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Syria's rebel-held Idlib region is home to about 3 million people, around half of them displaced from other parts of the country
The blaze that broke out Tuesday in a mountainous northeastern area of the island quickly morphed into the Canary Islands' biggest-ever fire
The powerful blast shattered the windows of restaurants, cafes, shops and apartments in two surrounding streets
So far, the variant has been detected in Israel, Denmark and the United States
One security source said scores of civilians had died in violence near the borders with Burkina Faso and Mali, where jihadists regularly strike
The vast western region has seen some of the worst bloodshed since the conflict erupted on April 15
South Korea says around 240 North Koreans starved to death between January and July this year
So far 62 humanitarian aid workers have died this year around the world
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese helps campaign against prison sentence for Saeed Roustee, who screened a film at Cannes
Hong Kong-flagged Joseph Schulte left Odesa on Wednesday — the first vessel to directly challenge Russia's new bid to seal Ukraine's Black Sea access
Nazila Maroufian walked out of Tehran's Evin prison on Sunday after more than a month behind bars, posting on social media a picture of herself without a headscarf and the slogan 'Don't accept slavery, you deserve the best!'
OCHA says even before Niger's president was toppled in a coup late last month, the country counted more than 3 million acutely food-insecure people
Nazila Maroufian left Tehran's Evin prison two days earlier and posted a defiant photo of herself without a headscarf
Analysts say military intervention would be operationally risky and politically hazardous, given divisions within ECOWAS ranks and fears of worsening the Sahel's chronic instability
A court in Iran sentences prominent movie director Saeed Roustaee to six months in prison for screening of his film 'Leila's Brothers' at Cannes Film Festival last year, local media report
Brazilian star the latest big name to leave European league for rich Saudi contract
Moscow and Pyongyang, both increasingly isolated from the West and weighted with sanctions, have deepened ties since Russia invaded Ukraine last year
Barely a week goes by in Africa's most populous nation without attacks or kidnappings by criminals known as 'bandits' in the northwest and center of the country
Last week's inferno on the island of Maui is already the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, with only a quarter of the ruins of the devastated town of Lahaina searched for victims so far.
Powerful opposition leader dies of a heart attack at age 83
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