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New polio cases take total to 17 in Pakistan

Cases of the crippling disease have steadily increased in the country as attacks on health workers persist and fake news continues to circulate about the deaths of numerous children killed by the vaccine.

Somalia-Turkey ties will triumph despite the murder of a Turkish citizen

Turkey's economic, humanitarian and nation-building efforts in Somalia have forged a bond that cannot be derailed by terror attacks.

Regime air strikes kill at least 12 civilians in Syria's Idlib

Fresh killings come as rebels launch counter-offensive in western Hama province to recapture areas they lost on Thursday to regime forces. Meanwhile, aid groups suspend activities in embattled northwest.

Indian polls: Modi's rhetoric on national security obscures local issues

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to boost the popularity of the Bharatiya Janata Party by harping on national security issues and decades-old disputes with nuclear rival Pakistan. Will it help the party earn electoral dividends?

The power of the terrorist manifesto in the age of print and new media

The recent attack on a California synagogue demonstrates a symbiotic relationship between violence and media.

The Gulf crisis won’t be ending anytime soon

Both sides on either end of the Gulf crisis have issued demands that make any compromise difficult to imagine. The optimism of a breakthrough amid the glimmers of hope this month is misplaced.

Don’t be surprised when Donald Trump pardons war criminals

Forgiving war criminals is just one more way to dehumanise citizens of those countries that the US fights wars against.

UN adds militant chief Masood Azhar to 'global terror' list

UN blacklists leader of Jaish-e-Mohammad, based and proscribed in Pakistan, on its list of global terrorists as China lifts objections. India hails decision, but Pakistan says listing approved after Kashmir dispute was de-linked from the group.

Daesh leader Baghdadi’s reappearance signifies terror threat is not over

Abu Bakr al Baghdadi's video appearance is an attempt to revive the morale of a group that has suffered heavy losses and is looking to rebrand itself.

Will the Saudi Crown Prince's legacy only be executions and imprisonment?

The execution of 37 prisoners in Saudi Arabia is a scathing indictment of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's 'liberalising reforms'.

Blast kills at least 17 in northwestern Syria – rescue workers

Commenting on the explosion in Jisr al Shughur town of Idlib province, chief of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdel Rahman says "it is not known until now whether it was a car bomb, or the explosion of a car carrying explosives."

The Sri Lanka terror attacks and their global implications

Sacred structures have become the repeated scenes of trauma from Iraq, New Zealand, France to Sri Lanka.