At least 14 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at an entrance to Baghdad, in an attack claimed by the ISIL group, officials said Thursday. The blast, which hit the checkpoint at the main southern entrance to the city on Wednesday night, also wounded at ...
The tally of refugees who have fled the war in Syria now exceeds five million, the United Nations said Thursday. “As the number of men, women and children fleeing six years of war in Syria passes the five million mark, the international community needs to do more to help them,” ...