The U.A.E. airline later hired the co-pilot who stabbed the captain of Flight 1073 and nearly crashed the plane.

Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen, with options being considered including a coastal push to secure the Red Sea shipping route or an assault on multip...

Representatives of the Syrian government and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have held face-to-face talks to try to calm tensions ​between them — the first known meeting between the longtime foes.

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JNIM's capture of Kidal and tightening grip on northern Mali have pushed the junta and its Russian backers toward the brink — but Islamic State Sahel's rivalry.

The departure is celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies ​who now have deep influence in the country where 4,500 Americans died during more than two decades of war.

Afghanistan's defence ministry said on Sunday its forces had killed 28 fighters and wounded 32 in the eastern province ​of Nuristan after a group it said included Islamic ‌State militants crossed from...

British police said on Sunday they had arrested several men on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act ​and the army was examining a number of vehicles after security was ‌stepped up at a Briti...

Officers of the State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) have detained two Georgian citizens on charges of joining a foreign terrorist organization and aiding

RCMP say Louay Angoud allegedly communicated online with members of a terrorist group and gathered information to build a chemical weapon that could be used to poison Canadians.

Sources familiar with the case said that the Syrian leadership had instructed him to carry out the attack, but that he was unable to move to the operational stage due to a lack of resources.

Satellite imagery and intelligence support provided by Chinese groups has helped Iran threaten ships in the Strait of Hormuz and launch precision strikes on US military bases in the Middle East, part ...

There has been a sharp increase in the number of people fleeing from Sudan to Chad to escape fighting and ​dire conditions, and aid funding is failing to keep up with ‌needs, the United Nations refuge...

Internet and phone networks were disrupted in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray on Friday, after ‌fighting broke out this week between the federal military and Tigrayan forces in the most seriou...

Pakistani security forces foiled an attempted cross-border attack in the Gulistan area on Friday with killing several Afghan Taliban fighters

Saudi Arabia's top religious authority called on soldiers in the kingdom to be ready to lay ‌down their lives to fight the Iran-backed Houthis until the group is ousted from power, a statement posted ...

A handful of Ukrainian trainers embedded with Mali's Tuareg rebels are fighting Russia's Africa Corps — but their allies include al-Qaeda's JNIM, and Kyiv's.

Macron emphasized that the French military did not intend to take part in any fighting, during a prime-time television interview.

A handful of Ukrainian trainers embedded with Mali's Tuareg rebels are fighting Russia's Africa Corps — but their allies include al-Qaeda's JNIM, and Kyiv's.

Le Tchadien Luc Beyam, secrétaire général du Mouvement pour la paix, la reconstruction et le développement se trouve en détention à Lomé depuis le 17 septembre. Fondé en 2025, ce groupe armé actif dan...

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Jihadists killed more ​than 100 soldiers in central Mali this month, two sources said, while the army ‌said it had evacuated troops from the camp under attack and struck enemy positions during a retal...

Presque deux mois après la migration massive de plus de 70 000 personnes depuis le Maroc vers Ceuta, les 30 et 31 juillet, des appels à traverser la frontière continuent d’être diffusés sur les réseau...

Houthi fighters were pushing to seize strategic heights in Yemen to cut off the Red Sea coast from remaining areas held ​by Saudi-backed forces, after a report that President Donald Trump had called o...

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