Self-Defense Forces troops are not the only ones using Japanese cash to provide humanitarian aid in southern Iraq.

Prisoners at a Syrian jail run by Kurdish forces holding suspected Islamic State members rioted and some escaped Sunday, said Kurdish sources and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

U.S. aircraft carried out retaliatory strikes in Syria's Deir el-Zour province against forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

T he Bandung-based NGO Syamsi Dhuha Foundation (SDF) in West Java has launched a smart walking cane called BriCane for the visually impaired to help their mobility.

The Sine Draco A321-200 SDF passenger to freighter conversion offers the optimal economic solution for the next generation narrow body freighter.