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Authorities remain on the lookout for an individual suspected of attacking a 65-year-old Asian woman in New York City on Monday, including shoving her to the ground, kicking her and stomping on her face in New York City on Monday.The big picture: The lone offender is also suspected of hurling anti-Asian slurs at the victim, who was reportedly on her way to church. ABC 7 writes that the assailant fled the scene and pulled a knife once nearby workers tried to confront him. Stay on top of the lates

The figure is less than was hoped for by the UN and less than was pledged last year.

International donors pledged $6.4 billion in humanitarian aid on Tuesday to help Syrians fleeing a decade of civil war, but short of a $10 billion goal as governments struggle with weakened economies in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

UN chief says Syria border must stay open for aid

Reduced £205m offer at UN pledging conference comes with 90% of Syrians living in poverty

BERLIN - A Syrian man who came to Germany as an asylum-seeker in 2015 and was running for a seat in parliament in his new countrys September election...

BRUSSELS - The European Union and the United States pledged a combined $1.2 billion in aid Tuesday to help tackle war-ravaged Syrias deepening humani...

The United States will provide more than $596 million in new humanitarian aid to respond to the Syrian crisis, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday.

Reduction comes despite direct appeals from senior UN figures that situation is worse than ever

Donors face $10bn aid appeal at Syria conference

The European Union and dozens of nations are holding virtual talks to help tackle the humanitarian crisis deepening in Syria and neighboring countries

The coronavirus pandemic has brought countries to a standstill. Meanwhile, vaccinations have already started in some countries as cases continue to rise. Follow here for the latest.

Jaishankar said: We attended the inaugural virtual session of the Doha talks. If the peace process is to be successful, then it is necessary to ensure that the negotiating parties continue to engage in good faith, with a serious commitment towards reaching a political solution.

I saw how we abandoned our South Vietnamese friends in 1975. Please don't let it happen again.

Two decades of progress are threatened by the Taliban returnand a hasty U.S. exit.

KABUL Three health workers, all women, working for the governments polio vaccine campaign were shot dead in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, local officials said, only weeks after three women working in television were killed in the same city.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani outlined his plans for peace at a regional summit in Tajikistan on Tuesday, saying that he would step aside if an election was held.

Polio has been eradicated across the world apart from Afghanistan and Pakistan, where distrust of vaccines is rife.

The attacks are the latest in a string of targeted killings sowing unease in government-held towns and cities despite ongoing peace talks.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Attackers on Tuesday gunned down three women working to...

Gunmen killed three female polio vaccination health workers in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, officials said, adding that a blast had also rocked the provincial health department headquarters but left no casualties.

Our survey found Taliban power sharing was not a dealbreaker.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) A human rights group in Afghanistan said Monday it was...

A human rights group in Afghanistan says its probing a shooting last week in which CIA-trained Afghan forces reportedly killed 20 civilians during an anti-Taliban operation in eastern Khost province

The money would be better spent on other things

Sorry, France, but Napoleon wasn't the first person to have the idea...

The Suez Canal expects 140 ships to pass on Tuesday after the freeing of a container ship stranded for nearly a week allowed it to reopen, but experts warned that disruptions to global shipping and at ports could take months to resolve.

Tricky battles over liability are coming, and a broader debate about global trade routes may linger .

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday that there would be severe regional consequences if Egypt's water supply were affected by a giant hydropower dam being built by Ethiopia.

The dispute over Ethiopia's dam has been simmering for around a decade and mediation attempts have repeatedly failed.

Egypt's Sisi promises investment to avoid Suez closure repeat

The Suez Canal strikes again: PlayStation 5 stock stalled in transit

The first ship to make it through the Suez Canal since the vital waterway was reopened after a colossal container ship was finally freed Monday is reportedly the YM Wish.

The Suez Canal expects to see 140 more ships pass through the waterway on Tuesday after traffic restarted overnight following the release of a grounded container ship, its chairman said.

Thanks to tug boats and dredgers, the enormous container vessel blocking the Suez Canal in Egypt was freed and netizens continued their meme-fest online. While some were miffed that fun ended, others tried to guess who were responsible for pulling it off successfully.

Javed Bajwas speech is a recognition of two disconcerting factsPakistans longstanding neglect of geoeconomics and the steady erosion of its geopolitical significance in the 21st century.

* The authorities should ensure water conservation, availability of uninterrupted power supply, availability of standby generators in heatstroke centres/ hospitals.

Letter from Imran Khan says Pakistan desires peaceful relations with all neighbours including India.

Pakistan's prime minister has responded to a recent peace overture from his Indian counterpart, writing in a letter to Narendra Modi that Islamabad also desires peaceful relations with New Delhi, officials said Tuesday. Imran Khan's letter was dispatched to Modi a day ago, according to two government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government policy.

Officials say Pakistans prime minister has responded to a recent peace overture from his Indian counterpart

ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistan's prime minister has responded to a recent peace overture...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistans prime minister has responded to a recent peace overture from his Indian counterpart, writing in a letter to Narendra Modi that ...

Imran Khan's letter was in reply to Prime Minister Modi's letter to him last week to extend greetings on the occasion of Pakistan Day.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday replied to a letter written by his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, and said Islamabad desires peaceful relations with New Delhi, an official source told Reuters.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday replied to a letter written by his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, and said Islamabad desires peaceful relations with New Delhi, an official source told Reuters. Modi had written to Khan on the occasion of Pakistan's Republic Day on March 23, also calling for peaceful relations between the two nuclear-armed rivals. "The people of Pakistan also desire peaceful, cooperative relations with all neighbours, including India," Khan said

Yasinzai lauded China's efforts to provide special privileges and facilities to traders and industrialists, especially in Balochistan.

The Committee unanimously recommended to approve Government Bill, titled, “The Hyderabad Institute of Technical and Management Sciences Bill, 2020”.

Days of fighting in the northern port city of Palma have left dozens of civilians dead as security forces battled to turn back an assault by a suspected ISIS-linked insurgent group.

Fatalities include seven people whose convoy of vehicles was ambushed as they tried to flee assault on town of Palma.

But curbing its influence is a challenge

A day earlier, more than 100 DRG personnel from five camps on the Dantewada-Naraynpur axis had embarked on an anti-Maoist operation that yielded little success.

Poverty, fear and securitisation reign over Baghdads once-thriving downtown.

Amid killings and arrests, Iraqi activists have adapted to survive and turned to technology for protection.

Aboud was vocal in his search for his son Ali Jasb, a lawyer who disappeared at the height of anti-government protests.

Rights monitors and security officials say the father of a missing anti-government activist believed abducted by a militia in southern Iraq has been shot and killed

BAGHDAD - The father of a missing Iraqi anti-government activist who waged a public campaign trying to bring to account a militia suspected of kidnapp...

BAGHDAD (AP) The father of a missing Iraqi anti-government activist who waged a...

The National Mall is fast becoming a showcase of our national neuroses.

Iran has reportedly threatened to attack an Army base in Washington, DC and kill Gen. Joseph M. Martin in a USS Cole-style attack.

Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced the locations and times for the mobile clinics that will be held for three weeks beginning March 23 with the mobile vaccination teams rotating through the designated counties.

After a video from the 2019 event at Mohawk College went viral, social media users sent death threats to the Al Soufi family, temporarily closing popu...

With the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaching, the president wants to declare success. But military and CIA careerists are said to be resisting.

The number is 17 more than in 2019, and the death toll is around the same level as in the 1990s, the International Federation of Journalists said

In an interview with Vice, Omar bin Laden, son of terror leader Osama bin Laden, talks about finding peace in painting and inspiration from American Western films.

The U.S. tortured Mohamedou Salahi and kept him at Guantnamo Bay for fifteen years. Hes no Al Qaeda mastermind, but, even today, hes virtually a prisoner. Why wont we let him go?