East Libya-based military commander Khalifa Haftar has promoted an officer wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes, according to local Libyan sources.  Army Major Mahmoud al-Werfalli was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, the sources said Monday on...

An alleged Dutch-born Daesh militant went on trial in the Netherlands Monday for war crimes in Iraq and Syria, including breaches of the Geneva Conventions, after posing with a crucified body and sharing images of dead victims online. It is the first trial in the Netherlands dealing with...

The United Arab Emirates announced Monday it was reducing the number of troops in war-torn Yemen and shifting from a military strategy to a peace plan. "We do have troop levels that are down for reasons that are strategic in [the Red Sea city of] Hodeida and reasons that are tactical" in...

 Conservative politician Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in as Greece's new prime minister Monday after storming to victory on a pledge to create jobs and lure investment to the crisis-hit nation. Mitsotakis's New Democracy party won an outright majority with 158 seats in the 300-seat...