Bus, oil tanker collision kills at least 13 in Iran
An overnight passenger bus and a fuel tanker collided early on Wednesday in western Iran, killing at least 13 people and injuring several others. Iran’s Mehr…
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Yemen: Saudi airstrikes kill 7 women, children
At least seven civilians have lost their lives when Saudi military aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes against residential areas in conflict-ridden Yemen. A…
Yemen war: One child dies every 10 minutes
UN children’s fund UNICEF said in its report that nearly 2.2 million Yemeni children are acutely malnourished, victims of the near-collapse of the health care…
Is it the end of religious violence in the Middle East?
The escalation of radicalism, violence, and civil wars in the Middle East since the so-called Arab Spring revolts began in 2010 has exacted a massive…
UNICEF: nearly 50 million children uprooted by violent conflict
Nearly 50 million children have been uprooted across the globe, 28 million of them by violence and conflicts raging worldwide, according to a new report…
Russia to open three-hour aid windows daily amid battle for Syria’s Aleppo
Russia’s defence ministry said it will cease hostilities around Syria’s ravaged city of Aleppo for three hours each day to allow humanitarian aid into the…
UN Condemns Killings Of Children In Northern Syria
UNICEF yesterday condemned the killing of children in recent attacks in northern Syria. The UN agency said in a statement released by its regional office…
Hell to which the world turned a blind eye
The noon sun punches through the shroud of a leaden sky to beat mercilessly on the barren desert. What breeze drifts over the sand grits…