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The ICRC believes its team was abducted by the Islamic State group (IS)

Red Cross in appeal over team abducted in Syria in 2013

Smoke rises from the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta

Shelling reported during Syrian 'humanitarian pause'

World / 27 Feb 18

Afghan security personnel at the site of an attack at a police training centre in Gardez earlier this week

Third attack on Afghan military base kills 43

World / 19 Oct 17

Conflict uprooted 659,000 people in Iraq last year

One person every second displaced by conflict, disaster

World / 22 May 17

An Iraqi soldier inspects a captured Islamic State vehicle

Iraqi forces making gains in west Mosul

News / 12 Mar 17

Picture released by North Korea's state news agency showing the launch of four ballistic missiles

N Korea urged to suspend nuclear and missile activity

News / 08 Mar 17

Kurdish Syrian girls among destroyed buildings in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane

Report: Mental health crisis plaguing Syria's children

News / 07 Mar 17

Iraqi forces patrol a street in Mosul during an offensive to retake the city from Islamic State fighters

US-backed Iraqi forces launch fresh push toward Mosul

News / 05 Mar 17

Syrian troops prepare for the advance on Palmyra

Al-Qaeda confirms senior leader killed in drone strike

World / 02 Mar 17

A displaced Iraqi boy from the Dindan neighbourhood in Mosul carries a white flag as he flees towards the Hammam al-Alil area

Iraqi forces in bid to secure key Mosul bridge

News / 26 Feb 17

The city of Homs has suffered repeated bombings

Bombings, air strikes in Syria rattle peace talks

News / 25 Feb 17

Smoke billows as Iraqi forces gather at Mosul airport during an offensive to retake the western side of the city

Iraqi troops reportedly reclaim Mosul airport

News / 23 Feb 17

Negotiators meet in Geneva

Negotiators come face-to-face at Syria talks

News / 23 Feb 17

The bomber has been named by IS as Abu Zakariya al-Britani, who was born in UK and named Ronald Fiddler

IS bomber said to be Briton freed from Guantanamo

News / 22 Feb 17

Fighting in South Sudan has prevented many farmers from harvesting their crops

Parts of South Sudan experiencing famine

News / 20 Feb 17

Bombing at crowded Sufi shrine also left dozens wounded

Over 70 dead in IS bomb attack on Pakistan shrine

News / 16 Feb 17

North Korea is barred under UN resolutions from carrying out ballistic missile launches or nuclear tests

UN Council condemns North Korean missile launch

News / 13 Feb 17

James Brokenshire says a new system should be 'fair, balanced and proportionate'

Troubles deaths should be probed 'chronologically'

News / 12 Feb 17

A massive snowstorm dumped as much as two metres of snow on areas of Afghanistan over the weekend

Red Cross suspends Afghan work as six workers die

News / 08 Feb 17

A handout photo from Amnesty International/Forensic Architecture shows Saydnaya prison

Syria rejects claims of mass hangings

World / 08 Feb 17

Bahar al-Assad accused United Nations institutions of acting unfairly towards his country

'Defending' Syria more important than UN tribunal

News / 07 Feb 17

The funeral is held for a Ukrainian soldier killed in Avdiyivka

Russia blamed for fresh fighting in Ukraine

News / 03 Feb 17

A woman walks past graffiti protesting US operations in war-affected Yemen

Suspected US commando raid in Yemen kills 30

News / 29 Jan 17

More than 700,000 Afghans returned home in 2016, the second largest refugee group after Syrians

IMF concerned over Afghanistan refugee influx

News / 28 Jan 17

At least two million people in Yemen need emergency food assistance to survive

Yemen could face famine this year, UN warns

News / 27 Jan 17

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