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Tuareg rebels release Mali soldiers in prisoner swap
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Tuareg separatists released around 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for one of their own leaders detained in neighbouring Niger, security sources said on Friday.
French Foreign Legion soldier kidnapped in southwestern Colombia: army
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
An off-duty soldier in the French Foreign Legion was kidnapped this month in an area dominated by guerrillas in southwestern Colombia, the country's army said T...
China removes ex-top general from Central Military Commission: state media
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
China removed former top general Zhang Youxia from the country's main military body on Friday, state media reported, seven months after it was announced that he...
US court rules Pentagon ban of Anthropic unlawful
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A US federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the government punish...
Iran warns Washington that pressure "doesn't work"
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Iran warned the United States on Friday that "pressure doesn't work" against the Islamic republic, calling on Washington to honour its commitments, after six mo...
China's help critical, but unlikely, for US to choke off Iran
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The United States has threatened the "economic asphyxiation" of Iran, but analysts say that a successful chokehold would require unlikely cooperation from China...
Iran says still open to diplomacy as war with US hits six months
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Iran left the door open to diplomacy on Friday, six months into a war with the United States that has upended the Middle East, but only if Washington abandons i...
Trump to mark 9/11 at Pentagon, not New York
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump said Friday he would mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks at the Pentagon -- but angrily denied skipping a mem...
DRC opposition rejects president's dialogue offer
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A coalition of main DR Congo opposition groups on Friday rejected President Felix Tshisekedi's offer of a national dialogue aimed at reconciling the conflict-wr...
NATO, EU chiefs send condolences over Norway's King Harald
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The heads of NATO and the European Union on Friday expressed condolences over the death of Norway's King Harald after more than three decades on the throne.
Israel army says conducts rare West Bank airstrike on 'several terrorists'
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The Israeli military said it struck "several terrorists" on Friday in the northern occupied West Bank, a rare airstrike in the partly semi-autonomous Palestinia...
US court rules Pentagon ban of Anthropic unlawful
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A US federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the gover...
French Foreign Legion soldier kidnapped in southwestern Colombia: army
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
An off-duty soldier in the French Foreign Legion was kidnapped this month in an area dominated by guerrillas in southwestern Colombia, the country's army said T...
Israel says killed three militants in rare West Bank airstrike
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The Israeli military said it struck and killed three militants on Friday in the occupied West Bank, a rare airstrike in the Palestinian territory that has seen ...
CORRECTED: Israel says killed three militants in rare West Bank airstrike
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The Israeli military said it struck and killed three militants on Friday in the occupied West Bank, a rare airstrike in the Palestinian territory that has seen ...
Israel says killed three militants in rare West Bank airstrike
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The Israeli military said it struck and killed three militants on Friday in the occupied West Bank, a rare airstrike in the Palestinian territory that has seen ...
Ousted Ukraine defence chief accepts job advising Italian minister
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Ukraine's ousted defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov -- whose sacking last month prompted rare wartime protests -- on Friday said he had accepted a job working as...
US court rules Pentagon ban of Anthropic unlawful
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A US federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the gover...
Drones hit Zaporizhzhia power plant: IAEA
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The UN nuclear watchdog on Friday said there had been three incidents this week involving drones at the Zaporizhzhia plant in Ukraine, injuring two employees, a...
Iran president to meet Russia's Putin during summit in Kyrgzstan
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is scheduled to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin while attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit...
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