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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...
S. Korea Military ‘hid Missile Launchers From President’
South Korean military officials deliberately withheld information from the president about the arrival of new launchers...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
New Trump Attack On Germany Widens Transatlantic Rift
The transatlantic diplomatic rift widened on Tuesday as US President Donald Trump responded to criticism from...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...