The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) — the UN’s biggest entity in Africa — on Friday hoisted the flag of the state of Palestine at its headquarters in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa to show solidarity with the cause of the Palestinian people to secure their right to statehood.

US forces who launched a deadly air strike on an Afghan hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) had intended to attack a nearby Taliban-controlled compound, and the mistake was caused by human and technical error, according to the US forces commander.

Three Palestinian teenagers have been shot dead and an Israeli has been stabbed to death during alleged attacks in the occupied West Bank and West Jerusalem.

Bangladesh on Sunday hanged two well-known opposition figures convicted of war crimes during the country’s war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.

Gunmen who stormed a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital Friday and seized more than 100 guests and staff no longer have any hostages after a rescue operation by special forces, the government said.

A statement has been issued by the head of the Research and Documentation Department at the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, and a member of its follow-up committee in the Gaza Strip, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, who has appealed to the international community to act in protecting Palestinian children facing ongoing Israeli violations.

The United Nations on Wednesday said 5,700 people have been killed in the conflict in Yemen since March 26, including 830 women and children, while efforts to coax all sides into another attempt at peace talks continue.

Two suicide bombers targeted a mobile phone market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 100 others, emergency officials said.

Members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority, which was attacked by ISIL, looted and burned Muslim homes in Sinjar after its recapture, witnesses said Sunday.

World diplomats gathered in Vienna had agreed on a fixed calendar for Syria that would see a transition government in six months and elections in 18 months. The 17 countries, European Union, United States and Arab League meeting in Vienna agreed agreed on Saturday to accelerate efforts to end the conflict in Syria by launching […]