Conflict
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 09:07
“An F-16 jet was performing an air patrolling duty on the Turkish-Syrian border, in the southern province of Hatay, when an SA-5 missile system deployed in Syria harassed it by putting it under a radar lock for four minutes and 30 seconds,” the statement said.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 09:06
Any violation against Turkey's airspace is not tolerated and will be responded to, said Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu commenting on the Syrian fighter plane shot down by Turkish forces on Sunday.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 08:59
“The Syrian refugee crisis will create a threat to all humanity at all levels,” Bassil responded in English to a reporter’s question during a news conference he held in Kuwait ahead of the Arab summit.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 08:42
The deadly Boko Haram insurgency gripping northeastern Nigeria has intensified in recent months, and some Nigerians say it could destroy the ruling party’s chance of winning next year’s elections.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 08:35
Nigeria has agreed to work with France, Cameroon, Niger, Benin, and Chad in its battle to curb operations of the extremist Islamic group, Boko Haram.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 08:33
The European Union is willing to provide financial compensation for Palestinian refugees and their descendants who renounce their “right of return” in a final peace deal with Israel, the EU’s ambassador to Israel indicated Monday, in what appears to be the first time a senior EU official publicly endorsed such an offer.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 08:31
A proverb in the Hausa language, spoken on both sides of the border between Niger and Nigeria, warns: "When your neighbor's beard is on fire, fetch water and soak your own."
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 08:30
When conflict broke out in the Central African Republic last year, the residents of Garoua-Boulai in neighbouring Cameroon could hear the fighting.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 08:20
The air raids come a day after a Syrian warplane was shot down by Ankara’s jets in an incident slammed as “flagrant aggression” by Damascus.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 08:08
Thousands of Algerian opposition supporters have called for a boycott of next month's presidential election, during an unprecedented mass rally.