Terrorism
Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 08:55
Recent US surveillance flights over northeastern Nigeria showed what appeared to be large groups of girls held together in remote locations, raising hopes among domestic and foreign officials that they are among the group that Boko Haram abducted from their school in April
Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 08:36
President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the international community is not doing enough to support Kenya in the fight against terrorism.
Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 07:19
Mr. Obama is right to deny new support to the Iraqi government as long as the toxic Mr. Maliki remains in office. But it can and should act immediately to address the humanitarian crisis in northern Iraq and to further support Kurdish forces, which face the Islamic state along a 600-mile border.
Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 07:14
Islamic State militants extended their gains in northern Iraq on Thursday, seizing more towns and strengthening a foothold near the Kurdish region in an offensive that has alarmed the Baghdad government and regional powers.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 07:11
U.S. officials say the Pentagon has been actively considering engaging Sunni tribes in the fight against the Islamic State
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 06:03
Boko Haram militants in northern Nigeria have repeatedly been blamed for killings and other human rights violations. New video footage appears to show the Nigerian military executing suspected members of the group.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 07:22
Claiming it had achieved most of its objectives and pressured by Western allies to stop causing civilian casualties in Gaza, Israel moved to wind down its operations there on Monday — either unilaterally or through a new Egyptian-brokered cease-fire announced late in the day.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 07:20
Using secret tunnels built by Saddam Hussein and rough terrain to outfox Iraqi troops, Islamic State insurgents are getting dangerously close to Baghdad with the support of heavily-armed Sunni tribesmen, Iraqi security and intelligence officials said.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 07:17
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki on Monday ordered Iraq’s air force to support Kurdish forces fighting Sunni extremists in the north, a move that represented a thaw, out of military necessity, in the fraught relations between the central government and Kurdish leaders.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 07:00
Nigeria's army has committed atrocities in the north-east in its fight against Islamist militants belonging to Boko Haram, Amnesty International says.