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Indonesia: 9 years jail for ‘mastermind’ of 2017 Jakarta twin suicide bomb attack claimed by ISIS

An Indonesian court sentenced Kiki Muhammad Iqbal, the convicted mastermind of the 2017 deadly twin bombing in Jakarta claimed by…

Staff Writer With AFP

Syria and Russia accuse Israel of missile strikes on T4 airbase in Homs

Syria and Russia accused Israel of conducting missile strikes on the T4 airbase in Homs from Lebanese airspace

Fergus Kelly

Ghouta gassed: Dozens killed, hundreds affected by suspected Syria chemical attack

At least 70 people were killed by a suspected chemical weapons attack in Douma, the last opposition-held town in Eastern…

Staff Writer With AFP

Car bomb kills at least 8 people in Al Bab, Syria

At least eight people were killed and 20 others injured on Saturday after a car bomb exploded near the Grand Mosque…

Staff Writer With AFP

US aircraft strike 11 Taliban narcotics production facilities in western Afghanistan

U.S. Forces-Afghanistan and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces conducted strikes on 11 Taliban narcotics production facilities in Farah and…

Fergus Kelly

Airstrike kills senior ISIS commander Qari Hekmat in northern Afghanistan

Qari Hekmat, the top commander of Islamic State – Khorasan Province in the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan, was killed…

Fergus Kelly

UN peacekeeper from Niger shot dead in northern Mali

A U.N. peacekeeper from Niger was shot dead by militants in Gao in northern Mali on Friday, the latest in…

Staff Writer With AFP

Nearly new: US approves $1.31 billion upgrades to existing Saudi howitzers

The U.S. State Department approved the $1.31 billion sale to Saudi Arabia of upgrades to existing M109 self-propelled howitzers

Fergus Kelly

US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 3, Africom says

An airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed three people on April 5, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said

Staff Writer With AFP

Palestinians torch tires to block Israeli snipers on the Gaza border

Palestinians protested along the army buffer zone in Gaza for the second week, as the number of people killed by…

Joanne Stocker