President Donald Trump's son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner visited Baghdad Monday with the US's top military officer, meeting Iraq's premier to discuss the fight against the Islamic State group....
Air strikes by Syrian warplanes on a rebel-held region near Damascus killed at least 22 civilians on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. The highest toll was in Douma, the...
US aircraft have conducted about 20 additional air strikes on Al-Qaeda in Yemen in recent days, the Pentagon said Monday, as it continues its stepped-up campaign against the jihadists. The strikes...
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is visiting the White House for the first time since he led the military's overthrow of his predecessor in 2013. US President Donald Trump said he was "very...
Syrian refugees are increasingly desperate after years in exile and face rising social tensions in overstretched regional host nations, a UN representative warned Monday, urging more funds and...
Turkey is planning new offensives this spring against groups deemed terrorist organisations by Ankara, even after the completion of a half-year operation inside Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei has been shortlisted for the prestigious Chatham House Prize for 2017. Awarded by the Royal Institute of International Affairs of the...
Ten people have been killed in an explosion between two underground stations in St Petersburg. The head of Russia’s National Anti-Terrorist Committee said the blast hit a train between Sennaya...
Prime Minister Theresa May has laughed off journalists' questions about going to war with Spain following the Gibraltar Brexit row. Mrs May said her approach to negotiations was "definitely jaw jaw"....
About 10 people have been killed in an explosion between two underground stations in St Petersburg. The head of Russia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee said the blast hit the train between Sennaya...
Prime Minister Theresa May has laughed off journalists' questions about going to war with Spain following the Gibraltar Brexit row. Mrs May said her approach to negotiations was "definitely jaw jaw"....
British Prime Minister Theresa May landed in Amman on Monday for a three-day trip to Jordan and Saudi Arabia focused on security and post-Brexit trade efforts. In Jordan, May is expected to announce...
The prime minister says allies must come together to combat the threat posed by IS Britain will send military trainers to Jordan to help the country's air force in the fight against so-called Islamic...
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is to visit the White House for the first time since he led the military's overthrow of his predecessor in 2013. Egypt has long been a staunch US ally, but...
Pakistan Monday resumed its mass repatriation of Afghan refugees despite past accusations of coercion in the supposedly voluntary UN programme to return hundreds of thousands to a war-torn nation....
A man seen by devotees as a living saint has been charged with murder and terrorism after allegedly knifing and clubbing 20 worshippers to death at a Pakistani shrine, police said Monday. Police are...
Bahrain's King Hamad on Monday approved a constitutional amendment granting military courts the right to try civilians accused of terrorism, state news agency BNA said. The amendment, approved...
Colombia's Farc rebel group has offered to help rebuild a town devastated by landslides that killed at least 254 people. But their involvement in efforts in Mocoa, in the country's south-west, has to...
Operation Save the Suffering Masses (OSSM), a Kumasi-based human rights organisation, has criticised the Ashanti Regional Police Command for the inefficient manner it handled the recent attack on the...
The USA is step by step trying to strengthen its military positions in Africa. To do this Washington is still lobbying the idea of AFRICOM to provide security and combat terrorist groups like Boko...
