Ethiopian Troop Withdrawal From Somalia Exposes Peacekeeping Problems
Since October, Ethiopia has been withdrawing troops from Somalia. The redeployment highlights problems with the international community’s funding of military ...
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US Cuts Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia
The US has said it will limit arms sales to Saudi Arabia amid concerns over civilian casualties linked to air ...
Car Bomb Leaves At Least 20 Dead
At least 20 people have died, while 15 have sustained injuries, after a car bomb exploded in Somalia on Sunday ...
IS ‘loses 50,000 Fighters In Two Years’
IS has lost much territory since its gains in 2014 sent shockwaves around the world At least 50,000 militants from ...
Islamic State Strikes Back To Slow Iraqi Forces In Mosul
Islamic State fighters retreating in the face of a seven-week Iraqi military assault on their Mosul stronghold have hit back ...
Nearly 2,000 Iraqi Troops, 900 Civilians Killed In November
Nearly 2,000 Iraqi troops were killed across Iraq in November as they battled to force ISIS extremists from the country, ...
Imperial Democracies, Strategic Disorder In A Multipolar World
By 146 B. C., the Mediterranean Sea, a hotbed of endemic battlefield between ancient navies had successfully become the imperial ...
Iraq Militias ‘cut Off IS Access To City’
An Iraqi paramilitary force says it has seized a key road west of Mosul, effectively encircling the city controlled by ...
Saudi-Led Coalition Won’t Renew Broken Yemen Ceasefire
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen will not renew a two-day ceasefire in the ongoing war, a spokesperson has ...
Paranoid ISIS Leader Reportedly Refuses To Sleep Without Suicide Vest
As U. S.-backed Iraqi forces close in on the Islamic State's hub of Mosul, the leader of the terror network ...
Hundreds of Bodies Discovered In Mass Graves Near City
Iraqi security forces have discovered two mass graves near the city of Mosul containing around 250 bodies, police said Thursday. ...
Nov. 15 World News Summary At 0045 GMT
BRUSSELS — The European Union (EU)’s foreign and defence ministers on Monday agreed on a new plan on security and ...
Pakistan Says Seven Troops Have Been Killed In Cross-Border Fire
The Pakistani military has accused India of killing seven soldiers in cross-border fire in the disputed Kashmir border, where tensions ...
Nato Chief Warns Against Going It Alone
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned US President-elect Donald Trump that "going it alone" is not an option for ...
Suicide Bomber Kills Four At Afghan US Base
This is the first time a bomb has exploded inside the base in Bagram A suicide bomber has killed four ...
Explosion Hits US Airbase In Afghanistan
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack A huge explosion has killed at least four people at the Bagram ...
Iraqi Special Forces Seize Mosul District In Fresh Push
Iraqi soldiers drive into to Shahrezad village east of Mosul, Iraq Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul ...
German Mission Attacked In Afghanistan
A suicide bomber has rammed a truck into the German consulate in the Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif, killing at least ...
Pakistan Deports Sharbat Gula
An Afghan woman made famous by a National Geographic cover in 1985 has been deported from Pakistan after she was ...
John Kerry Asserts US Is Still A Global Player
US Secretary of State, John Kerry has touted the United States’ engagement around the world and efforts it has put ...