Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plans were thrown into further turmoil on Monday when the speaker of parliament ruled that she could not put her divorce deal to a new vote unless it was re-submitted in fundamentally different form. In comments that blindsided May’s office, Speaker...

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...