The Saudi-backed Yemeni government will not allow its Houthi foes to keep the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, the information minister said, underlining its intention to remove the vital aid delivery point from the control of the Iran-aligned group. The United Nations has proposed that Hodeidah,...

A senior Iraqi general predicted a relatively easy victory for his forces in the upcoming battle for the Daesh (ISIS) haven of Tal Afar as up 2,000 fighters and their families there are "worn out and demoralized." Less than one month after declaring victory in the city of Mosul, Iraqi forces...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday assured the Baltic states of U.S. support if they faced aggression from Russia, telling them that Washington firmly backs NATO's doctrine of collective defense. Pence's comments to the presidents of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, ahead of Russian war...

The Algerian army on Monday killed six extremists during an ongoing security operation west of Algiers, the defence ministry said. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered, it said. The six suspects were killed in the Safsafa area near Tipaza, 70 kilometres west of Algiers, according...