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Dozens of civilians killed in CAR

Armed groups in Central African Republic have killed at least 45 civilians in apparent reprisal strikes over the past three months, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Tuesday. The violence pitted armed groups against one another in the central province of Ouaka, which is at the border of the mainly Muslim north and the mainly Christian south of the country. “As factions vie for power in the Central African Republic, civilians on all sides are exposed to their deadly attacks,” said Le

03 May, 2017

Saudi land push in Yemen would cause heavy casualties

Saudi Arabia could launch a land offensive in Yemen to crush its Iranian-aligned Houthi enemies but the cost in casualties would be heavy on both sides, the kingdom’s powerful deputy crown prince said on Tuesday. Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is Saudi defence minister, also said in a nationally-televised interview that Riyadh’s decision to mount a military campaign to end Houthi control of swathes of Yemen in 2015 was necessary to restore the country’s internationally-recognized government.

03 May, 2017

NK warns peninsula in brink of nuclear war

North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair of strategic U.S. bombers flew over the area in a training drill with the South Korean air force. The two supersonic B-1B Lancer bombers were deployed amid rising tensions over North Korea’s dogged pursuit of its nuclear and missile programs in defiance of United Nations sanctions and pressure from the United States. The flight of the two bombers on Monday came as U.S. Pres

02 May, 2017