War_Conflict
Ethiopia Extends State of Emergency By Four Months
The Ethiopian parliament has extended by four months a state of emergency it declared six months ago after almost a...
US Beefs Up Muscle In Somalia Fight
The US provides military support to Somalia in its fight against al-Shabab President Donald Trump has given the US...
Trump Boosts US Military Authority For In Somalia Fighting
President Donald Trump has boosted the US military's authority to step up air strikes in the fight against Islamist...
IS Propaganda Team Killed In Iraq Air Strike
The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said Thursday that it had killed a propaganda chief and...
ISIS Is Smuggling Women and Children Into Fighting Positions, US Says
The ISIS fighters battling Iraqi forces in Mosul have come up with yet another dastardly way to exploit the civilian...
IS Fighters In Mosul Provoking Coalition Strikes On Civilians
Islamic State group fighters battling Iraqi forces in Mosul are holding civilians hostage in buildings and then...
Removing Assad ‘not Our Priority’
The US ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday that Washington is no longer focused on ousting President Bashar...
Oil Workers Seized By S.Sudan Rebels Freed
Three foreign petroleum engineers abducted by South Sudanese rebels have been released after negotiations brokered by...
Gulf Ministers Condemn Iran’s Support To Bahrain ‘terrorists’
Gulf ministers meeting in Riyadh on Thursday condemned what they termed Iran's support for "terrorist gangs" in Bahrain...
Trump ‘serious’ About Israel-Palestine Peace
President Donald Trump is "serious" about solving the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Defends First Year In Power
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi defended her civilian government's first year in power in a rare public address on Thursday,...
UN To Cut Back DR Congo Peacekeeping Force
The United Nations Security Council will vote Friday to cut the number of troops and police in its peacekeeping mission...
Rush Hour On Mosul’s ‘displacement Highway’
On west Mosul's Baghdad street, thousands of displaced Iraqis flee the fighting with their meagre belongings but...
NDC Journalists Hoarding Stolen State Vehicles
A Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Yaw Adomako Baafi is appealing to members of the...
Thousands Commemorate Palestinian ‘Land Day’
Thousands of Arab Israelis and Palestinians gathered Thursday for annual demonstrations marking Land Day, which...
DR Congo Opposition Calls ‘ghost Town’ Protest As Crisis Grows
The Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition have called for a stay-home stoppage for Monday to force President Joseph...
Tillerson Says Assad’s Long-Term Status Up To Syrian People
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was up to the...
Famine-Hit South Sudan Needs ‘humanitarian Corridors’
Children have been affected by malnutrition in South Sudan The main South Sudanese rebel group, SPLM-In Opposition, is...
China’s Xinjiang Cracks Down On Muslim Practices In…
China has announced bans on beards and burkas in its remote violence-wracked Xinjiang region as part of tighter...