Fire kills 17 in care home
Seventeen people have died in a fire at a building housing elderly people in a village near Ukraine’s capital Kiev. The fire broke out in the ea
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UN Peacekeepers Day: Five ‘blue helmets’ killed in Mali
At least five United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an ambush on the convoy of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (
Forces seek to encircle Islamic State-held Sirte
Forces loyal to Libya’s U.N.-backed unity government say they aim to encircle Sirte, Islamic State’s stronghold in Libya, having moved to
Army makes gains in battle with IS
Iraqi government forces have made gains in their offensive to drive Islamic State militants from Falluja – one the country’s two major cit
Iran pilgrims to miss Hajj amid row with Saudi Arabia
Iran and Saudi Arabia have failed to resolve a row over the Hajj pilgrimage and Iranian citizens will not travel to Mecca this year, Tehran says. Iran