(Reuters) - An Egyptian militant group allied with Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for attacks on military checkpoints which killed 15 soldiers and two civilians in the Sinai. Sinai Province said in a statement its fighters used rocket-propelled grenades and other...

(Reuters) - When Defense Minister Tea Banh addressed graduates last month at Cambodia's prestigious Army Institute, he directed his thanks to the guests who made it all possible: a group of crisply dressed officers from China's People's Liberation Army (PLA). The institute,...

Syria's Islamist rebels, who captured northern city of Idlib last Saturday, said number of procedures were taken to secure civilians, including the Christian community in the captured city.   Fatah Army,  an alliance of Islamist groups, has formed a security committee...

(Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi fighters and their allies seized a central Aden district on Thursday, striking a heavy blow against the Saudi-led coalition which has waged a week of air strikes to try to stem advances by the Iran-allied Shi'ite group. Hours after the Houthis took over Aden's...