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Female suicide bombers target army base in northeast Nigeria

Fifteen people were injured when two female suicide bombers targeted the edge of a military barracks in northeast Nigeria, a…

Staff Writer With AFP

No warring party acted to protect civilians in the siege of Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, UN says

Both pro-Syrian government forces attacking Eastern Ghouta and armed groups defending the besieged enclave committed what amounted to war crimes,…

Fergus Kelly

Mali troops implicated in mass killings of civilians, defense minister says

Mali's defense minister has admitted that soldiers may have been involved in killings in the country's unstable center, after the…

Staff Writer With AFP

Yemeni government forces take control of Hodeidah airport

Emirati-backed Yemeni government forces seized Hodeidah airport from Houthi rebels, the coalition said, in a major step towards retaking the…

Staff Writer With AFP

China pledges $100 million to modernize Cambodia’s military

China has pledged around $100 million to help modernize Cambodia's military, the latest largesse showered on the country amid a…

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Afghan security personnel killed in Taliban attack after ceasefire ends

Afghan police and soldiers were killed in an overnight Taliban attack in Kunduz province after an unprecedented ceasefire between the…

Joanne Stocker

Saudi and UAE coalition forces enter Yemen’s Hodeidah airport

Yemeni troops backed by the Saudi and UAE-led coalition entered the airport compound in the port city of Hodeidah after…

Staff Writer With AFP

Syrian army position bombed south of Al Bukamal

A Syrian military position in a village southeast of the city of Bukamal was bombed overnight, leaving casualties, state news…

Joanne Stocker

Taliban orders fighters to avoid ceasefire celebrations after deadly attack

The Taliban ordered its fighters in Afghanistan to avoid gatherings, a day after a suicide bomber killed dozens of people…

Staff Writer With AFP

Neutral Switzerland wants to sell weapons to states in ‘internal conflict’

Switzerland, a country famous for its neutrality, announced on June 15 that it wants to allow the sale of arms…

Staff Writer With AFP