Syria

Up to 58 people are believed to have died in the attack on Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun.

Nanoparticle-wrapped enzyme can be administered before exposure to nerve gas and pesticides in mice.

The attack on Tuesday happened in the town of Khan Seikhoun, in rebel-held Idlib.

St Petersburg is the latest in a string of attacks against Russia at home and abroad.

Ibrahim Al-Ansari's death will disrupt Isis' ability to recruit young people and children, coalition spokesman Scrocca said.

New policy represents marked departure from Obama administration's stance on the conflict.

More than half of the Syrian population has been displaced at some point during the conflict.

General Joseph Votel highlighted the challenges in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt and Pakistan.

Militants returning to Britain from conflict zones pose increased terror threat, claims expert.

UN has warned that flooding from the dam could be "potentially catastrophic" for those areas downstream.

People do not start out violent, but inequality, injustice and violence leaves them ripe for extremist groups.

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The location was seized by Isis in 2013 and has been used as HQ, prison and training centre.

Islamic State has lost much territory and many fighters as it comes under attack from the US-backed coalition in Iraq and three separate ground forces in Syria.

Mustafa Badreddine was killed in Syria last year amid an 'internal crisis' within the group.

The Israel Defence Forces said the drone did not contain any sensitive information.

Turkey Deputy PM Numan Kurtulmus denounced killing of dozens of people in the mosque as a "war crime".

Mosque was packed with worshippers for evening prayers and dead said to be primarily civilians.

The leader, known as Bahrumsyah, was killed when his car bomb detonated prematurely near Palmrya.

"They were beating me on the back with a belt and electric cables."

Attack on judicial building is latest in spate of bombings targeting government-held areas.

The UN's Independent International Inquiry on Syria said Assad's forces carried out war crimes in December.

Vintage cars owned by Mohammad Mohiuddin Anis, 70, have been reduced to twisted hulks of rusted metal, just as Aleppo has been reduced to piles of shattered glass and dusty debris.

Inside Mosul's antiquities museum, which once housed priceless Mesopotamian artefacts dating back thousands of years.

The attack at Bab al-Saghir cemetery in the Old City of Damascus killed 40 people.

The increase will bring the number of US forces on the ground in Syria to about 900.

Iraqi forces are facing increasingly stiff resistance from Islamic State militants, who are using suicide car bombs and snipers to defend their last major stronghold in Iraq.

As the world's population grows, the vault serves as a 'backup' system for crops from genebanks around the world.

Pentagon has not confirmed new deployment that has been 'in the works for some time'.

The Mosul 'healer' Mala Ali Kalak wants to beat him on the soles of his feet to get the jinni out of his body.