Fourteen members of the same family were killed in an air strike in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Monday, emergency service workers said, as the Syrian government pursued its Russian-backed campaign...
The last king of Rwanda has died in the US aged 80 years old. Born Jean-Baptiste Ndahindurwa, King Kigeli V came to power in 1959 but was only king of Rwanda until 1961, when the monarchy was...
Iraqi pro-government forces have made gains at the start of a large-scale operation to retake Mosul, the last major stronghold of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in the country. Iraqi government...
Five years after an uprising killed Libya's Moamer Kadhafi, residents in the chaos-wracked country's capital joke they have grown to miss the longtime dictator as the frustrations of daily life...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of military operations to liberate the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants early Monday, launching...
ISIS in hot water as battle for Mosul begins The offensive to liberate Mosul from ISIS control has begun, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a televised statement early Monday. The fight is...
Barring any unforeseen development, the United States (US) will be repatriating the $550 million Abacha loot, still trapped in the country, to Nigeria, the Attorney General of the Federation and...
Security situation in Sinai has deteriorated since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow in 2011 The Egyptian military has launched airstrikes on "terrorist positions" in the Sinai peninsula "to avenge the...
The small northern town holds great value for IS because of a prophecy of an apocalyptic battle Turkish-backed rebels have captured the symbolically important Syrian town of Dabiq from the Islamic...
The Iraqi Air Force dropped thousands of leaflets over Mosul on Saturday night to warn residents of a looming offensive on the ISIS-held city. "It's victory time," blares a headline on the...
Despite Kenya making major strides in the war against terror, al Shabaab still remains the biggest threat to the nation, Chief of Defense Force General Samson Mwathathe has said. Mwathethe on Friday...
The US military has said it detected a failed test launch of an intermediate ballistic missile by North Korea. The test took place near the north-western city of Kusong at 03:33 GMT on Saturday, the...
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels are advancing on Dabiq, a symbolic stronghold of so-called Islamic State. The small town holds great value to IS because of a prophecy of an apocalyptic battle, and...
The Saudi-led coalition bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen has said it attacked a funeral hall in the capital, Sanaa, based on "bad information". At least 140 people were killed, most of them civilians,...
Accra, Oct. 15, GNA - In October 1956, the people of Hungary stood up against the oppression of Soviet rule. The subsequent uprising almost succeeded but the Soviet Union finally re-established its...
No one has claimed the attack that has left at least 30 people dead in Baghdad At least 30 people have died in a suicide attack targeting Shia in Iraq's capital Baghdad, officials say. More than 60...
Three men have been charged with plotting to bomb Somali immigrants at an apartment building and mosque in the US state of Kansas. Curtis Allen, 49, Gavin Wright, 49, and Patrick Eugene Stein, 47,...
Security Analyst, Irbard Ibrahim, has described the discourse around the dismissal of some 501 military recruits in December 2015 as worrying. The peace ambassador and governance expert in an...
President John Mahama has said he cannot comprehend what informs Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s analysis on the economy. According to him, it is difficult to appreciate why the NPP running mate continues...
Riek Machar, who was sacked as South Sudan's vice-president in July after heavy clashes in the capital, Juba, is in South Africa to receive medical treatment, according his spokesman, quoted by...
