US ‘directly engaged’ with Syrian officials on Austin Tice case
State Department spokesman renews pledge to secure return of US journalist believed to be held by Syrian government. The United States has “directly engaged” with
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Dozens still missing after migrant boat sinks in Greece, 29 rescued
An air and sea rescue operation was underway Wednesday after around 50 people went missing when a migrant boat sank in the Aegean Sea. The
More than 200,000 Yazidis still displaced in Iraq: UN
More than 200,000 Yazidi survivors are still displaced from their homes in Iraq since the 2014 genocide at the hands of IS. Eight years on
The massacre of 1983 is often forgotten when we remember the larger genocide of the Anfal
By Davan Yahya Khalil Thirty-nine years ago today, those were the words that saved my life. I was nine, and the Iraqi army officer measuring
Briton jailed in Iraq for smuggling antiquities to be freed, says lawyer
Aretired British geologist is to be released from an Iraqi prison after his 15-year jail sentence for smuggling antiquities was quashed, according to his family
EU calls on member states to ration gas use
THE European Union called on member states to reduce gas use by 15 per cent today and asked for the power to impose such cuts
Fears over Rwanda deportations triggering children to self harm
THE Rwanda deal is triggering a deterioration in child refugees’ mental health, therapists warned today, following reports of terrified minors self-harming over fears of being
Today, the Kurds are spread across four nations. Who are they?
The world’s largest stateless ethnic group finds itself in one of Earth’s most politically volatile regions. Kurdistan if you cant point on a map, you’re
European police arrest 39 in crackdown on migrant smuggling gang
Police in five European countries have arrested 39 people in a major cross-border operation targeting an Iraqi-Kurdish gang which smuggled migrants across the Channel to
Migrants: More than 440 people cross the Channel in a day
More than 440 migrants crossed the English Channel on Monday in 15 boats, the Ministry of Defence has said. It brings the total number of