The Red Cross has appealed for an additional $43 million to help hundreds of thousands of people in war-torn Mali, and ...
France has withdrawn its first batch of soldiers from Mali, the army said Tuesday, as it begins to pull out troops ...
Bangladesh police have arrested three atheist bloggers for defaming Islam and the prophet Mohammed, police said ...
Soldiers raided a suspected hideout for Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria`s largest city of Kano ...
Up to 11,200 troops could be needed for a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali but a "parallel" military force will have to ...
Several hundred Islamists have been killed in airstrikes and direct combat in Mali since France launched an offensive ...
Suspected members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram set fire to churches and border posts in northeastern ...
The U.N. chief called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary ...
Afghanistan is ready to take responsibility for its own security even if NATO forces leave the country earlier than ...
A string of car bomb blasts targeting mainly police checkpoints killed at least 17 people across Iraq on Sunday, ...
Nigeria`s military said Monday it has killed 35 suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a crackdown on the insurgent group ...
Islamists have destroyed the tomb of a Muslim saint in a northern Mali region under their control, two months after ...
Washington's envoy to Libya and three other Americans were killed when a mob outraged over a movie mocking Islam ...
Israeli forces shelled two compounds run by the Hamas government`s security services in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, ...
The United States supports Egypt's recent military deployments to the Sinai Peninsula but said on Tuesday that Cairo ...