Military history by country
Piracy: A Threat To the Shipping Industry
Ancient piracy is typified not only by glamour and style, but also a military-like posture where targets are selected...
Avoid Southern Philippines
Western governments are warning their citizens against travelling to nearly all of the southern third of the...
War-Torn Kabul Pulls Down Concrete Blast Walls
The blast walls that cut through Kabul like ramparts are being pulled down, part of a counter-intuitive makeover by...
80% of Yemen Children In Need of Immediate Aid
A vicious combination of war, cholera and hunger has left 80 percent of Yemeni children in desperate need of aid, the...
Vietnam’s Dissident Footballers Take Aim At Politics
A group of old pals trot onto the pitch for what looks like an ordinary football match in Vietnam. But it is actually a...
At Least 24 Killed In Kabul Car Bombing
At least 24 people have been killed and 42 wounded after a car bomb struck a bus carrying government employees in...
Russia Says Agrees Safe Zone Mechanism With Syrian Rebels
Russia's defence ministry said Saturday that its officials had signed a deal with moderate Syrian rebels at peace talks...
Pentagon Chief Says He Thinks IS Leader Baghdadi Is Alive
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday that he believes Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive,...
War Crimes Court To Award Timbuktu Damages In August
War crimes judges will next month deliver a landmark order for reparations for the razing of the fabled Timbuktu...
UN Blames Saudi-Led Coalition For Deadly Yemen Strike
The United Nations on Friday blamed a Saudi-led coalition for a deadly air strike on civilians in Yemen this week,...
20 Yemeni Civilians Reported Dead In Air Strike
An air raid in Yemen has killed at least 20 people mostly from the same family, the UN and witnesses said Wednesday,...
20 Yemeni Civilians Killed In Air Strike
An air strike on a group of displaced Yemenis has killed at least 20 civilians, mostly from the same family, a UN...
Separated By War, Iraqi Children Wait For Parents
Adel, 15, hasn't seen his parents for the past nine months, but that was the price to pay to escape the brutal rule of...
Afghan Forces Retake District In Helmand From Taliban
Afghan security forces supported by US air power have retaken the center of volatile Nawa district from the Taliban in...
15 Yemeni Rebels, 8 Soldiers Killed In Clashes
At least 15 Yemeni rebels and eight soldiers were killed Monday as government forces attacked insurgent positions in...
Malian Soldiers’ Bodies Recovered After ‘jihadist’ Attack
The bodies of eight missing Malian soldiers have been found following a presumed jihadist attack on July 9, official...
Top Malian Jihadist Killed As Unrest Intensifies
The Malian army said Friday it had killed a top jihadist commander operating in the country's troubled central region,...
Baghdad Probing Rights Abuses By Iraqi Forces
Baghdad is investigating allegations of torture and rights abuses meted out by Iraqi security forces to Islamic State...
Mali Conflict Spreading To Burkina Faso, Niger
The conflict in Mali is spilling over to Burkina Faso and Niger, with a significant surge of attacks by extremist...