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At least four people, including a woman and her child, have been killed in Russian drone attacks on Ukraine, according to local officials. The Ukrainian air force said in a statement on Monday that Russian forces fired 11 ballistic missiles and 149 drones across Ukraine overnight. The attacks killed...

Iranian authorities have arrested four people on charges of attempting to “disrupt the country’s political and social order” and working “for the benefit” of Israel and the United States during the antigovernment protests last month. The arrests were made late on Sunday and early on Monday, and...

At least four Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded after Israeli forces bombed a residential building sheltering displaced people in Gaza City in a further violation of an October “ceasefire.” The Israeli air attack took place in Gaza City’s Nassr neighborhood and brought the...

Fatal drone strikes on civilians persist in Sudan’s Kordofan, as the central region has emerged as the latest frontline in Sudan’s nearly three-year conflict, the United Nations has said. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk...

Rebels backed by the Islamic State group killed at least 20 people in an attack over the weekend on a village in eastern Congo, the military said Monday. The attack by the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, took place early Saturday in the village of Mambimbi-Isigo in the Lubero territory of North...

As funerals were held on Saturday for more than 30 people killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in Islamabad, analysts warned the attack could be part of a broader attempt to inflame sectarian tensions in the country. A suicide bomber struck the Khadija Tul Kubra Mosque, a Shia place of worship...

Pakistan’s military has concluded a weeklong security operation in the restive southwestern Balochistan province, claiming the deaths of 216 fighters in targeted offensives. A military statement on Thursday said following the province-wide attacks by the separatist Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)...

Israel has killed at least 23 Palestinians in attacks across the Gaza Strip in one of the deadliest days since an October “ceasefire” began, according to medical sources. The sources told Al Jazeera several children were among the casualties on Wednesday, including an 11-year-old girl. At least 14...

Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said one of its hospitals in South Sudan was hit by an airstrike carried out by government forces. The incident, on Tuesday night, marks the 10th attack in 12 months on a medical facility in the country run by the group, which is also known as Médecins Sans...

Gunmen have killed nearly 200 people in western and northern Nigeria, officials and residents say, as survivors buried the dead and security forces hunted the attackers. Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced the deployment of an army battalion to the western state of Kwara, after gunmen...