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US Africa Command conducts first Somalia airstrike since admitting civilian casualties

US Africa Command said it carried out an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab in Somalia, the first since it admitted it had…

Joanne Stocker

Missing Japan F-35 stealth fighter jet crashed into sea, Self Defense Force says

Japan's Self Defense Force confirmed that an F-35 stealth fighter jet missing since Monday night had crashed into the sea

Staff Writer With AFP

2,000 flee Jakana as Nigeria army prepares offensive against Islamic State

Around 2,000 people have been forced to flee Jakana to an IDP camp near Maiduguri ahead of a Nigeria military…

Staff Writer With AFP

MINUSCA peacekeepers in deadly clashes with FDPC armed group in western Central African Republic

At least three militia members were killed when UN peacekeepers clashed with the FDPC armed group in western Central African…

Staff Writer With AFP

Double car bomb in Syria’s Raqqa kills at least 8, mostly civilians

A double bomb attack in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, a former ISIS bastion, killed at least eight people,…

Staff Writer With AFP

India: Deadly attack on BJP election convoy in Chhattisgarh blamed on Maoist rebels

Indian police said Maoist rebels were behind a deadly IED and gun attack on a BJP election convoy in central…

Staff Writer With AFP

Japan F-35 fighter disappears over Pacific east of Misawa

A Japanese F-35 stealth fighter jet with one pilot on board disappeared from radar while on a training mission over…

Staff Writer With AFP

Northern Ireland police recover mortar tube near Castlewellan

The PSNI said officers had recovered a horizontal mortar tube and command wire during an operation near Castlewellan in County…

Joanne Stocker

Mali soldiers shoot civilians in Dioura after ‘surprise’ mortar test fire

Malian soldiers shot dead at least one villager and injured four others after an explosion they mistook for an attack…

Staff Writer With AFP

German ISIS woman on trial for war crimes accused of letting Yazidi slave girl die of thirst

A German woman who joined ISIS went on trial accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi slave…

Staff Writer With AFP