The Israeli army on Thursday wrapped up a two-month-long military exercise simulating conflict with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media reports. The Jerusalem Post quoted a military official as saying that the Israeli army’s Kfir Brigade had conducted the drills,...

Ukraine's border service said Thursday it would only allow Ukrainian citizens to travel to Crimea following the imposition of martial law until Dec. 26. President Petro Poroshenko earlier accused Russia's President Vladimir Putin of wanting to annex all of Ukraine and called for NATO to...

U.N.-sponsored peace talks between Yemen's warring parties are expected to start next week in Sweden, Britain's envoy to Yemen said Thursday, as Western allies press for an end to the war that has pushed the country to the verge of starvation. The United Nations is trying to reconvene...

Nigerian chief of army staff on Wednesday confirmed 39 were killed by recent Boko Haram attacks in the country's northeast. Yusuf Buratai's remarks followed the calls of the local media -- which claimed over 100 soldiers had died -- for full disclosures on the incident. In a...