No fewer than 50 Boko Haram militants were killed on Saturday in two encounters with the West African regional troops who foiled the terrorists’ attack on their base in a town straddling Niger and Niger Republic. Timothy Antigha, spokesman for the regional army, said in a statement early...

China launched a new communication satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (CASC) in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sunday. The "ChinaSat 6C" satellite was launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, which completed its 300th launch mission. China had...

All 149 passengers and eight crew on board crashed Ethiopian Airlines are dead, Ethiopia’s state broadcaster on Saturday said. In an earlier statement issued by the airline, Boeing 737 plane bound for Kenya was on a routine flight from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa when it crashed on...

Israeli warplanes launched two airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, shortly after a rocket fire from the Palestinian territory, according to the military.  In a statement, the army said its forces struck several military targets in a Hamas compound in northern Gaza and two...