The Islamic State group now controls less than seven percent of Iraq, down from the 40 percent it held nearly three years ago, a military spokesman said Tuesday. Iraqi forces backed by US-led air...
Funerals have been held in Alexandria for victims of one of the two bomb attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt by so-called Islamic State (IS). The ceremony at the Monastery of St Mina took place under...
The G7 group of nations has failed to reach agreement over threatening new sanctions against Russia and Syria. Foreign ministers were seeking a common position on the Syrian conflict, before the US...
The United States sees no place for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in any peace resolution for the war-torn country, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday. As the G7 called at a meeting in...
Hundreds of Syrian students gathered on Tuesday outside the United Nations headquarters in Damascus to protest last week's US strike on a government air base. Demonstrators waved the two-star flag of...
The Trump administration plans to sell fighter planes to Nigeria despite concerns over rights abuses and a botched air strike that killed scores of civilians in January, US media say. Up to a dozen...
The Islamic State group now controls less than seven percent of Iraq, down from the 40 percent it held nearly three years ago, a military spokesman said Tuesday. "Daesh controlled 40 percent of Iraqi...
The blast happened in a city known for clashes between Kurds and Turkish security forces A large explosion has struck a police headquarters in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in south-eastern...
G7 foreign ministers reject UK drive for sanctions on Russia and Syria following suspected chemical attackJoin GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking news in Ghana. GhanaStar.com is...
The United Nations warned Tuesday that "the risk of mass deaths from starvation ... is growing" among people in conflict and drought-hit areas of the Horn of Africa, Yemen and Nigeria. Due to drought...
The Stockholm truck attack suspect has confessed to a "terrorist crime", his lawyer says. The admission came at a custody hearing in the Swedish capital. Rakhmat Akilov, 39 from Uzbekistan, admitted...
G7 foreign ministers will attempt to agree a common position on the Syrian conflict, before the US secretary of state flies to Russia to try to persuade it to abandon its Syrian ally. Rex Tillerson...
US President Donald's Trump administration will press ahead with the sale of high-tech aircraft to Nigeria to help it fight militant Islamist group Boko Haram, despite concerns about about human...
The Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked the Inspector General of Police to come clear on what constitutes a vigilante group. In an interview with Ekourba Gyasi on...
Myanmar has started shutting down three displacement camps in strife-torn Rakhine state, a senior official said Tuesday, although it was not immediately clear where the inhabitants would go. Tens of...
Gunmen have kidnapped two Turkish nationals from their hotel in southern Nigeria's oil-rich Akwa Ibom state, police said Tuesday in the latest unrest to hit the restive Niger Delta. "Two Turkish...
G7 foreign ministers will attempt to agree a common position on the Syrian conflict, before the US secretary of state flies to Russia to try to persuade it to abandon its Syrian ally. Rex Tillerson...
Five people including a Philippine police officer were killed Tuesday in clashes with 10 suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap group on the resort island of Bohol, authorities said. Five bodies...
Syria is set to dominate Tuesday's meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Italy, with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson under the spotlight before he heads to Moscow, the key ally of President Bashar...
South African President Jacob Zuma has branded protesters calling for his resignation “racists”, saying they held placards that were derogatory about black people. Thousands of people took to the...
