Eastern Ghouta [Syria], Jan 11 (ANI): At least 40 civilians were killed over the last two days as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led forces intensified their attacks by launching airstrikes in the war-ravaged Eastern Ghouta region.
Tripoli [Libya], Jan 10 (ANI): At least 50 migrants are feared drowned after three ships carrying 300 people capsized off the coast of Libya on Wednesday.
Kirkuk [Iraq], Jan 10 (ANI): Militants belonging to the so-called Islamic State (IS) destroyed at least 116 villages in Iraq's Kirkuk province in the last three years.
Moscow [Russia], Jan 10 (ANI): Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Vasily Nebenzya on Wednesday expressed concerns over the humanitarian situation in Syria's Raqqa, adding that the situation had become 'awful' there.
Idlib [Syria], January 8 (ANI): Multiple airstrikes on residential areas in the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib, Syria killed as many as 24 civilians late Sunday night.
Sialkot [Pakistan], Jan 8 (ANI): A terrorist belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or Islamic State (ISIS) has been arrested by Punjab Police's counter-terrorism department (CTD) from Shah Sharif graveyard in the Daska area near Sialkot.
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 08 (ANI): There was an increase in the presence of Islamic State (IS) in Pakistan in 2017, an Islamabad-based think-tank report said.
Damascus [Syria], Jan 7 (ANI): More than 1,500 families out of those forced to leave their homes due to the violence in war-torn Syria have returned to the city of al-Zabadani after the security forces restored peace in the region.
Eastern Ghouta [Syria], Jan 6 (ANI): At least 13 civilians were killed by the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad-led regime forces in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, according to a source from the "White Helmets", Syrian Civil Defence group, on Saturday.
Tehran [Iran], Jan 4 (ANI): Iran on Thursday deployed Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces and Afghan mercenaries in order to stem the anti-government protests in the country, that has now entered its seventh day.