War_Conflict
Boko Haram Clashes Kill Eight Chad Soldiers
Eight Chadian soldiers were killed in fierce fighting with Boko Haram insurgents at the weekend on islands on Lake...
Anger Grows In Pakistan Town After Three Attacks In Six Months
Shiites in Pakistan's restive northwest protested Monday as the death toll from twin blasts three days earlier rose to...
Iraq Forces Combing West Mosul After Surprise IS Attack
Iraqi forces on Monday were searching neighbourhoods of west Mosul they retook weeks ago after a surprise jihadist...
US-Backed Force Has Seized A Quarter of Raqa From IS
US-backed fighters have seized a quarter of Syria's Raqa from the Islamic State group, a monitor said Monday, less than...
Iraq Forces Repel IS Counter-Attack
Fighters of so-called Islamic State (IS) have launched counter-attacks as they come under growing pressure from Iraqi...
Abducted Priest Seen Alive As Islamists Hold Out In Philippines
A Roman Catholic priest abducted by Islamist militants who seized parts of a southern Philippine city has been seen...
Major Boakye Gyan (rtd) Wanted Maj. Mahama’s ‘killers’ Executed Same Day He Was Buried
Retired army major Osahene Kwadwo Boakye Gyan says lynching should be made a treasonable offence and there should be...
S. Korea’s Moon Heads To US As North Threat Grows
South Korea's dovish new President Moon Jae-In -- who backs engagement with the nuclear-armed North -- heads to...
Afghan Subculture of Child Sex Slavery
AFP has traced three former victims of "bacha bazi", or the sexual exploitation of boys, whose testimonies lay bare one...
Myanmar and Thailand Torch $1 Billion of Seized Drugs
Myanmar and Thailand started torching nearly $1 billion worth of seized narcotics on Monday, a defiant show of force as...
High Emotion As Queen Mary 2, Four Trimarans Race To New York
Four high-tech trimarans, made purely for racing speed, and the Queen Mary 2, built soley for luxury, set off for New...
The Stench of Death Rises Over Mosul’s Old City
Devastated buildings, piles of rubble and putrid corpses of jihadists: apocalyptic scenes unfold in the Old City of...
Turkey Police Stifle Gay Pride Rally
Police in the Turkish city of Istanbul have thwarted attempts by organisers to hold a banned Gay Pride march. The...
Israel Targets Syria After Fresh Stray Fire
Israeli forces fired on Syrian regime positions after projectiles from the war-torn country hit the occupied Golan...
Iraq Forces Push Deep Into Devastated Old Mosul
Iraqi forces battled deep into the devastated historical heart of Mosul and closed in fast on the last pockets of...
Two Thirds of Mosul Old City Retaken From IS
Iraqi forces have retaken two thirds of old Mosul, a week after launching an offensive against the Islamic State...
NACOB Destroys Two Million Dollars Worth of Drugs
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) on Thursday destroyed narcotic substances estimated at two million dollars at...
‘Toy’ Bomb Kills Six Children In NW Pakistan
A bomb resembling a toy killed at least six children Sunday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal area bordering...
Pakistan Deploys 15,000-Strong Force For Chinese Security
Pakistan has deployed a 15,000-strong military force to protect Chinese nationals working on energy and infrastructure...