The United States said it will impose sanctions against Syria on Wednesday to force it to comply with U.N.-led negotiations to end the nearly decade-long civil war. ( read original story ...)
Saudi-led coalition asks U.N. to share details of child deaths in Yemen
A Saudi Arabia-led military coalition fighting in Yemen asked the United Nations on Tuesday to share details of its accusations that the coalition was responsible for 222 child deaths or injuries last ... ( read original story ...)
Violence surges in Yemen after coronavirus truce expires
Violence has surged between the Western-backed alliance and the Houthi group after a six-week ceasefire prompted by the coronavirus pandemic expired last month. ( read original story ...)
Yemen war: UN takes Saudi-led coalition off child rights ‘list of shame’
Human rights groups have criticised the UN for removing the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a blacklist of those whose actions harm children. The UN found 222 children were killed or ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen taken off UN rights blacklist
Decision taken despite United Nations finding coalition killed hundreds of children last year ... ( read original story ...)
Turkish warplanes attack Kurdish targets in northern Iraq
Turkey's Ministry of Defence says its warplanes have struck Kurdish targets in northern Iraq's Haftanin region on Wednesday, the second such operation launched against the Kurdist ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea tells ‘mongrel dog’ South why it bombed office
North Korea has explained why it blew up its South Korean liaison office in a border town on Tuesday. A state media article accused the South of breaking 2018 agreements and behaving like a "mongrel ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea raises tension with pledge to send troops to border with South
Seoul says said it will ‘no longer tolerate’ provocations, although it was not clear what, if any, action it is planning ... ( read original story ...)
How Iran’s clergy helped conquer coronavirus
The black-turbaned senior cleric first heard that coronavirus might have spread to Qom about two weeks before official confirmation that the holy city had become the second global centre for the ... ( read original story ...)
Loved ones of Flight 752 victims demand plan, timeline for holding Iran to account
The families of those killed on Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 are expressing frustration over a lack of progress in the investigation as they launch a new group to push for bringing ... ( read original story ...)