HURGHADA, Egypt/BERLIN (Reuters) – German officials said on Saturday they had been left “dismayed and furious” by the stabbing of two German women at an Egyptian beach resort, calling it a deliberate attack on foreign…
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Libya’s eastern commander Khalifa Haftar said on Wednesday his forces had taken full control of Libya’s second city Benghazi from rival armed groups after a three-year campaign. The battle for Benghazi between Haftar’s self-styled Libyan…
YAOUNDE — Cameroon authorities forced nearly 900 refugees back to northern Nigeria against their will this week, violating an agreement between the two countries to shield thousands from Boko Haram violence, the United Nations said…
Suspected jihadists crying “Allahu Akbar” stormed a tourist resort popular with foreigners on the edge of the Malian capital Bamako on Sunday, briefly seizing hostages and leaving at least two people dead. The assault on…
Cameroon’s bishops confirm Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit Balla was murdered A note in the bishop’s car indicated he had committed suicide, but investigators later found signs of torture on his body Catholic bishops in Cameroon said…
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Amnesty International criticized Nigeria’s military Thursday for dropping an investigation into senior officers accused of war crimes in the northeast during the conflict with Islamist Boko Haram insurgents. The eight-year battle with…
Officials in Somalia say at least 29 people were killed in an overnight attack by al-Shabab militants on two popular Mogadishu restaurants. A spokesman for the Somali security forces said Thursday that the dead include…
MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA — Islamist insurgency Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the attack on Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri Wednesday night that killed at least 14 people, the first major assault in 18 months on…
MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA — Suspected Boko Haram fighters attacked the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday, the Islamist militant group’s most serious assault on the regional capital in a year and a half. The…
Stories of heroism are being shared in the wake of eight minutes of terror that struck the Borough Market district of London late Saturday. Seven people died in a stabbing rampage carried out by three…