The head of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) has said his forces “liberated” the eastern Benghazi city after years of fighting with Islamists. Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar said the city...
French President Emmanuel Macron said he supported a two-state solution to end the Middle East conflict as he welcomed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the Elysee Palace Wednesday. Speaking...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to eat alive the Islamist militants behind the abduction and beheadings of two Vietnamese sailors in a furious reaction to the killings. The...
War crimes judges will rule Thursday if South Africa flouted international law by failing to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, wanted for trial on charges of genocide in Darfur. Legal experts...
The United Nations' cultural arm will decide whether to declare the Old City of Hebron a protected zone this week, the latest Israeli-Palestinian spat at the international body. Hebron in the...
The United States is prepared to work with Russia on the establishment of "no-fly zones" in Syria, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday. In a wide-ranging statement issued two days...
Boko Haram jihadists believed to be from the IS-supported faction loyal to Abu Mus'ab Al-Barnawi have attacked three military bases in northeast Nigeria, destroying one and killing a soldier,...
Dozens of government supporters have burst into Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly, injuring several lawmakers and journalists. Witnesses said the fracas came after an assembly...
Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar on Wednesday announced the "total liberation" of second city Benghazi, which was overrun by jihadists three years ago. "After a continuous struggle against...
Mali's constitutional court Wednesday dealt another blow to embattled President Ibrahima Boubacar Keita over a controversial referendum, saying changes his government wants to make to the national...
Libyan authorities on Wednesday signed a deal with a consortium of Italian companies to build two passenger terminals at Tripoli's international airport, which fighting forced the closure of in 2014....
Tens of thousands of people protested on Wednesday in a town in northern Syria against Turkey, as speculation mounts it is planning to attack the Kurdish-held border region. The demonstrators took to...
The US military conducted an airstrike against a group of Shabaab militants in Somalia early Wednesday, officials said, the third such action in a month. The military's Africa Command said the strike...
Forces loyal to east Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar said Wednesday they have cornered the last jihadists in a neighbourhood of second city Benghazi and vowed that victory is "imminent". The...
The African Union's new chair Moussa Faki Mahamat on Wednesday questioned US commitment to fighting terrorism on the continent after it blocked efforts to get UN funding for an anti-jihadist force in...
Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said Wednesday recent talks in Egypt could lead to improving the humanitarian suffering in the impoverished Gaza Strip. The head of the Palestinian Islamist movement said...
The Pentagon is confident it can protect the United States against an incoming North Korean rocket, an official said Wednesday following Pyongyang's first successful test of an intercontinental...
Stray fire from fighting between armed groups that control Libya's Mitiga airport killed five people at a nearby beach and forced the suspension of flights on Wednesday, authorities said. The clashes...
A US soldier has been killed and two others wounded in an attack in Afghanistan's Helmand province, US military officials said Wednesday Private First Class Hansen Kirkpatrick, 19, of Wasilla, Alaska...
Iraqi forces battled the last Islamic State group holdouts in Mosul on Wednesday, a day after the country's premier feted the "major victory" over the jihadists in the northern city. In neighbouring...
