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The families of ISIL fighters are believed to be among the latest civilians to flee [Bulent Kilic/AFP]  US-backed Kurdish-led forces in northeastern Syria captured 400 ISIL fighters who were trying to escape the armed group’s last enclave in eastern Syria. A senior commander for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) also said on Wednesday that hundreds more Islamic […]

Saudi sisters Rawan (in yellow), 18, and Reem, 20, (both using adopted aliases) stand next to each other during an interview with AFP in Hong Kong. (AFP Photo) Two Saudi sisters marooned in Hong Kong after fleeing their family have been granted an extended stay in the city until next month, their law firm said […]

  Although State House had not released a statement on the outcome of the meeting between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Somalia’s Mohammed Abdullahi by the time of writing this article, the Ethiopian Premier said the duo agreed to address issues that have led to the escalation of tensions between the two countries/PSCU NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar […]

Mockup of the Buran-Energia space system. © Sputnik / Sergey Mamontov Russian space agency Roscosmos is considering building a spaceplane powered by a nuclear reactor, according to a memo obtained by a Russian news agency. The move could “reshape” the market for space launches, the document says. A rocket plane is an aircraft powered by […]

The Sohae Satellite Launching Station launch pad features what researchers of Beyond Parallel, a CSIS project, describe as showing the partially rebuilt rail-mounted rocket transfer structure in a commercial satellite image taken over Tongchang-ri, North Korea on March 2 [CSIS/Beyond Parallel/DigitalGlobe 2019 via Reuters] North Korea has restored part of a missile launch site it had […]

Women walk with children near the village of Baghouz in the Deir Az Zor province [File: Rodi Said/Reuters] Thousands of people, including armed fighters, have left the last area held by ISIL in Syria, a spokesperson for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said. Mostafa Bali of the SDF tweeted that about 3,000 people had come out of the […]

Rep. Elijah Cummings’ letter comes a day after The New York Times reported that President Donald Trump ordered his former chief of staff John Kelly last year to grant a top-secret security clearance to Jared Kushner. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo   House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings on Friday accused the White House of […]

The German government’s ‘Konrad Adenauer’ Airbus A340-313 is one of the two diplomatic aircraft maintained by the Luftwaffe. German governmental aircraft have recently developed a reputation for breaking down during diplomatic trips German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas was left stuck in Mali on Thursday after his official government airplane ran into technical problems, the latest […]

Indian pilot was captured after Pakistan Air force shot down two Indian fighter jets. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB Captured Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has been transported to the Wagah Border ahead of his repatriation to India. His return is a goodwill gesture from Pakistan aimed to de-escalate rising tensions with India. Official formalities, including the signing […]