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At least 26 security personnel were killed in an attack on an army base in Afghanistan on Sunday.
At least 14 people were killed after two blasts ripped through a historic city in Afghanistan.
Refugees and riot police clash on Greek Islands
Up to 2,000 refugees, mainly Afghans, Iranians and Syrians, continue to protest in the Moria camp over delays in asylum cases, inhuman living conditions and extreme overcrowding.
Afghan museums to restore artefacts destroyed by Taliban
The painstaking process of restoring it's shattered historical artefacts mirrors Afghanistan's struggle to ensure lasting peace in the war-torn ...
Inside Gitmo: Who is Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi?
Dispatches from Guantanamo: Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi has been held at the infamous prison camp for 12 years. The military judge has just set his ...
'Joint Way Forward' deal puts Afghan refugees in danger
The deal allowing the EU to deport an unlimited number of Afghan asylum seekers puts untold numbers of lives at risk, reports Mohammed Harun Arsalai.
In Sweden, unaccompanied Afghan teenage refugees turn to heroin
Around 100 unaccompanied asylum seekers under the age of 18 have been caught using heroin as they wait for their applications to be processed.
Arab nations fork out to save world's heritage sites
Seven countries and a US donor have pledged tens of millions of dollars to a UNESCO-backed fund aimed at protecting the world's cultural ...
Destroying the past: Cultural heritage in extremist crosshairs
As a December conference in Abu Dhabi seeks to build a global alliance to protect cultural heritage threatened by extremism and conflict, we ...
Ancient sites under the hammer by region's armed groups
From the Islamic State group to the Syrian regime, armed gangs and jet bombers are destroying Islamic sites in the Middle East and the region's ...
Children bear the brunt of war in Afghanistan
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan have soared to a record high in the first half of 2016, with children paying a heavy price for growing ...
Day of mourning in Afghanistan after deadly 'war crime'
Funerals begin in western Kabul as families collected their dead from hospitals and morgues across the capital after a suicide attack claimed by ...
Protecting Middle East heritage from Islamic State
As the so-called Islamic State group continues to annihilate culture in territories it controls in Iraq and Syria, the rush is on to find ways ...
IS guilty of 'cultural cleansing' in Syria, Iraq
The Islamic State and other militant groups are guilty of 'cultural cleansing' in Iraq and Syria, the head UN's heritage organisation UNESCO.
Warrior archaeologists and the selective destruction of history
Comment: The past is a powerful political tool. Its selective interpretation and destruction should be condemned, whether it is by the Islamic ...
Taking the Islamic world back to year zero
Feature: Extremists from Tunisia to Afghanistan have used Islam to destroy the ancient legacies left behind by their forefathers.
IS militants condemned for Mosul museum destruction
Islamic State group's smashing of priceless artefacts in name of Islam described as a "catastrophe" that has destroyed thousands of years of ...
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