UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says that half of Syria’s population now “urgently need humanitarian aid”.He was speaking at a donor conference in Kuwait to raise funds for the worsening humanitarian crisis.The UN is asking for $6.5bn (£4bn) over the coming year for Syria, its biggest ever request for a single crisis.Meanwhile, Syria’s deputy foreign minister has said Western intelligence agencies have visited Damascus to discuss combating radical Islamists.“Half of the total population of Syrian people, nearly 9.3 million individuals,...
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At least nine people, some of them children, have been killed in a blast at a house in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber tribal area, reports say. The explosion took place in the Tirah Valley, which has seen clashes between Taliban militants and the military. were among those killed but it is not clear if the house belonged to a tribal elder or a member of a militant group. Officials say they are still investigating the nature of the blast. One report...
Protesters are blocking roads in parts of the Thai capital, Bangkok, in a bid to oust the government before snap...