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Nigeria police find bodies of 41 people suspected killed by vigilantes

Nigeria police found the bodies of 41 men with their throats cut in Zamfara state in an area notorious as…

Staff Writer With AFP

Iraqi forces launch major operation against ISIS over civilian executions

Iraqi forces launched a major operation against remnants of Islamic State following public anger over the jihadists' murder of a…

Staff Writer With AFP

Iraq urges repatriation of children of ISIS fighters

Iraq has called for the home countries of foreign ISIS fighters held in its jails to repatriate hundreds of children…

Staff Writer With AFP

Defending the Seas: the US Navy Second Fleet and Atlantic security

The re-establishment of the 2nd Fleet demonstrates the resolve to ensure the US Navy’s readiness to deter and defeat Russian…

James Bosbotinis

Fighting in southern Syria displaces 270,000 people, UN says

The number of people who have fled their homes in Syria's Daraa over the last two weeks of fighting has…

Joanne Stocker

UN peacekeeping budget of $6.7 billion agreed

U.N. member countries on Sunday, July 1 agreed to a peacekeeping budget of just under $6.7 billion, according to diplomatic…

Staff Writer With AFP

Mali: French forces targeted in Gao attack

Forces deployed to France's Sahel Operation Barkhane counter-terrorism mission in Mali were attacked in Gao

Fergus Kelly

UAE pauses assault on Yemen’s Hodeidah as UN pushes for Houthi withdrawal

The UAE announced it halted the offensive it is backing against Houthi rebels in Yemen's port city of Hodeidah, to…

Staff Writer With AFP

Raytheon awarded $315 million Griffin missile contract for US special forces

Raytheon was awarded a $315 million contract for Griffin mini-missile production, improvement and support by U.S Special Operations Command

Fergus Kelly

Afghanistan: Ghani orders resumption of operations against the Taliban

Afghan security forces resumed operations after President Ashraf Ghani declared an end to the unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban

Staff Writer With AFP