AFP, BEIRUT: Air raids have hit four makeshift hospitals in Syria’s battered Aleppo city, doctors said Sunday, jeopardising medical care for more than 200,000 desperate civilians in rebel-held areas. The bombardment since Saturday has worsened the plight of residents of besieged eastern neighbourhoods…

AFP, MUNICH, Germany: Social networks were both a curse and a blessing in the deadly shopping mall shooting in Munich, as police sometimes found themselves…

AFP, BAGHDAD: A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 15 people in a Shiite area of northern Baghdad on Sunday, security and medical officials said. The bombing, which struck near a checkpoint in the Kadhimiyah area, home to a major Shiite shrine, also wounded at least 29…

AFP, TRIPOLI: Forces loyal to Libya’s unity government said Sunday they had seized a building used by the Islamic State group to manufacture explosives in its coastal stronghold. The bomb factory is the largest to be captured by fighters allied with the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord…

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran destroyed 100,000 satellite dishes and receivers on Sunday as part of a widespread crackdown against the illegal devices that authorities say are morally damaging, a news website reported. The destruction ceremony took place in Tehran in the presence of General Mohammad Reza Naghdi,…

AFP, KIEV: Six Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and thirteen wounded in a fresh surge of fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in the country’s war-torn east, Kiev said Sunday. “In the past 24 hours, to our great regret, as a result of the hostilities, six Ukrainian…

AFP, LOS ANGELES: A fire burning out of control in Southern California has grown to a massive 20,000 acres, officials said Sunday, as residents in an area north of Los Angeles were forced to evacuate. The blaze, which has been dubbed the “Sand Fire” after a nearby neighborhood, is only 10…