Syrian government troops are moving in against rebel-held positions in the Syrian city of Aleppo. 

Hundreds of thousands of people ‘effectively under siege’

Police in New Zealand say four officers have been shot during a siege near the remote Island town of Kawerau.

Tens of thousands of trapped Iraqi civilians are running out of food and medicine in the western city of Falluja, an Islamic State (IS) stronghold under siege by security forces, according to local officials and residents.

Somalia’s security forces have ended a siege at a beachfront restaurant in the capital, with more than 20 people killed in the attack.

Siege and starvation have left the rebel-held Syrian town of Madaya in a nightmarish state not seen elsewhere in the country, a UN official has said.

A fifth gunman has been killed in a more than two-day long siege at an air base near India’s border with Pakistan.

Islamic extremists armed with guns and grenades stormed the hotel in the west African country's capital, with security forces later freeing guests floor-by-floor.

A police official said one person was still holed up in the besieged apartment.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Australia's prime minister laid flowers at a makeshift memorial in Sydney today for the victims of the cafe gun siege which left three people dead.