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Afghan airstrike targeting Taliban in religious school kills and injures civilians

An Afghan airstrike on a religious school in a Taliban stronghold in Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz province caused multiple casualties,…

Staff Writer With AFP

Boko Haram attacks on military base and villages in Nigeria leave at least 18 dead

At least 18 people were killed and dozens were wounded in coordinated Boko Haram attacks overnight on a military camp and…

Staff Writer With AFP

6 Turkish women sentenced to death for ISIS membership in Iraq

A Iraqi court sentenced six Turkish women to death and a seventh to life in prison for ISIS membership after…

Staff Writer With AFP

Al-Shabaab attack on African Union military base in Somalia reportedly leaves dozens dead

Dozen were reportedly killed after heavily-armed al-Shabaab militants attacked an African Union military camp in Somalia where peacekeepers from Uganda…

Staff Writer With AFP

At least 16 killed as fighting rages across Indian Kashmir

At least 16 people were killed in Indian Kashmir in some of the fiercest fighting this year, police said Sunday,…

Staff Writer With AFP

Sierra Leone’s presidential election threatens to heighten ethnic tensions

Tension and violence tied to the 2018 Sierra Leone election suggest the country is entering into a precarious political period…

Joseph Hammond

Bomb kills 2 Coalition personnel, injures 5 in Manbij, Syria

A car bomb in the northern Syrian town of Manbij killed two personnel from the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State and…

Fergus Kelly

ISIS claims eastern Libya suicide bombing that killed 8

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Libya that killed eight people, including civilians

Staff Writer With AFP

Israeli forces kill least 16 people in Gaza on first day of large-scale protests

At least 16 people were killed and hundreds reported injured during the first day of a planned six-week protest by…

Joanne Stocker

France to send troops to Manbij as Trump says US coming out of Syria “very soon”

France is to "very quickly" send troops to Manbij in northern Syria to block the advance of Turkish forces, French…

Fergus Kelly