At least seven soldiers were killed and six seriously wounded in a bomb attack on a Somali military convoy Thursday “The bomb was a remote-controlled land mine which targeted a Somali military forces convoy heading to Baidoa from a Somali national army base in Doynunay,” Haji Mohamed...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi denied on Thursday Ethiopian accusations that his country was supporting the opposition after a wave of violent protests that left hundreds dead. Ethiopia accused "elements" in Eritrea, Egypt and elsewhere on Monday of being behind protests over land...

French President Francois Hollande is under fire from left and right-wing politicians over how he has tackled Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Syria crisis, with some criticizing a rush to a "Cold War" against an essential European partner. French officials have grown increasingly...

Any mistake in a planned U.S.-backed operation to drive Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul could result in hundreds of thousands of refugees, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Thursday. Turkey is locked in an escalating row with Iraq over who should take part in...