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Two million people without water in Syria's Aleppo: UN ASIA

Two million people without water in Syria's Aleppo: UN

Nearly two million civilians were without water in Syria's second city of Aleppo on Saturday after regime bombardment damaged one pumping station and rebels shut down another in retaliation, the UN said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syrian, Russian aircraft pound rebel-held Aleppo ASIA

Syrian, Russian aircraft pound rebel-held Aleppo

Residents in rebel-held areas of Syria's Aleppo cowered in their homes on Saturday as relentless missile strikes and barrel bomb attacks pounded the besieged eastern half of the divided city.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Libya oil chief fears 'financial collapse' unless exports rise ASIA

Libya oil chief fears 'financial collapse' unless exports rise

Conflict-hit Libya could run out of money next year without a swift resumption of oil exports, the head of the country's National Oil Corporation (NOC) warned on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Opposition 'minister' among 12 dead in Syria car bomb ASIA

Opposition 'minister' among 12 dead in Syria car bomb

A ‘minister’ in Syria's opposition government was among at least 12 people killed in a car bomb attack in the south of the country on Thursday, the body's spokesman said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Israeli missiles down rockets fired from Syria: army ASIA

Israeli missiles down rockets fired from Syria: army

Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system destroyed two rockets fired from Syria at the Israeli-held zone of the Golan Heights Saturday in an apparent rise in tension between the uneasy neighbours.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Libya unity govt seeks talks after rival seizes oil ports ASIA

Libya unity govt seeks talks after rival seizes oil ports

The head of Libya's UN-backed unity government called for urgent talks Wednesday after forces loyal to a rival administration seized the main eastern oil ports in defiance of world powers.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syria warns Turkey against providing Aleppo aid without coordination ASIA

Syria warns Turkey against providing Aleppo aid without coordination

Syria's government on Tuesday warned that all aid going to the divided city of Aleppo, particularly assistance sent by Turkey, must be coordinated with Damascus and the United Nations.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US, Russia eye fresh Syria peace push INTERNATIONAL

US, Russia eye fresh Syria peace push

The US and Russia conducted last-minute negotiations Thursday over a fresh bid for a Syrian peace deal ahead of an expected high-level meeting in Geneva.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
First UN food aid in two years reaches over 30,000 Iraqis ASIA

First UN food aid in two years reaches over 30,000 Iraqis

The UN said Tuesday it has delivered food supplies to more than 30,000 residents of Qayyarah for the first time in two years after Iraqi forces expelled jihadists from the northern town.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Powerful militia storms out of Myanmar peace talks INTERNATIONAL

Powerful militia storms out of Myanmar peace talks

Delegates from one of Myanmar's most heavily armed ethnic groups stormed out of peace talks on Thursday in an early blow to a landmark gathering aimed at ushering in a new era of peace.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Barrel bombs kill at least 15 civilians in Syria's Aleppo ASIA

Barrel bombs kill at least 15 civilians in Syria's Aleppo

At least 15 civilians were killed in a barrel bomb attack on a rebel-held district of Syria's Aleppo city on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Malian jihadist begs forgiveness for Timbuktu attacks INTERNATIONAL

Malian jihadist begs forgiveness for Timbuktu attacks

A Malian jihadist sought forgiveness as he pleaded guilty Monday to the 2012 attacks on the fabled city of Timbuktu, and urged Muslims not to follow such ‘evil’ ways at his unprecedented war crimes trial.

4:45 AM November 25 2016