US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to withdraw American troops from the Kurdish regions of norther Syria, stating it was “strategically brilliant”, whilst lashing out at the Kurds in the region.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Trump said the Kurds were “not angels” and said the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were “probably worse at terror and more of a terrorist threat in many ways than" Islamic State.

He also commented on Kurdish militants who fought...

British Kurds took to the streets of London in a mass demonstration of over 20,000 people to march against the US withdrawal of troops from the Kurdish regions of Northern Syria and the subsequent Turkish attacks on the Kurdish controlled territories. 

Former South African President, Jacob Zuma, is expected to face trial on Tuesday on 16 counts of fraud, racketeering and money laundering.

The accusations specify that during his reign as President, 2009-2018, he took bribes from the French defence company Thales which was related to a 1999 multi-billion-dollar arms purchase, which he oversaw as vice president. 

Zuma tried in March to have his case permanently dismissed however High Court Judge Wilie Sertie ruled against him;...

Following a week of protests which saw the deaths of at least 105 people, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the “excessive and unnecessary lethal force” of the Iraqi military who were sent to suppress rock-throwing demonstrators. 

In their report, HRW called upon Iraqi officials to hold accountable members of the security forces responsible for the brutal suppression of protesters in the capital Baghdad, and several other cities.

Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at...

Following the US withdrawal from the region, Turkey has launched airstrikes and fire artillery at Kurdish armed forces positioned around the border of Ras al Ain, in the Kurdish regions of northern Syria on Wednesday.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, has defended his actions claiming he intended to eliminate “a “terror corridor” on Turkey’s southern border.

The attacks were launched against the Kurdish YPG militia which Turkey has accused of being an off-shoot of the ...

Following the US call to withdraw troops from Northern Syria, President Donald Trump has faced a barrage of criticism and has responded by warning that if Turkey “does anything […] I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey”.

The US withdrawal of troops from Northern Syria was granted after President Trump had a conversation with Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday. In return for the US withdrawal, Turkey would claim custody of all captured IS fighters...

Justin Trudeau has come under fire as his government sought to appeal a court ruling that found Canada’s on-reserve child welfare system discriminated against Indigenous youth and mandated billions of dollars in reparations be paid.

Canada’s human rights tribunal ruled that Indigenous youth were “wilfully and recklessly” harmed by the government’s policies and called for compensation worth $40,000 CAD to each child removed from their home. The amount is the maximum compensation...

Thousands of people attended a pro-independence rally in Edinburgh on Saturday,  as organisers claimed the appetite for an independent Scotland is growing in the face of a potential No Deal Brexit.

Similar marches have taken place in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Perth in recent months, with support from various organisations that back Scottish independence.

Though Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, did not join the event, she released a statement saying she was there “in...

The US State Department said that diplomatic immunity is “rarely waived” after the wife of an American diplomat fled the UK following a car crash she was involved in killed a British teenager.

Though the wife of the diplomat, who has not yet been named, initially cooperated with British authorities and told police she had no plans to leave the country, it is understood she fled to the United States.

The US State Department said it could not comment on "private diplomatic...

In a landmark decision, relatives of five men summarily executed during the final years of Dutch colonial rule will have their compensation claims heard after the court of appeal in the Hague lifted the statute of limitations. 

A private Russian military group has reportedly beat off competition from American rivals to a Mozambique government contract, that will see troops take on militant Islamist groups in the country.

According to a report in The Times, the Wagner Group, a privately organisation that has been reportedly been involved in conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, saw off competition from an operation owned by Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, a US private security company that has been in Iraq.

New Zealand’s Maori groups are expected to hold protests this week, as the UK stopped short of apologising for the killing of local tribesman by British Captain James Cook in 1769.

Commemorations are being planned this week to mark Cook’s arrival in the country, and though the British government is set to express regret over the killings, it is reported that it will not apologise to the Maori people.

Afghan officials have reported that the Taliban have killed at least 11 police officers stationed in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province before burning their headquarters.

Following this attack, the Taliban posted a video online reporting that they had killed 30 police officials in the district and seized the guns in the police headquarters and set fire to the building.

International Criminal Court (ICC) judges said they would be bringing Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz, an accused war criminal from Mali, to trial. 

Abdoul Aziz acted as the de-facto chief of Islamic police in Timbuktu during a 2012-2013 militant takeover of the city.

The ICC has maintained that they have credible accusations of heinous crimes including rape, torture, sexual slavery and the directing of attacks against religious and historical buildings. No date has been set for the...