War_Conflict
Boko Haram Raid Killed Nine Nigerian Soldiers
Nine Nigerian soldiers were killed and 14 others are missing feared abducted after an attack this week by suspected...
Policeman and Attacker Killed In Paris Gun Battle
One policeman has been shot dead and a second wounded in central Paris, French police say, with reports that a gunman...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Says Israel Boosting Border Defences
Lebanon's Hezbollah sought Thursday to show that Israel is building up defences in anticipation of another conflict,...
Nigerian Army Begins Campaign To Halt Ethnic Violence
The Nigerian army on Wednesday launched a monthlong operation to reduce violence in the center of the country, as...
New South African Alliance Calls For Zuma’s Exit
South African opposition parties, religious groups and civil society activists on Thursday launched a new alliance to...
US Urges UN Council To Focus On ‘chief Culprit’ Iran
The United States on Thursday urged the UN Security Council to devote less attention to the Israeli-Palestinian...
Hundreds Protest In Uganda Capital Against ‘unfair’ Chinese Traders
Years of growing animosity at Chinese traders turned into a protest by hundreds in Uganda’s capital yesterday against...
Egypt, Sudan Vow Not To Aid Respective Opposition Groups
Egypt and Sudan said on Thursday they will not harbour or support opposition groups fighting their respective...
Cameroon Denies Forcibly Repatriating Nigerian Refugees
A two-day-old baby boy cries as his parents take seats in a Cameroonian military truck in the border town of Fotokol....
Clashes At Protest To Support Palestinian Hunger Strikers
Several dozen Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli forces Thursday outside a prison where detainees are on a...
Fresh Surge of Refugees Return To Afghanistan From Pakistan
A fresh surge of undocumented refugees have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan this month, a humanitarian group said...
Iraq Forces Retake More Areas In West Mosul
Iraqi forces retook two more neighbourhoods in west Mosul Thursday, tightening the noose around jihadists holed up in...
UN Urges Saudi Coalition Not To Bomb Yemen Port
The United Nations called Thursday on the Saudi-led coalition intervening in Yemen not to bomb the rebel-held port of...
Pentagon Chief Pledges Support For Egypt’s Sisi
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and top brass in Cairo on Thursday,...
Curfew Imposed On Nkonya & Alavanyo After Two People Were Shot Dead
Barely 24 hours after the Nkonya-Alavanyo curfew was lifted, two people have been shot dead in renewed clashes between...
Egypt Army Says Senior IS Cleric Killed In Sinai
The Egyptian military said Thursday it killed a senior Islamic State group cleric and 18 jihadists in air strikes in...
Scared Syrian Evacuees Stuck At Site of Deadly Bombing
Hundreds of frightened Syrians being evacuated from besieged towns were stuck Thursday at a rebel-held transit point...
Iran FM Slams ‘worn-Out’ US Nuclear Accusations
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday criticised "worn-out" US accusations that it was seeking a...
Culprits Will Be Dealt With – Volta Regional Minister
The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa, has described as criminal the killing of two persons in the renewed...