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Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 06:52
A military "combing" operation is underway in the south-western province of Baluchistan in the wake of yesterday's suicide attack on a Quetta hospital which killed at least 70 and left more than 100 wounded. US state department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said Washington will "continue to work with our partners in Pakistan and across the region to combat this threat." But only last week, the US told Pakistan it was withholding $US300 million in anti-terror funding.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 06:20
A hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders and specializing in pediatrics in a rebel-held northern Syria province has been destroyed in a series of airstrikes over the weekend that killed 13 people, including four staff and five children, the international medical charity said Monday.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
Japan's foreign minister says his country will spend $120 million to strengthen counter-terrorism efforts in Africa.
Monday, June 13, 2016 - 06:20
Nigeria is firing dozens of senior officers accused of corruption and the theft of billions of dollars meant to buy arms to fight the Boko Haram Islamic insurgency, the army and an officer privy to the list said Saturday.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 06:30
Afghan civilians who assisted the American-led coalition as interpreters, firefighters and construction workers are in danger of being harmed or killed by the Taliban if Congress cancels a program that allows them to resettle in the United States, according to the top American commander in Afghanistan.
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 06:44
A U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday that it is troubled by a group of international experts' complaints of obstacles to their investigation into the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico. Rupert Colville, spokesman for the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement that the office is "concerned about the many challenges and obstacles reported by the experts," including the ability to examine other lines of investigation such the possible roles of the military and other officials in the case.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 06:28
Doctors Without Borders says its staffers are "scared" to resume their work in a facility it supports in the northern Yemeni city of Saada after two nearby airstrikes by the U.S.-backed military coalition.
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 06:16
The Obama administration opened a two-front campaign on Syria on Thursday with a push to end one war there and step up another.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 05:02
Francis has made the plight of migrants one of the hallmarks of his papacy, denouncing what he called the "globalization of indifference" toward people desperate to flee poverty and persecution.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:44
Regional and international action in Burundi at the moment isn't sufficient to address the threat of escalating human rights violations and potential mass atrocities, a United Nations official said Monday.