Islamist militants raided the headquarters of a regional military taskforce in central Mali Friday afternoon, opening fire with rockets and guns and attempting to infiltrate the base, the defence ministry said. There were no immediate details on casualties at the compound in Sevare used...

 The French cement giant Lafarge was charged on Thursday with complicity in crimes against humanity and financing terrorists, for allegedly paying millions to jihadists, including the Islamic State group, to keep a factory open in war-torn Syria. The company, whose Syrian...

The Israeli military said early Wednesday that it conducted airstrikes on the Gaza Strip against two targets belonging to Hamas. On its Twitter account, the Israeli Defense Forces said it considered Hamas responsible for rockets allegedly fired towards Israeli territory, and as...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime media are reporting that airstrikes are targeting southeastern parts of southern Daraa province, ahead of a new offensive there. State-run TV says the offensive aims to cut supply lines between eastern Daraa and rebel-held parts of the provincial...