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Billions of dollars have been pledged to help ease the plight of Syrians affected by the five-year conflict. At a donors' conference in London, dozens of countries committed to help reach the target of $9bn (£6.2bn). The EU pledged $3.3bn...

Japan put its military on alert on Wednesday to shoot down any North Korean rocket that threatens it, while South Korea warned the North it would pay a "severe price" if it goes ahead with a satellite launch that...

A passenger plane has made an emergency landing in Somalia's capital with a gaping hole in its fuselage. The hole in the plane's side appeared shortly after take-off from Mogadishu at 10,000ft (3,048m), a colleague of one of the passengers...

An international coalition is pushing back Islamic State militants in their Syrian and Iraqi strongholds but the group is threatening Libya and could seize the nation's oil wealth, U.S Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday. Officials from 23...

Nigeria is holding talks with the World Bank to help it fund a forecast $11bn (£7.7bn) budget deficit. However, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said in a statement that it was not applying for an "emergency loan". Nigeria is believed to be...

Syria's main opposition group said it would meet with the U.N.'s special envoy Staffan de Mistura later on Monday after he gave them a "positive response" and they received assurances from international backers on humanitarian issues. "We have come to...

China accused the United States on Monday of seeking maritime hegemony in the name of freedom of navigation after a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of a disputed island in the South China Sea. China claims most...

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, charged with fomenting a 2010 crisis that led to 3,000 deaths, actually tried to resolve the deadlock that plunged the country into civil war, his lawyers said on Monday. Opening his defense against war...

Some African states oppose sending peacekeepers to Burundi without the government's consent after the president said such a move would be treated as an invasion, Gambia's president said on Saturday, the first day of an African Union summit. The African...

At least 33 people drowned and 75 others were rescued after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off Turkey's western coast, a local mayor and Turkish news agency Dogan reported on Saturday. The Turkish coast guard was continuing search...