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Africa
Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks military bases in Gudumbali and Mallam Fatori
Boko Haram jihadists attacked military bases in Gudumbali and Mallam Fatori in Nigeria's restive northeast Borno state, killing one soldier and injuring several others
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Middle East
Yemen government and Houthi rebel delegations head to Sweden for peace talks
Yemeni government representatives were expected to join a Houthi rebel delegation in Sweden for high-stakes peace talks aimed at ending four years of devastating war.
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Middle East
UNIFIL peacekeepers increase patrols on Lebanon-Israel border
UN peacekeepers said they increased patrols on the Lebanese-Israeli border after Israel announced an operation against what it said were Hezbollah infiltration tunnels
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Europe
Two pilots killed in Armenia Su-25 fighter jet crash
Two crew members died when a Su-25 fighter jet crashed near Maralik in western Armenia, the defense ministry said
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Africa
DR Congo army clashes with Yakutumba rebels kill 18 as election tensions rise
Clashes between the army and rebels loyal to renegade former general William Amuri Yakutumba in Democratic Republic of Congo have killed 18 people
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Africa
Six ‘terrorists’ shot dead in eastern Burkina Faso firefight
Six people were shot dead by police near Bougui in eastern Burkina Faso during a "terrorist attack" on a security patrol
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Middle East
UN to evacuate 50 wounded Houthi rebels from Yemen ahead of peace talks
Fifty wounded Houthi rebels will be evacuated from the Yemeni capital for medical treatment ahead of planned peace talks in Sweden.
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Middle East
Coalition kills ISIS commander liked to murder of American aid worker
The US-led Coalition against Islamic State said it killed a senior figure involved in the executions of an American aid worker and other hostages
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Africa
Nigeria: Boko Haram kill 2 in Yobe state raid, injure 5 in suicide attack in Maiduguri
Boko Haram militants killed two soldiers in a gun attack in Buni Gari in Nigeria's Yobe state, and injured five militia members in a suicide bomb attack in Borno state capital Maiduguri
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Africa
Five killed in bomb and gun attack near Boungou in eastern Burkina Faso
Five people, four of them police, were killed when their convoy was hit by a complex roadside bomb and gun attack near Boungou in eastern Burkina Faso
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