Conflicts And War

Somalia truck bombing toll exceeds 300, scores remain missing

MOGADISHU, Somalia – More than 300 people were killed in the weekend truck bombing in Somalia’s capital and scores remained missing, authorities said Monday, as the fragile Horn of Africa na...

DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters preparing for final push in Raqqa

BEIRUT – U.S.-backed fighters in northern Syria are preparing for a final offensive on neighborhoods still held by the Islamic State group in the city of Raqqa, a spokesman for the group sai...

DATE: Oct 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iraqi leader celebrates in Mosul; pockets of fighting go on

MOSUL, Iraq – Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi celebrated with Iraqi troops Sunday in Mosul after they drove Islamic State militants from some of their last strongholds in a nearly nine-month ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Casualties mount in Mosul

Iraqi troops advance in IS-held territory

DATE: Feb 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iraqi troops advance on western Mosul

Mattis visits, says he wants ‘good situational awareness’

DATE: Feb 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kerry tears into Israel over settlements

Netanyahu: Secretary of state pays lip service to Palestinian attacks

DATE: Dec 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Japan’s Abe offers ‘everlasting condolences’

Leaders seek to transcend a bloody history at Pearl Harbor

DATE: Dec 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

With buses in flames, Aleppo rescue uncertain

France, Russia reach compromise

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. to send 200 more troops to Syria

MANAMA, Bahrain – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Saturday that as many as 200 more American troops are being sent to Syria to help Kurdish and Arab fighters capture the Islamic State...

DATE: Dec 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Afghans wonder how U.S. vote will affect them

KABUL – Few countries have been as affected by the twists and turns of recent U.S. foreign policy as Afghanistan. Once supported by Washington as a Cold War proxy, it was abandoned to civil ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iraq’s Shiite militias join Mosul push

U.S. military estimates IS has up to 5,000 fighters in city

DATE: Oct 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iraq pushes into town near Mosul after ISIS assault on Kirkuk

Burning sulfur plant fire draping towns in toxic smoke

DATE: Oct 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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