Around 1,500 Islamic State members escaped from ‍Syria’s Shaddadi prison on Monday, the ‌Kurdish website Rudaw reported, ‍quoting a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. Earlier, the ‍Syrian army said “a number of” ‌Islamic State (Isis) militants had escaped ‍a prison that had been under SDF control in ‌the eastern ⁠city of Shaddadi, accusing the SDF of releasing them. The prison break took place a day after a sweeping deal was announced between the Syrian government and the...

Around 1,500 Islamic State members escaped from ‍Syria’s Shaddadi prison on Monday, the ‌Kurdish website Rudaw reported, ‍quoting a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. Earlier, the ‍Syrian army said “a number of” ‌Islamic State (Isis) militants had escaped ‍a prison that had been under SDF control in ‌the eastern ⁠city of Shaddadi, accusing the SDF of releasing them. The prison break took place a day after a sweeping deal was announced between the Syrian government and the...

Key allies reacted coolly on Monday to US President Donald Trump’s invitation to pay US$1 billion for a permanent spot on his “Board of Peace” for resolving international conflicts, with analysts likening it to a pay-to-play version of the UN Security Council. The White House has asked various world leaders to sit on the board, chaired by Trump himself, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hungarian premier Viktor Orban and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Israel has also been asked...

Key allies reacted coolly on Monday to US President Donald Trump’s invitation to pay US$1 billion for a permanent spot on his “Board of Peace” for resolving international conflicts, with analysts likening it to a pay-to-play version of the UN Security Council. The White House has asked various world leaders to sit on the board, chaired by Trump himself, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hungarian premier Viktor Orban and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Israel has also been asked...

The death toll from a high-speed train collision in southern Spain rose to 40 on Monday as the government vowed a full investigation into its causes. The crash late on Sunday is Spain’s deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of track outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela. The latest happened when a train operated by rail company Iryo travelling from Malaga to Madrid derailed near Adamuz, close to Cordoba, Andalucia,...

The death toll from a high-speed train collision in southern Spain rose to 40 on Monday as the government vowed a full investigation into its causes. The crash late on Sunday is Spain’s deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of track outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela. The latest happened when a train operated by rail company Iryo travelling from Malaga to Madrid derailed near Adamuz, close to Cordoba, Andalucia,...