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Kenyan police killed by roadside bomb in Garissa near Somalia border

A number of Kenyan police officers were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Garissa near the Somali…

Staff Writer With AFP

US to deploy additional troops, Patriot batteries and THAAD system to Saudi Arabia

The Pentagon will deploy additional troops and equipment to Saudi Arabia and US Central Command amid tensions with Iran

Joanne Stocker

Female ISIS adherents in Syria’s al-Hol camp attack security forces

Members of the Kurdish Asayish security force were attacked by women in a camp housing foreign female ISIS adherents

Joanne Stocker

Uzbekistan repatriates 64 children of ‘terrorists’ from Iraq

Uzbekistan announced that 64 children had arrived from Iraq where their parents are serving life sentences "as members of terrorist…

Staff Writer With AFP

Indonesia says ISIS-linked militants stabbed security minister Wiranto

Suspected Jamaah Ansharut Daulah militants stabbed Indonesia's chief security minister Wiranto, leaving two deep wounds in his stomach and injuring…

Staff Writer With AFP

‘The border is on fire’: Turkey battles Syria’s Kurds near Tal Abyad after ground invasion

Ground forces backed by Turkey entered northeast Syria to fight against the Syrian Democratic Forces as scores of civilians fled

Jared Szuba

Turkey launches start of ‘Operation Peace Spring’ targeting SDF in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of a long-anticipated military operation against the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast…

Joanne Stocker

US airstrikes on Afghanistan drug factories killed at least 30 civilians, UNAMA finds

US airstrikes on drug-production centers in Afghanistan's Farah province led to the deaths of at least 39 civilians and the facilities…

Joanne Stocker

Trump approval for Turkey’s attack on Syria’s Kurds was ‘waiting to happen,’ Western official says

Trump’s approval for Turkey to attack Kurdish-led fighters in Syria vindicated European allies' refusals to send new troops, a diplomat…

Jared Szuba

Isolated Manbij faces rival Syrian factions on two fronts

Forces loyal to the Syrian government and Turkey-backed rebels mobilized near Manbij ahead of an expected Turkish incursion into Syria

Jared Szuba