
ECONOMY
English households terrified by rising evictions
Under pressure from soaring rents and housing benefit cuts, tenants in England face eviction.

Under pressure from soaring rents and housing benefit cuts, tenants in England face eviction.

Israeli forces have destroyed the home of a Palestinian man accused of killing a settler couple in the latest demolition in the West Bank.

The US and Russia are getting close to a dangerous confrontation over Syria, says an analyst.

An EU official says refugees should be detained for up to 18 months across Europe for security reasons.

Iraqi government forces inflict heavy losses on Daesh militants in different parts of the country.

A peace agreement signed in August by South Sudan's warring sides is at "a critical juncture,” the UN peacekeeping chief says.

Millions of pilgrims are in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala to attend mourning rituals on Arba’een.

At least 43 Palestinians are injured after Israeli military forces storm a refugee camp in the occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem).

An activist says Arba’een is a springboard which inspires the people to recognize who the Yazid of their time is.

A US monitoring center claims that North Korea has begun digging a new tunnel for nuclear testing in the country’s east coast.

Texas has sued the US State Department and an aid agency over plans to bring a small group of refugees to the state.

A bus crash leaves 11 people dead and eight others injured in Indonesia.

The US dismisses Russian accusation that the Turkish president and his family are involved in oil smuggling with Daesh.

Russia says installing Mk 41 vertical launching systems in Eastern Europe by the United States has violated their INF Treaty.

Up to 100 additional American troops will be dispatched to Iraq allegedly to battle the Daesh, says a US general in Baghdad.

French police have shut down three mosques since last week.

The UK government has started bombing Daesh positions in Syria after winning a parliamentary debate on airstrikes against the Takfiri group there.

Praise by US Secretary of State John Kerry for Russia’s engagement against Daesh in Syria means “exactly the opposite.”