Headlines- At least 600 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- On Saturday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank were attacked by masked Israeli settlers who trapped them in their homes and pelted rocks at them.
- On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the "criminal acts of violence" that Israeli settlers perpetrated in two Palestinian villages.
- In central Zimbabwe, a minibus carrying churchgoers crashed head-on with a truck, killing at least 27 people and injuring seven more.
- After being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, far-right British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported to the United Kingdom.
- The "Yes" and "No" camps in Iceland's EU referendum are tied at 51.17% and 48.83%, respectively.
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US-Backed Forces Launch Campaign Against IS...
U.S.-backed forces in Syria launched a major operation to destroy the remnants of a terror group in eastern Syria following a surge in attacks
Women’s Self-Defense Forces Open First Academy...
The Women’s Self-Defense Forces recently opened its first academy in northeastern Syria with the aim of providing military and ideological training to female fighters who voluntarily join the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces
Syrian Kurds Concerned with Turkey Military...
Turkey continues to deploy troops near its southern border with Syria for what appears to be an imminent attack against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces that Ankara views as terrorists. Locals say such an attack could throw the already-volatile region into further instability
Prison Repairs Underway to Hold Thousands...
SDF officials initially said more than 5,000 IS fighters had been captured or surrendered in the more than a month leading up to the group’s territorial defeat in the northeastern town of Baghuz
Roughly 30 Yazidi Bodies Exhumed in...
In recent weeks, Iraqi and United Nations workers have exhumed what they believe to be the remains of 30 bodies of Yazidi victims of IS from one of the dozens of mass graves in the region.
SDF Intensifies Nighttime Offensives Against IS
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces continue their push to remove the last remnants of Islamic State militants from eastern Syria, intensifying their attacks against the terror group at night to advance further
Freed SDF Fighters Speak About Their...
Freed SDF Fighters Speak About Their IS Captivity
Final Battle Against Islamic State Caliphate...
Jeff Seldin & Heather Murdock Time is running out for fighters defending the last shred of the Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate in Syria. About 15,000 U.S.-backed forces in Syria launched their final assault on the small IS enclave in the northeastern Syrian village of Baghuz late Friday, supported by U.S. and coalition warplanes and artillery. …
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SDF Gives Biya 6 Points To...
The decision signed by the National Chairman, Ni John Fru Ndi, was taken in Yaounde during a meeting grouping members of the National Executive Committee,NEC, which took place at the weekend