N. Korea Prepared For New ICBM Test
North Korea warned Wednesday it was prepared to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at any time, as the US successfully tested a system designed to intercept them. The fresh...
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Military Says 89 Gunmen Killed During Philippine Urban Battle
Philippine security forces have killed 89 Islamist militants during more than a week of fighting in a southern city but the gunmen are still offering strong resistance and holding hostages, the...
S. Korea Military ‘hid Missile Launchers From President’
South Korean military officials deliberately withheld information from the president about the arrival of new launchers for a controversial US anti-missile system, his office said Wednesday....
War of Words Between Trump and Merkel Continues
US President Donald Trump called Germany's trade and spending policies "very bad" - intensifying a row between the longtime allies and immediately earning himself the moniker "destroyer of Western...
As Many As 30 Migrants Feared Dead In Mediterranean
Migrants rescued from a rubber boat that left Libya last week said as many as 30 people were trampled or drowned during their voyage as this year's Mediterranean death toll climbed to more than...
Question On Saudi Democracy Gives State Dept Pause
US officials came out Tuesday to praise and defend President Donald Trump's first Middle East tour, but one question about democracy in the region was met with a diplomatic pause. At the White House,...
US Begins Sending Arms To Kurdish Fighters In Syria
The United States on Tuesday began providing small arms to Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State group in northern Syria, the Pentagon said, fulfilling a pledge that has infuriated Turkey. The...
US Military To Test Anti-ICBM System In Landmark Trial
The US military is due Tuesday to fire an interceptor rocket at an intercontinental ballistic missile in a first-of-its-kind test that comes amid concerns over North Korea's weapons program. Experts...
US-Backed Arab Fighters Advance Outside Syria’s Raqa
A US-backed battalion of Syrian Arab fighters edged closer to the outskirts of the Islamic State group stronghold of Raqa Tuesday, a spokesman for the unit and a monitor said. "Our forces are 400...
Tunisia Detains Six IS Suspects
Tunisia has detained six people in the central region of Kasserine suspected of belonging to a group linked to the Islamic State group, authorities said Tuesday. The announcement comes after a...
Pro-Regime Forces ‘mass’ In Syria Close To Coalition Base
Iran-backed, pro-Syrian regime forces are again massing close to where US-led warplanes bombed them this month, the Pentagon said Tuesday, raising the likelihood of additional strikes. Coalition...
New Trump Attack On Germany Widens Transatlantic Rift
The transatlantic diplomatic rift widened on Tuesday as US President Donald Trump responded to criticism from Chancellor Angela Merkel with a new attack on German trade tactics and defense spending....
Shutdown For 50th Anniversary of Biafra Declaration
Shops, schools and businesses were shut in southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since the declaration of an independent republic of Biafra sparked a brutal civil war. In Onitsha, the...
S.Korea’s Moon Orders Probe Into Undisclosed US Missile Launchers
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In Tuesday ordered an investigation into why his office was kept in the dark about the arrival of four more launchers for a controversial US missile defence...
C. Africa Violence Forces 88,000 People To Flee Homes In May
Surging violence in Central African Republic has killed hundreds and forced some 88,000 people to flee their homes since the beginning of the month, the United Nations said Tuesday. One of the...
Angolan President Returns Home After Health Checks
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been dogged by reports of poor health, has returned to Luanda after nearly a month in Spain, party officials said Tuesday. Dos Santos's medical...
Indonesian Islamist Leader Named Suspect In Porn Case
A Indonesian Islamist leader who helped organise mass protests against Jakarta's Christian governor has been named a suspect in a pornography case, police said Tuesday, as authorities seek to rein in...
Trying To Help Egypt’s Street Kids
Barefoot and wearing shabby clothes, the two-year-old wanders through the dirty streets of Cairo alongside her mother, who has also spent all her life without a home of her own. For Egypt's...
Tunisia Security Forces Kill IS Fugitive
Tunisian security forces have killed a leader of the Islamic State group who was plotting attacks during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, authorities said on Monday. The interior ministry did not...
Iraq Presses Mosul Assault, Calls On Civilians To Flee
Iraqi forces pressed forward on Monday with a broad offensive targeting Islamic State group-held areas in west Mosul and called for civilians to leave areas where fighting is taking place. More than...