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12/12/2022 8:45:18 AM
More than 11,000 children are known to have been killed or maimed in Yemen's civil war since it escalated nearly eight years ago, the United Nations said Monday.
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12/7/2022 12:07:15 PM
The capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region has been reconnected to the national power grid after more than a year of cuts caused by war, the electricity operator said on Tuesday.
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12/1/2022 6:37:31 PM
A joint committee of the Ethiopian government and Tigray forces has convened inside the Tigray region to outline disarmament plans as part of a peace deal signed last month in the two-year conflict, Ethiopia's government said Thursday.
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11/18/2022 7:24:13 PM
A senior Iranian military official visiting Baghdad this week threatened Iraq with a ground military operation in the country's north if the Iraqi army does not fortify the countries' shared border against Kurdish opposition groups, multiple Iraqi and Kurdish officials said.
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11/18/2022 3:29:33 PM
Iran has accused foreign foes of trying to spark "civil war" by stoking the protests over Mahsa Amini's death -- harsh language that, analysts warn, could presage an even bloodier crackdown.
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11/17/2022 8:14:39 PM
More aid arrived in Ethiopia's Tigray following the signing of a truce earlier this month calling for unhindered humanitarian access to the war-torn northern region.
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11/12/2022 7:56:09 PM
Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan rebels agreed Saturday to facilitate immediate humanitarian access to "all in need" in war-stricken Tigray and neighbouring regions.
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11/7/2022 12:30:18 PM
A new round of talks has begun between Ethiopia's government and Tigray regional representatives to work out military and other details of last week's signing of a ``permanent'' cessation of hostilities in a conflict thought to have killed hundreds of thousands of people.
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11/5/2022 8:57:07 PM
Tigrayan authorities on Friday accused Ethiopia's government of carrying out a drone strike on civilians, less than 48 hours after the warring parties signed a deal to end their bloody conflict.
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11/3/2022 7:24:22 PM
The truce reached between Ethiopia's warring parties marks an "encouraging and bold step" towards peace, the UN rights chief said Thursday, demanding reparations for the brutal conflict's many victims.
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11/2/2022 10:03:19 PM
Arab leaders on Wednesday concluded the 31st summit of the largest annual Arab conference after seeking to bridge the gap on several divisive issues in the Middle East and Africa.
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11/1/2022 1:36:00 PM
Peace talks between warring sides on Ethiopia's Tigray conflict have been extended into this week, while the country's prime minister complained in comments broadcast Monday about ``lots of intervention from left and right'' in the process.
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10/29/2022 6:35:38 PM
Even as Ethiopia's warring sides attend their first formal peace talks in a devastating two-year conflict, witnesses in the country's embattled Tigray region tell The Associated Press that forces from neighboring Eritrea are killing some civilians and looting as they and allied Ethiopian forces head for the regional capital.
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10/24/2022 8:40:14 PM
The warring sides in Ethiopia were readying Monday for peace talks in South Africa aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the brutal two-year conflict.
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10/22/2022 7:18:11 PM
Dozens of women and girls have been raped and hundreds of civilians killed during fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to an official document seen by The Associated Press.
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10/19/2022 8:00:51 PM
The World Health Organization chief said Wednesday time was running out to avoid "genocide" in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray, as Human Rights Watch called for sanctions against Addis Ababa to avert civilian deaths.
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10/18/2022 5:51:36 PM
French cement giant Lafarge SA will pay a $778 million fine to the US Justice Department for supporting terror groups including Islamic State group during the Syrian civil war, the company announced Tuesday.
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10/17/2022 1:53:44 PM
Ethiopia's government on Monday recommitted to peace talks over Tigray but did not address African Union appeals for a ceasefire, vowing instead to carry out "defensive measures" including seizing airports and other federal facilities in the region.
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10/15/2022 6:04:17 PM
The International Rescue Committee said Saturday one of its aid workers was among three civilians killed in an attack in Tigray where Ethiopian and Eritrean forces have launched an offensive.
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10/6/2022 10:42:52 AM
Babies in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region are dying in their first month of life at four times the rate before the war cut off access to most medical care for over 5 million people, according to the most sweeping study yet of how mothers and children are suffering.
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