Unions from both sides call for talks to resume without ‘blame games’
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot unions on Wednesday jointly called for reconciliation and cooperation to mark World Peace Day in memory of the millions of...
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Ethiopia sees war ending, EU complains of partisan aid access
Ethiopia said it had captured or killed most commanders of a rebellious northern force, while Tigray’s fugitive local leader countered on Friday that civilians were...
African envoys head for Ethiopia where thousands of war dead reported
African Union envoys headed to Ethiopia on Wednesday hours before a government ultimatum was to expire for northern forces to surrender in a three-week war that has...
London doctor awarded for helping Syria’s ‘burnt-out heroes’ in hell
When a children’s hospital in Aleppo was decimated in 2016 after multiple bombings, British-Syrian doctor Rola Hallam decided to turn her grief into action. Within...
Arab states launch biggest assault of Yemen war
A Saudi-led alliance of Arab states launched the largest assault of Yemen‘s war on Wednesday with an attack on the country’s main port, aiming to bring...
German war graves unearthed at construction site in Estonia
Building workers at a construction site close the Estonian capital Tallinn have discovered the unmarked graves of an estimated one hundred German soldiers who died during...
‘Expect more war, hunger, Islamist violence in 2018’
Humanitarian crises around the world will worsen next year with no let-up in African civil wars, near-famines in conflict-ridden regions and the threat of Islamist violence,...
FBME: Assad’s WMD front company implicated in Magnitsky case
A report drafted by the accounting firm Ernst & Young (EY) on FBME Bank (Cyprus) in 2014 appears to implicate Balec Ventures Inc, a front company linked...
Public safety in time of war
During World War II the Defence of the Realm Regulations enabled the relevant minister of the government to intern without trial any person if the...
Yemen: the stupidest war
“They hit everything, hospitals, orphanages, schools,” Hisham al-Omeisy told The Guardian newspaper six months ago. “You live in constant fear that your kids’ school could...
