Contemporary history
Palestinian Negotiator Criticises US Silence On Settlements
A senior Palestinian official on Tuesday said silence in US President Donald Trump's administration over settlement...
Turkey Arrests 3 Soldiers ‘who Beat Syrians On Border’
A Turkish court arrested three soldiers allegedly filmed beating up and verbally abusing four young Syrians who...
26 Afghan Soldiers Killed In Taliban Attack On Kandahar Base
At least 26 Afghan soldiers have been killed and 13 wounded in a Taliban attack on a military base in Kandahar...
MSF Reopens Kunduz Facility After Deadly US Hospital Bombing
Medecins Sans Frontiers in Afghanistan on Saturday reopened a small medical clinic in northern Kunduz province where...
16 Afghan Police Killed In US Strike
A US airstrike killed 16 Afghan police and wounded two others in Helmand province, officials said Saturday. The...
Egypt Police Trap and Kill Top Militants
Egyptian police have killed two leaders of the Hasam militia in a shootout after intercepting them as they relocated to...
Yemen Troops Killed In Suspected Qaeda Attack
Five Yemeni soldiers were killed and three wounded Sunday when gunmen suspected of ties to Al-Qaeda opened fire on a...
Egypt Police Kill 6 IS Sympathisers In Shootout
Egyptian police killed six militants who allegedly adhered to the Islamic State group's beliefs when a gunfight erupted...
Egypt Holds Funerals For At Least 21 Soldiers Killed In Sinai
Egypt held funerals on Saturday for at least 21 soldiers killed in an attack by the Islamic State group in the restive...
Suicide Car Bombers Target Egypt Checkpoint In Sinai
Egyptian security officials said two suicide car bombers on Friday struck a security checkpoint in North Sinai where...
AU Chair Questions US Stance On African Peacekeeping
The African Union's new chair Moussa Faki Mahamat on Wednesday questioned US commitment to fighting terrorism on the...
Drone Kills Two Qaeda Suspects In Yemen
A drone strike likely to have been carried out by the United States killed two suspected Al-Qaeda members in southern...
Bomb Blast Kills Eight On Kenya-Somalia Border
Eight people, including four children returning to school after Eid celebrations, were killed Tuesday by a roadside...
Five Killed In Car Bomb At Mogadishu Police Station
Five people were killed and 10 were wounded Thursday when a car packed with explosives rammed into the wall of a police...
At Least 10 Killed In Mogadishu Minibus Attack
At least 10 people were killed when Shabaab Islamists drove an explosives-laden minibus into local government offices...
Gunmen Kill Eight Afghan Guards At Largest US Base
Gunmen have killed eight Afghan guards working at the largest American base in Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, as...
10 Militants Killed After Clashes In Faryab Province of Afghan
A total of 10 militants have been killed and 15 others injured as clash erupted in Qaisar district of Afghanistan’s...
Mogadishu Restaurants Attacks Records 17 Deaths and 26 Injured
Gunmen attacked two restaurants in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday night, killing at least 17 people and...
Taliban ‘surging’ In Afghanistan, US Defense Chief Warns
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis on Tuesday warned lawmakers that the Taliban is surging in Afghanistan, and said America is...