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January 18, 2020

At least 2 killed, 20 wounded in bombing near Somali capital

At least two people were killed and more than 20 others wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a construction site along ...

January 17, 2020

FBI arrests 3 alleged white supremacists ahead of gun rally

A former Canadian Armed Forces reservist and two other men who authorities say are linked to a violent white supremacist ...

January 16, 2020

US charges Malian in al-Qaida hotel attack in Burkina Faso

Federal prosecutors announced murder charges Thursday against a Malian man accused of playing a central role in two 2016 ...

January 13, 2020

Al-Shabab extremists kill 3 teachers in Kenya, abduct 1

Al-Shabab extremists killed three people in an assault early Monday in eastern Kenya, its fifth attack in thirteen days, ...

January 10, 2020

Islamic extremism wracks Burkina Faso, spreading east

The jihadists who killed Wabwa Ampougovni's son and two grandchildren wanted them to suffer: They cut the backs of their ...

January 08, 2020

Car bomb kills 3, wounds 6 at checkpoint in Somali capital

A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Somalia's capital Wednesday morning, killing three people and wounding six others, a ...

January 07, 2020

4 children shot dead in latest al-Shabab attack in Kenya

Four small children were shot dead while trying to take refuge from the latest al-Shabab extremist attack in Kenya early ...

January 06, 2020

Kenya police: 3 arrested trying to enter British Army camp

Kenyan police say they arrested three “terrorist suspects" who tried to force their way into a British Army training camp on ...

January 06, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Pence misleadingly links Iran general to 9/11

President Donald Trump closed out the old year by reprising a selection of his most familiar falsehoods and putting a few of ...

January 05, 2020

Extremists attack Kenya military base, 3 Americans killed

Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, killing three ...

December 30, 2019

Taliban council agrees to cease-fire in Afghanistan

The Taliban's ruling council agreed Sunday to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, providing a window in which a peace ...

December 30, 2019

Somalia bombing kills dozens; airstrikes target militants

A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital Saturday morning, killing at least 78 people ...

December 27, 2019

Syrian opposition calls on the world to aid rebel-held Idlib

A Syrian opposition leader called Friday on the international community to help millions of civilians in the country's last ...

December 24, 2019

Syrian army captures village, missile kills 8 civilians

A missile struck a school building in northwestern Syria on Tuesday morning, killing eight civilians, opposition activists ...

December 24, 2019

Residents of NW Syria flee new government offensive

Syrian government forces pressed ahead Monday with a new military assault on the country's last rebel stronghold that began ...

December 12, 2019

Prosecutors can move forward with leaks case against analyst

A judge has allowed prosecutors to move forward with their case against a former intelligence analyst charged with leaking ...

December 06, 2019

Police: Al-Shabab extremists kill 8 on bus in northern Kenya

Police in Kenya say suspected al-Shabab extremists have stopped a bus in the north near Somalia and killed eight passengers, ...

November 29, 2019

Trump thanks troops in Afghanistan, says Taliban want a deal

President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and the Taliban have ...