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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.
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...
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...
Iran warns Washington that pressure "doesn't work"
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Iran warned the United States on Friday that "pressure doesn't work" against the Islamic republic, calling on Washington to honour its commitments, after six mo...
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...
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...
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...
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 deploys record number of ships around Taiwan as pressure grows
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
China deployed a record number of coast guard, scientific research and other ships in Taiwan's waters last month, the island's coast guard told AFP, as Beijing ...
Israel army prepares West Bank troop reinforcements ahead of Jewish holidays
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Israel's military chief on Thursday said he had ordered preparations for reinforcing troops in the occupied West Bank ahead of Jewish high holidays and as viole...
US sounds out NATO allies over Europe force review
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
A senior Pentagon official pressed NATO allies Thursday to explain how they were stepping up to meet US demands to take responsibility for Europe's defence as W...
Alleged 9/11 mastermind to go on trial in June 2028
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, will go on trial before a US military court in June 2028,...
Stars and Stripes journalists sue US Defense Dept over firings
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Three staff at the storied US military publication Stars and Stripes on Thursday sued the Department of Defense, saying it had fired them in violation of their ...
CIA director warned Russia not to attack NATO members: US media
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
A highly unusual trip by the CIA director to Moscow this week was to warn Russia against any attack on NATO member states, US media reported Wednesday, after Pr...
Iran unable to import petrol amid US blockade: official
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Iran has been unable to import enough petrol to make up for insufficient domestic production because of a US naval blockade, a senior Iranian official said.
Eight Colombian guerrillas killed in military operation
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
The Colombian military bombed and killed eight guerrillas in the Amazon on Thursday in the deadliest operation under President Abelardo de la Espriella so far, ...
Alleged 9/11 mastermind to go on trial in June 2028
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, will go on trial before a US military court in June 2028,...
Palace intrigue in Uganda as succession battle heats up
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Uganda's tempestuous army chief has once again vowed to run for president and succeed his long-ruling father, but palace intrigues are swirling as he faces a ch...
US sounds out NATO allies over Europe force review
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
A senior Pentagon official pressed NATO allies Thursday to explain how they were stepping up to meet US demands to take responsibility for Europe's defence as W...
CORRECTED: Iran-Oman talks on Strait of Hormuz: What we know
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Iran and Oman are negotiating the opening of a temporary shipping corridor and the clearance of mines in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, which both nations bord...
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