The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia besieging Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria said on Tuesday it had captured “157 experienced terrorists, mostly foreign nationals”. The operation was carried out at Baghouz, the site of the Islamic State enclave, by...

The beaten candidate in last month's Nigerian presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday lodged a legal challenge to the official result, his lawyer said. Muhammadu Buhari, 76, was re-elected president after a delayed poll that angered voters and raised political temperatures, but...

The U.S. maintains nearly 2,000 troops in Syria after announcing it would start withdrawing from Syria in mid-March and leave a few hundreds. In statements Dec. 19 and 20 last year, U.S. President Donald Trump declared victory over the Daesh terror group, saying its defeat was the sole...

The death of a Kurdish activist on hunger strike in a Turkish prison sparked clashes between supporters and police near his grave on Monday as his lawyers and Kurdish party officials said he had committed suicide. Zulkuf Gezen, who died late Sunday, was one of scores of detainees on hunger...