Conflict
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 07:51
Nigeria's chief of defense staff acknowledged Tuesday that the headquarters of a multinational military force on Nigeria's border with Chad has been seized by Islamic extremists.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 07:27
A 14-year-old boy was shot dead during clashes between police and Kurdish protesters in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday evening, and another man was wounded, security sources said.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 07:10
A large car bomb exploded outside a police academy in Yemen’s capital, Sana, early Wednesday, killing or wounding dozens of applicants who were lined up at the building’s gate, according to security officials.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 06:45
Authorities in Azerbaijan have detained 10 men on suspicion of taking part in militant activities alongside armed groups in Syria.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 08:50
The trial of Guatemalan former dictator Efrain Rios Montt was suspended once again after Judge Janeth Valdez recused herself from the trial after the defense team argued she could not be impartial.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 08:30
Radical Islamic militants attacked a central Malian town early Monday, the closest they have struck to the capital since a French-led campaign forced them from power nearly two years ago.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 13:00
Russia and Argentina are eyeing a deal under which Moscow would lease 12 Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer aircraft to Buenos Aires in return for beef and wheat, the London-based paper Sunday Express has claimed. As a result, the British Defence Ministry has reportedly launched a review of the air defenses of the Falkland Islands.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 12:42
Militants abducted as many as 40 boys and men from a village in northwest Nigeria this week in a raid that authorities have reportedly blamed on Boko Haram, the Islamist group that kidnapped over 250 school girls last year.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 12:35
Saturday's attack on the town of Baga is another embarrassing setback for Nigeria's military, which is working with its neighbors to secure the remote border area. Boko Haram militants separately abducted around 40 boys from another village.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 12:30
Militants from the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq have published a video saying that they have asked permission from the group's senior leadership to wage jihad in Tajikistan, RFE/RL's Tajik service has reported.