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ISIS claims deadly double suicide bombing in Kabul

At least 25 people were killed when two suicide blasts ripped through central Kabul early Monday, Afghanistan's health ministry has confirmed.

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The UN Security Council is failing humanity. Here’s what to do about it

The inherently politicized nature of the contemporary standards for authorizing force at the UN Security Council has robbed Syrians of their right to protection.

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Airstrikes on Yemen wedding party kill and injure dozens

Airstrikes on a wedding party in Yemen have killed at least 20 people and injured 40 others, according to health officials and aid agencies.

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Deadly airstrike on school is latest blow to Afghanistan peace prospects

Afghanistan saw yet another deadly government air raid claim multiple civilian lives, but is now witnessing a landmark civic movement in a bid to keep the hope of peace alive amid escalating violence.

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At least 7 people killed in fighting and protests in Indian Kashmir

At least seven people, including at least three civilians, were killed in fighting in Indian Kashmir, sparking angry retaliatory protests and violent street clashes across the region

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Car bomb kills at least 8 people in Al Bab, Syria

At least eight people were killed and 20 others injured on Saturday after a car bomb exploded near the Grand Mosque in the northern Syrian town of Al Bab

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Palestinians torch tires to block Israeli snipers on the Gaza border

Palestinians protested along the army buffer zone in Gaza for the second week, as the number of people killed by Israeli forces last Friday increased to 19 after a man succumbed to his injuries.

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Taliban vows ‘serious revenge’ over Afghan airstrike that reportedly killed civilians

The Taliban has vowed to "take serious revenge" after an Afghan airstrike in an area controlled by the militant group killed or wounded dozens of people, many of them children

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UN peacekeeper killed, 11 wounded in Central African Republic attack

A peacekeeper was killed and 11 others were wounded when a United Nations base came under heavy attack on Tuesday in the Central African Republic, the U.N. spokesman said. Anti-balaka fighters launched the attack on the temporary U.N. base in Tagbara, near the southern city of Bambari, triggering heavy fighting, said U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric. “Peacekeepers fired back and after several hours of exchange of fire, one peacekeeper was killed and 11 others were injured,” said Dujarric. U.N. peacekeepers “later discovered the bodies of 21 civilians, including 4 women and 4 children in Tagbara,” he said. It was not immediately clear if the civilians were caught in the fighting. Reinforcements have been sent to Tagbara, which lies 60 kilometers (37 miles) northeast of Bambari. La #Minusca condamne des pertes en vies humaines après une attaque à #Tagbara. #CARcrisis https://t.co/4bGAwCAuPW pic.twitter.com/AD6rf6SjG9 — MINUSCA (@UN_CAR) April 3, 2018 The CAR has been struggling to return to stability since the country exploded into bloodshed after the 2013 overthrow of longtime leader Francois Bozize by the mainly Muslim Seleka rebel alliance. The Anti-balaka militia is a mostly-Christian group that began as a number of local self-defense groups before joining forces in 2012, according to GlobalSecurity. …

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UN to investigate ‘disturbing reports of serious harm to civilians’ after Afghan airstrike

The UN mission in Afghanistan said it will investigate an airstrike targeting the Taliban that reportedly killed dozens of civilians in a religious school in the northeastern Kunduz province

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