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WFP halves food aid to Syrian refugees
The World Food Program cuts by half its food aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon.

The World Food Program cuts by half its food aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon.

Chinese energy firms were definitely the biggest beneficiaries of anti-Iran sanctions, allowing them to easily win some of the major oil and gas development projects but the companies have easily squandered their best opportunities.

Iraq’s Kurdistan region calls for an end to Turkey’s anti-PKK airstrikes on its territory.

Over 50 people have been arrested during anti-government protests across Egypt.

A military plane crash in northern Colombia’s province of Cesar kills all 11 personnel on board.

Pro-Kurdish party HDP files complaints against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

The White House says the US intelligence community has confirmed that former Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is dead.

The Palestinian Authority says it will take a recent infanticide case to the UN.

An international human rights lawyer in Paris says the United States and its Western allies are still dedicated to the ouster of the Assad government.

The ISIL terrorist group reportedly slays five troops in eastern Libya.

US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says he is confident that the Iran nuclear agreement will definitely go into effect.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry censures fresh US sanctions imposed against Russian individuals and firms.

Italy has returned some 30 Iranian stolen artifacts seized in the European country following a verdict by a court of appeals.

At least three Turkish troops are injured in an attack by suspected PKK members in southeastern Turkey.

Dylann Roof who killed nine black people in a historic church in Charleston last month pleaded not guilty.

At least four people are killed after a private jet crashed while trying to land at an airport in Hampshire.

The US Navy has announced that the USS Theodore Roosevelt will leave the Persian Gulf this fall.

Saudi drones launch three airstrikes on the city of Harad in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah.