of a family feud.
Jan 30, 2017
Iraq parliament votes in favour of US ban in response to Trump travel restrictions
The vote in Iraqi parliament asks the government in Baghdad to retaliate against Trump's executive order.
Jan 30, 2017
8-year-old Yemeni girl 'shot in neck' and dies in Trump's first foreign operation
The girl's father, Anwar al-Awlaki, was a US-born al-Qaeda preacher killed in a US drone strike in 2011.
Jan 30, 2017
Former Yahya Jammeh minister arrested in Switzerland for crimes against humanity
Ousman Sonko arrested as Gambia welcomed arrival of Jammeh's successor, Adama Barrow.
Jan 27, 2017
Israel to accept 100 Syrian children orphaned by war
While Israel is technically at war with Syria the country will accept 100 orphans who will most likely be adopted or fostered.
Jan 27, 2017
What is waterboarding, the 'enhanced' interrogation technique Trump wants to bring back?
The effect of the flowing water simulates the effect of drowning so that the subject feels like they will die.
Jan 26, 2017
French presidential frontrunner Francois Fillon faces investigation over €500,000 payments to wife
Fillon's wife Penelope was paid £430,000 over a course of eight years from parliamentary funds.
Jan 26, 2017
Six quotes that show 2017 is already George Orwell's 1984
George Orwell's 1984 is most popular selling book on Amazon but there was already dystopia in 2017.
Jan 25, 2017
George Orwell's 1984 tops Amazon bestsellers following Trump's inauguration
The dystopian novel, written in 1948, portrays a government which manipulates facts and hides the truth.
Jan 25, 2017
Massive explosion at Somali hotel as al-Shabaab storm building in suicide bomb attack
The al-Qaeda linked group entered the Dayah Hotel after a suicide car bomber rammed the building's front gates.
Jan 25, 2017
Russia and Turkey agree to ceasefire in Syria but rebel leaders refuse to deal with Iran
The opposition clashed with intemediaries over the inclusion of Iran in the talks which it says is a combatant.
Jan 24, 2017
Battle for Mosul: Despite 100 days of bloodshed, 750,000 civilians still at 'extreme risk' from Isis
UN has warned 750,000 are in direct danger as the Iraqi army prepares its assault on Mosul.
Jan 24, 2017
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