Conflict
Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 07:21
The latest truce in Colombia's half-century internal conflict began this week, as FARC guerillas agreed to implement a unilateral ceasefire following the release of a government soldier on Sunday.
Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 06:35
Belgium has published the results of its nine months participating in air strikes against the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) during Operation Desert Falcon, which ended July 2.
Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 06:18
Leaders of the rump "Electric Yerevan" protest movement and other activists in Armenia have vowed to reignite demonstrations against a steep government increase in the price of electricity and eventually to make political demands.
Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 06:16
Georgian Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli says her country is successfully "conducting a diplomatic war" with Russia.
Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 06:08
The takedown of a once-powerful politician in Kyrgyzstan who served as mayor of Osh when that city was devastated by a wave of deadly ethnic clashes in 2010 appears to have been completed.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 07:28
The leader of a terrorist group bent on attacking the United States and other western targets was killed in a targeted strike earlier this month, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 07:17
An inquiry has been launched after two MBDA Brimstone missiles 'fell' from a Royal Air Force (RAF) Panavia Tornado GR4 fighter as it landed at Akrotiri in Cyprus on 15 July, as it returned from anti-Islamic State operations over Iraq.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 06:56
Members of Colombia’s military and rebel group FARC have resumed a landmine removal pilot project in the north of Colombia that was suspended last week when a soldier died after accidentally detonating a mine.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 06:55
A ship full of aid chartered by the World Food Program, the United Nations’ antihunger agency, berthed Tuesday in Yemen’s southern port of Aden, the agency reported.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 06:53
Turkey briefly blocked access to Twitter on Wednesday to prevent images of Monday's deadly bombing from being broadcast and to stop Twitter users from calling for protests against the government, which they blamed for not doing enough to prevent the attack, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.