Hezbollah fires 100 Katyusha missiles at headquarters of Golan Division 210 in Nafah barracks headquarters of Golan Division 210 in the Nafah barracks, as well as headquarters of air and…

By Aisha Rufai Jega Canada has appointed its first female Chief of the Defence Staff, Lieutenant-General Jennie Carignan. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement on Wednesday. Carignan, who currently…

The former right-hand man to Guinea’s ruling general died in detention days after being sentenced by a military court, prosecutors said Wednesday, with his lawyer branding the death suspicious. Sadiba…

The head of the United Nations agency supporting Palestinian refugees warned on Monday that a breakdown of civil order in Gaza had allowed widespread looting and smuggling, and blocked aid…

Israeli troops tied a wounded Palestinian man to a military vehicle during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the army said Sunday, admitting that soldiers had…

The Israeli army on Saturday continued to pound Gaza, after the International Committee of the Red Cross said 22 people were killed in shelling that damaged its office in the…

Campaigning opened Saturday for Rwanda’s July 15 presidential election with President Paul Kagame widely expected to extend his 24-year iron-fisted rule over the Great Lakes nation. Nine million Rwandans are…

  By John Ogunsemore Namibia’s high court has struck down colonial-era laws criminalising same-sex relationships in the Southern African country.  The high court sitting in Windhoek, the nation’s capital, declared…

Niger has revoked the operating licence of French nuclear fuel producer Orano at one of the world’s biggest uranium mines, the company said Thursday, in a move that highlighted tensions…