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

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

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.

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.