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Colombian rebels say kidnapped French Foreign Legion soldier is alive
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Rebels from the main splinter group of Colombia's now-defunct FARC guerrillas claimed responsibility Sunday for kidnapping a Colombian soldier serving in the Fr...
Turkish, Saudi, Pakistani ministers to hold first defence pact meeting
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Turkey will host Saudi Arabia and Pakistan for the first ministerial meeting of their new regional defence grouping on Monday, Turkish sources said Sunday.
US strikes Iran for first time in a month, Tehran retaliates
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
The United States said Sunday it had attacked Iranian rocket launchers on a small island in the Strait of Hormuz, its first strikes on Iran in a month, promptin...
Iraq sentences US-sanctioned oil official to prison: anti-graft body
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Iraq sentenced a US-sanctioned oil official to seven years in prison after he was arrested as part of a government-led anti-corruption campaign, the country's a...
Niamey back to normal after soldier mutiny
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Life returned to normal in Niger's capital, Niamey, on Sunday, after the military regime and its Russian paramilitary partners put down a mutiny by soldiers.
Colombian rebels say kidnapped French Foreign Legion soldier is alive
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Rebels from the main splinter group of Colombia's now-defunct FARC guerrillas claimed responsibility Sunday for kidnapping a Colombian soldier serving in the Fr...
Iran Guards promise 'reprisals' after deadly US strikes
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that US strikes on an island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday had left dead and wounded and promised reprisals.
North Korea defence minister dismissed: state media
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea's defence minister has been dismissed as part of a reshuffle of the country's military leadership, state media reported Sunday.
Kurdish families honour their dead on road to peace with Turkey
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Menal Konak's brother, Mahmut, was 18 when he left to join the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Syria in 2014. He died six years ago but she only found out thi...
Niger mutiny suppressed, but questions remain over junta's cohesion
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Niger's military regime and its Russian paramilitary partners put down a mutiny by soldiers after a long and confusing day of fighting around the capital Niamey...
N. Korea defence minister dismissed: state media
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea's defence minister has been dismissed as part of a reshuffle of the country's military leadership, state media reported Sunday.
Ukraine's nuclear plant has lost power supply: IAEA
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been without off-site power for more than a week and is currently relying on emergency diesel generators, th...
N. Korea defence minister dismissed: state media
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea's defence minister has been dismissed as part of a reshuffle of the country's military leadership, state media reported Sunday.
Soldiers' mutiny rocks Niger capital, but junta says back in control
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Mutinying soldiers led armed clashes in Niger's capital Saturday, alarming residents, but the ruling junta said it had largely wrested back control after hours ...
Turkey navy helps free hijacked vessel in deadly battle with pirates: Somalia
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Turkey's navy, along with Somali armed forces, have freed a hijacked vessel held in Somali waters and killed 14 pirates after a battle lasting several days, Mog...
Turkey navy helps free hijacked vessel in deadly battle with pirates: Somalia
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Turkey's navy, along with Somali armed forces, have freed a hijacked vessel held in Somali waters and killed 14 pirates after a battle lasting several days, Mog...
Clashes in Niamey after troops attempt to storm presidential palace
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Clashes erupted in Niger's capital on Saturday between the presidential guard and elements of the armed forces, after a night of heavy gunfire in parts of the c...
Clashes rock Niger capital, junta says back in control
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Niger's ruling junta said Saturday it "gradually took back control" after mutinying soldiers attacked key sites around the capital including the presidential pa...
Turkey navy helps free hijacked vessel in deadly battle with pirates: Somalia
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Turkey's navy, along with Somali armed forces, have freed a hijacked vessel held in Somali waters and killed 14 pirates after a battle lasting several days, Mog...
Gunfire heard near military base in Niger capital
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Gunfire and explosions were heard on Saturday morning in Niger's capital, Niamey, including around a military base near the city's airport, which has been attac...
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