U.S Launches Airstrikes on Islamic State in Libya
On Monday August 1st, The U.S. struck Islamic State targets in Sirte, a port city on the Northern Libyan coast....
Martin Saps
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Five Killed in Al Shabaab Attack on Police Headquarters
Five people have been killed and 20 wounded outside of Somalia’s Criminal Investigation Department headquarters in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu when...
Russia and China to Conduct Joint Military Exercises in Disputed South China Sea
China and Russia have announced plans to conduct joint military training operations in the South China Sea in September; China...
Mali and Morocco Continue to Crack Down on Islamist Insurgencies
Northern and Western African states are continuing to crack down on jihadist activities. Morocco arrested 52 men over an alleged...
Islamic State Claims Bombing in Kurdish-Controlled Area
At least 50 people were killed after two explosions occurred in the northwestern Syrian city of Qamishli along the Turkish...
German State of Bavaria Sees Week Marred by Attacks
On Sunday, July 24th, 2016, a suicide bombing outside a music festival in Ansbach Germany wounded fifteen people. The perpetrator,...
Brazilian Authorities Arrest 10 in Planned Rio Olympics Attack
Brazilian Federal Police have arrested 10 men plotting terror attacks for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. According...
U.N Sanctioned Libyan Military Helicopter Crashes Near Benghazi
French President Francois Hollande admitted yesterday that three French Special Forces fighters were killed in a helicopter “accident” during an...
IS-Inspired Teenager Critically Wounds Four Aboard German Train
Four people were wounded on Monday July 18th after a teenager carrying an axe and a knife attacked a group...
Presence of Jihad Threatens Stability of Kazakhstan Regime
Three civilians and one police officer have been killed in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s biggest city, after a man with suspected jihadist...
Erdogan Cracks Down on Secular Officials After Failed Military Coup
Roughly 8,000 people, 6,000 of them members of the military and judiciary, have been detained in connection to a failed...
Yemeni Governor Survives Car Bomb Attack
The Governor of Aden, a city in the south of Yemen, survived a car bombing early on July 15th. Governor...
US to Send More Troops to Iraq in Effort to Take Mosul
On Monday, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that the United States was sending 560 additional troops to Iraq...
China Ignores UN Tribunal in South China Sea Dispute
China has rejected a court ruling issued by a UN Tribunal which denies China’s territorial rights in the South China...
Tensions with North Korea Escalate as US and South Korea Plan Missile Defense System
On Friday July 8th, the U.S and South Korea announced that they would deploy an advanced anti-missile defense system to...
Syrian Army Takes Control of Aleppo Road as Fighting Continues
The Syrian Army has taken major strides towards cutting off the roads in and out of rebel-held Aleppo. The Castello...