The last French troops deployed in Niger left on Friday, an AFP journalist saw, following an announcement by the Niger army at a ceremony in Niamey marking the end of […]

The last French troops withdrew from Niger on Friday, marking an end to more than a decade of French anti-jihadist operations in west Africa’s Sahel region, AFP saw and Niger’s […]

The last French troops withdrew from Niger on Friday, in the latest blow to more than a decade of French anti-jihadist operations in west Africa’s Sahel region. The French exit […]

The White House on Friday thanked Japan for its decision to send domestically-made Patriot missile defense systems to the United States, saying the transfer would “replenish US inventories.” The United […]

The Netherlands announced Friday it was preparing delivery of 18 of the American-made F-16 combat jets pledged to Ukraine, at a moment when Kyiv is under pressure on all fronts. […]

Japan loosened arms export controls Friday to enable it to sell domestically made Patriot missiles to the United States, which is seeking to stock up after sending the weapon systems […]

The diplomatic isolation of Niger’s junta is easing as the West African country’s partners start filling the void left by its former ruler France, whose last soldiers left on Friday. […]

The Turkish parliament will on Tuesday resume debate on approving Sweden’s request to join NATO, which has been on hold since May last year. Sweden and Finland dropped decades of […]

Five Bosnian Serbs were sentenced on Friday to between 5 and 20 years in prison for the murders of dozens of Bosnian Muslim civilians, including children and women, at the […]

A South Korean vessel named after a warship torpedoed by Pyongyang in 2010 resulting in the deaths of 46 sailors began a new mission with “unbeatable combat readiness”, Seoul’s military […]

Israel’s latest evacuation order for civilians in the central Gaza Strip would force them to relocate to areas “where there are ongoing air strikes”, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees […]

A drone strike damaged a ship off the coast of India on Saturday but caused no casualties, two maritime agencies said, with one reporting the merchant vessel was linked to […]

A West African delegation led by the leaders of Senegal and Ghana were in Sierra Leone on Saturday to lay the groundwork for a “security mission” in the wake of […]

The Hamas health ministry on Saturday said dozens of Palestinians were killed this week and publicly “executed” during an Israeli military operation in the north of the Gaza Strip. The […]

The Israeli army on Saturday said five of its soldiers had been killed in combat in the Gaza Strip since Friday, as it battles the territory’s Hamas rulers. Four soldiers […]

A court in El Salvador has ordered the arrest of former president Alfredo Cristiani for an alleged cover-up related to a civil war-era massacre of about 1,000 people, a source […]

A chemical tanker struck Saturday off the coast of India was targeted “by a one-way attack drone fired from Iran,” the Pentagon said in a statement. The attack took place […]

A Japanese-owned chemical tanker struck Saturday off the coast of India was targeted by a drone “fired from Iran,” the Pentagon said, a sign of expanding risks to commercial shipping […]

Many Geneva airport ground staff will strike Sunday over a labour dispute with their employer, the Dubai National Air Travel Agency (Dnata), their union said, in a move expected to […]

A US Navy destroyer patrolling in the Red Sea on Saturday knocked down four attack drones before they could strike the warship, the US Central Command said. The USS Laboon […]