US sends Marines to support Raqqa assault
The US has sent 400 additional troops to Syria to support an allied local force aiming to capture the so-called Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa. The
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Hospitals start sacking striking doctors
Hospitals have begun the process of sacking striking doctors and evicting them from the premises. Kenya’s public hospitals have been paralysed b
Diplomat seeks Swiss asylum
Turkey’s deputy ambassador to Switzerland has claimed asylum, according to Swiss media. According to Tages-Anzeiger (in German), Volkan Karagoz
Up to 450,000 IDPs expected in Mosul camps
There may not be enough space in camps to accommodate the tens of thousands of internally displaced people (IDP) currently fleeing their homes in west
Wikileaks is offering tech firms CIA files first
Technology firms will get “exclusive access” to details of the CIA’s cyber-warfare programme, Wikileaks has said. The anti-secrecy w