2.2 million Iraqis displaced by Islamic State: Report
AP, Beirut :A Norwegian humanitarian group says a record 38 million people have been internally displaced in their countries worldwide, with 2.2 million Iraqis alone...
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US to stop managing Afghan airspace by end of June
AP, Kabul :The United States is to stop managing Afghan airspace by the end of June after its air-traffic control contract with the government in...
40 migrants drowned in Mediterranean: Save the Children
Reuters, Rome :Around forty migrants died in the Mediterranean on Sunday, according to survivors of the journey who arrived on the southern Italian island of...
Coalition mulls Yemen humanitarian pause
Saudi Arabia says it will consult allies for temporary halt as UN urges coalition to stop targeting Sanaa airport.Saudi Arabia is considering temporary halts in...
Britain can’t impose its agenda on EU: Juncker
Reuters, Brussels :Britain should get a fair deal in the European Union but cannot impose its agenda on the bloc’s other 27 members, EU chief...
Inequality facing minority men behind unrest in Baltimore, Ferguson: Obama
AP, New York :Following a week of racially charged protests in Baltimore, US President Barack Obama on Monday said that the residual effects of racism...
Norway ranks as world’s best place to be a mother
AFP, United Nations :Norway ranks as the world’s best place to be a mother, well ahead of the United States which dropped to the 33rd...
Britain`s political leaders start final push for vote
AFP, London :Britain’s political leaders today began a final push for votes ahead of Thursday’s knife-edge election, even as they prepared for the likelihood of...
NATO starts anti-submarine exercise in North Sea as tension with Russia rise
Reuters, Aboard the USS Vicksburg :NATO launched one of its biggest-ever anti-submarine exercises in the North Sea on Monday, inviting non-member Sweden for the first...
Win or lose, Cameron`s political career hangs by a thread
Reuters, London :Prime Minister David Cameron is Britain’s most popular major party leader and his Conservative Party the most trusted on the economy after helping...
Two UN peacekeepers wounded by Syria mortars on Golan Heights
Reuters, Jerusalem :Mortar bombs launched from Syria wounded two United Nations peacekeepers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Monday, the Israeli military said, in what...
Police shoot dead two gunmen at Texas exhibit of Prophet Mohammad cartoons
Reuters, Garland :Texas police shot dead two gunmen who opened fire on Sunday outside an exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad that was organised...