The United Nations envoy to Syria is sending a mission to the contested city of Aleppo to determine the situation on the ground and help ensure that humanitarian aid can reach civilians in need if a local truce is reached, the UN said on Sunday.
Gaza residents said on Sunday they fear growing isolation and more hardship after an Egyptian court declared the territory's ruling militant Hamas group a terrorist organization on Saturday. Some blamed Hamas while others said Egypt is being unreasonable.
Backed by allied Shiite and Sunni fighters, Iraqi security forces started a large-scale military operation on Monday to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown from the Islamic State extremist group, state TV said.
The Iraqi city of Mosul, which is held by Islamic State extremists, became the second terrorist hot spot to be declared off-limits to Australians under new counterterrorism laws aimed at deterring foreign fighters on Monday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who arrived in Washington on Sunday, was expected to speak in front of the US Congress with a hard-line stance on Iran's nuclear program.
The sleek stadium, built six years ago and home of soccer team Shakhtar Donetsk sits in the middle of Donetsk, a war zone controlled by militias battling Ukrainian troops.
A 26-year-old nurse said in a newspaper interview that a hospital where she had worked in Dallas and its parent company failed her when she contracted Ebola while caring for the first person in the United States diagnosed with the deadly disease.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea will remove quarantine measures against Ebola on Tuesday, sources close to the country's Health Ministry said, though the news had not been officially confirmed.
The Russian Investigative Committee has offered a reward of about $50,000 for information on the recent murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye urged Japan on Sunday to face up to history with courage and sincerity to write a new history as South Korea's future partner for another 50 years.
The United Nations mission to Iraq said on Sunday that violence claimed the lives of at least 1,100 Iraqis in February, including more than 600 civilians.
Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia will lead a trial to enhance the tracking of aircraft over oceans, allowing planes to be more easily found should they vanish like Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australia's transport minister said on Sunday.
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