Middle East
Air raids pound rebel-held Aleppo as Syria army begins assault
Syrian and Russian aircraft pounded rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Friday, a monitor said, after the army announced a new offensive aimed ...17 dead as Yemen loyalists battle rebels for heights
Heavy fighting between Yemeni government forces and Shiite rebels for control of the heights overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait has killed ...World leaders rage against neighbors on 2nd day of UN debate
World leaders from Pakistan to Ukraine unleashed their regional grievances Wednesday, taking the stage of the U.N. General Assembly to rage against ...Migrant boat capsizes off Egypt, killing at least 42
A boat carrying migrants capsized Wednesday in the Mediterranean off Egypt\'s north coast, drowning 42 people and prompting a search operation in ...Bombs rain down as Syria declares truce over
Shells and bombs rained down on rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Monday soon after Syria\'s army declared an end to a week-long ceasefire ...Syria truce hangs in the balance amid attacks, lack of aid
Syria\'s week-long cease-fire, brokered by the United States and Russia, was in doubt Monday amid repeated violations and with no aid deliveries ...Fragile Syria truce tested by violence, US-Russia tensions
Air strikes and clashes tested a fragile ceasefire in Syria into Saturday as civilians waited for aid and tensions mounted between the ...Syria truce holds but aid deliveries delayed
Besieged Syrian civilians waited desperately for aid on Wednesday as relief convoys remained on hold despite a significant drop in violence under ...Syria ceasefire takes effect under US-Russia deal
A ceasefire brokered by Russia and the United States took effect in Syria at sundown Monday, despite scepticism over how long the ...Air strikes kill more Syria civilians ahead of truce
Air strikes on Syria\'s battleground city of Aleppo killed six civilians on Sunday just 24 hours before a truce brokered by Russia ...




