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Greece

Migrant smuggling crackdown by Greek police

Suspected people smugglers said to have hidden migrants in vehicles have been arrested in Greece.

Yemen

Jamila: Dead aged 7 as famine takes hold of Yemen

Jamila was seven.

Italy

Growing row in Italy over claims of NGOs colluding with smugglers

There is growing controversy in Italy over claims that some NGOs involved in the rescue of migrants at sea have been colluding with Libyan people smugglers.

Greece

Deadly summer sailing season begins

The first fatalities of the summer sailing season when Europe's seas swallow up thousands of migrants, many of them refugees fleeing conflict, has begun

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World News

Migrants: record numbers rescued in the Med

Rescue ships took on thousands of survivors from dinghies in deteriorating weather in the Mediterranean between Friday and Sunday.

Syria

Russia: US strikes on Syria 'play into hands of extremists'

Russia’s foreign minister has said that last week’s US missile strikes on a Syrian military airbase plays “into the hands of extremists” and further threaten regional and global…

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Pentagon video of missile launch against Syrian airbase

The Pentagon has released a video of Tomahawk cruise missiles being launched from a Navy destroyer, aimed at a Syrian airfield.

World News

US cut to UN Population Fund will have ''devastating effects'' Guterres warns

UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned that a decision by the US to cut funding to the United Nation’s Population Fund will have ‘‘devastating effects’‘ for the health of women and…

Europe News

Don't be against us - plea of Syrian refugee family in Luxembourg

Just 16-thousand migrants have been moved from Italy and Greece under a controversial EU relocation scheme.

Iraq

UN chief calls for more help for people fleeing Mosul

There is a call for more international aid to help the tens of thousands of people fleeing the fighting in Mosul.

Yemen

UNICEF warns that Yemen's children are paying the heaviest price for living life in a war zone

The future has never been so bleak for the children of Yemen.

Yemen

Sanaa rally marks two years of conflict in Yemen

Tens of thousands of Yemenis have rallied on the streets of the Yemeni capital in support of the Houthi movement.

Iraq

West Mosul: Iraqi military revises down civilian death toll, denies air strike

The Iraqi military revises down the civilian death toll from an incident in west Mosul last week and denies it was caused by a coalition air strike.

Iraq

Battle for Mosul: US investigates coalition airstrikes said to have caused mass civilian casualties

Iraqi government forces have halted their push to recapture western Mosul after reports of mass civilian casualties.

Syria

The Syrian Army says it has retaken Damascus areas seized by rebels

The fighting has underscored the bleak prospects for a fresh round of UN-brokered peace talks that are underway in Geneva.

Turkey

Children among migrants found drowned off Turkish coast

At least 11 people from Syria, including five children, are dead after their plastic boat sank off Turkey

World

Reality of the worst drought since 1945 peaking in parts of Africa

The Horn of Africa is facing its third consecutive year of drought causing thirst and hunger, decimating livestock, destroying livelihoods, spreading disease and triggering large scale population move

Greece

EU-Turkey migrant deal a 'dangerous precedent', say aid groups

Greece is being used as a testing ground for degrading asylum policies that are setting a dangerous blueprint for the future, according to major humanitarian…

Syria

Deadly airstrike hits Syrian mosque during evening worship killing up to 58

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports air strikes have hit a mosque in the rebel-held village of al-Jina in the northwest of the country.

Syria

Dozens killed in air strike on mosque in Syria

At least 42 people have been killed and dozens wounded, when an air strike hit a mosque in the rebel-held village of al-Jina, near Aleppo in Syria.