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Turkey navy helps free hijacked vessel in deadly battle with pirates: Somalia
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Turkey's navy, along with Somali armed forces, have freed a hijacked vessel held in Somali waters and killed 14 pirates after a battle lasting several days, Mog...
N. Korea defence minister dismissed: state media
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea's defence minister has been dismissed as part of a reshuffle of the country's military leadership, state media reported Sunday.
Niger junta says it is back in control after soldiers' mutiny
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Niger's ruling junta said it was back in control after mutinous soldiers set off armed clashes in Niger's capital Saturday, moving on the presidential palace an...
Niger junta says it is back in control after soldiers' mutiny
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Niger's ruling junta said it was back in control after mutinous soldiers set off armed clashes in Niger's capital Saturday, moving on the presidential palace an...
DRC opposition rejects president's dialogue offer
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A coalition of main DR Congo opposition groups on Friday rejected President Felix Tshisekedi's offer of a national dialogue aimed at reconciling the conflict-wr...
Israel says killed three militants in rare West Bank airstrike
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The Israeli military said it struck and killed three militants on Friday in the occupied West Bank, a rare airstrike in the Palestinian territory that has seen ...
China's help critical, but unlikely, for US to choke off Iran
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The United States has threatened the "economic asphyxiation" of Iran, but analysts say that a successful chokehold would require unlikely cooperation from China...
US court rules Pentagon ban of Anthropic unlawful
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A US federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the government punish...
Trump to mark 9/11 at Pentagon, not New York
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump said Friday he would mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks at the Pentagon -- but angrily denied skipping a mem...
Hezbollah chief again rejects Lebanon-Israel deal, refuses 'surrender'
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Friday again rejected a deal struck between Israel and Lebanon and said his Iran-backed group refused to "surrender" nearly six m...
US judge throws out confessions of alleged 9/11 mastermind: report
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A US military judge ruled Friday that confessions made by alleged 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents are inadmissible and cannot be us...
French Foreign Legion soldier kidnapped in southwestern Colombia: army
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
An off-duty soldier in the French Foreign Legion was kidnapped this month in an area dominated by guerrillas in southwestern Colombia, the country's army said T...
Tuareg rebels release Mali soldiers in prisoner swap
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Tuareg separatists released around 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for one of their own leaders detained in neighbouring Niger, security sources said on Friday.
Israel says killed three militants in rare West Bank airstrike
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The Israeli military said it struck and killed three militants on Friday in the occupied West Bank, a rare airstrike in the Palestinian territory that has seen ...
French Foreign Legion soldier kidnapped in southwestern Colombia
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A soldier in the French Foreign Legion was kidnapped earlier this month in an area dominated by guerrillas in southwestern Colombia, the country's army said Thu...
NATO, EU chiefs send condolences over Norway's King Harald
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The heads of NATO and the European Union on Friday expressed condolences over the death of Norway's King Harald after more than three decades on the throne.
Israel army says conducts rare West Bank airstrike on 'several terrorists'
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The Israeli military said it struck "several terrorists" on Friday in the northern occupied West Bank, a rare airstrike in the partly semi-autonomous Palestinia...
Drones hit Zaporizhzhia power plant: IAEA
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The UN nuclear watchdog on Friday said there had been three incidents this week involving drones at the Zaporizhzhia plant in Ukraine, injuring two employees, a...
Iran says still open to diplomacy as war with US hits six months
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Iran left the door open to diplomacy on Friday, six months into a war with the United States that has upended the Middle East, but only if Washington abandons i...
Swiss nuclear plant fully back online after heatwaves
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The Beznau nuclear power plant in Switzerland, which was shut down multiple times over the last two months due to summer heatwaves, is fully operational again, ...
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