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At least 49 civilians, including children, were killed by warplanes of the Syrian regime at an area in Idlib in northwestern Syria, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that the regime aircraft committed a “massacre” by bombarding a public yard in Al-Janodia village in …

U.S. President Barack Obama said, Monday, that a support plan will be announced in favour of Tunisia as well as two other countries touched by terrorism (Nigeria and Iraq, during the next general meeting of the United Nations Assembly due mid-September, 2015 in New York, spokesman of the Presidency of …

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AU) Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma hailed the signing, in Algiers, of the record of conclusions of the preparatory consultations on the implementation of the peace and reconciliation agreement in Mali, resulting from the Algiers process. The chairperson of the Commission also hailed the signing of …

The Nigerian government says new President Muhammadu Buhari has told France’s leader at the G-7 summit that his country would welcome greater support from other nations in its effort to end Boko Haram’s insurgency. A government statement said Buhari also said Monday that Nigeria would like more intelligence on Boko …

Libya’s warring factions meet for a new round of “decisive” talks on Monday as the UN scrambles for a peace deal before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan next week. Amid warnings the oil producer is on the verge of collapsing into a failed state, United Nations …

The White House says President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande are in agreement on some of the world’s vexing problems, including Russia’s actions in Ukraine and keeping Iran from developing nuclear weapons. The two leaders met June 8 on the sidelines of a summit of the Group of …

Pakistan on Wednesday said it fully supports peace and stability in Afghanistan, as the two sides agreed to work closely for the security and socio-economic development of the region. “Pakistan has firm resolve to fully support Afghanistan’s efforts for peace and stability, including through facilitating an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace …

Libya’s internationally-recognised Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni has survived a shooting attack during a demonstration against the government, according to a government source. “A convoy of the prime minister was shot at as he was leaving Tobruk air base, the parliament’s temporary headquarter,” a senior government official said on Tuesday.

A top NATO commander warned Wednesday that “continual attacks” against Ukraine were hampering Kiev’s efforts to modernise its army enough to one day join the Western military alliance. “We are well aware of the formidable challenges that Ukraine is facing,” NATO’s political affairs and security chief Thrasyvoulos Terry Stamatopoulos told …

French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday met with Central African Republic (CAR) interim president Catherine Samba-Panza for talks amid ongoing tensions in the troubled African nation, an official statement said. The two leaders discussed, notably, ongoing efforts to arrive at a settlement to the civil conflict that has killed tens …