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Italy eases curbs on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE

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Italy has loosened restrictions on arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, government sources said on Tuesday, in a move aimed...

Mogadishu hit by two car bombs

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One person died and another was injured in two car bombs that exploded in the heart of the Somali capital with Islamist...

Benghazi bombing death toll rises

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The toll from a twin car bombing at a mosque in Benghazi rose to 35, medical officials said, one of the highest...

Twin car bombs kill more than 30 in Benghazi

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A double car bombing in Benghazi left at least 33 people dead and dozens more wounded, including senior security figures and civilians,...

Twelve killed and 48 injured in Maiduguri suicide bombings

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Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers killed 12 people and injured 48 others in an attack on the Nigerian city Maiduguri, officials from...

Flaw in intelligence revealed by latest Somali blast

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The size and methods of the latest truck bombing in Mogadishu show international and Somali government efforts to stop the killings are...

EU NavFor assists in aftermath of Mogadishu blast

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Anti-piracy and escort duties took a temporary backseat earlier this week when elements of EU NavFor Somalia banded together to provide much-needed...

Egypt Palm Sunday bombings claim 44 lives

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At least 44 people were killed in bomb attacks on the symbolic cathedral seat of the Coptic Pope and another church on...

Triple bombing in Nigeria’s Borno state

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At least 80 people were killed and about 150 injured in multiple bomb attacks in north-eastern Nigeria's Borno state on Sunday according...

String of small morning explosions in Cairo hurt eight

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Eight people were hurt in northern Cairo when homemade explosive devices blew up at four metro stations and a courthouse on Wednesday...

Back-to-back blasts kill at least 10 in Kenyan capital

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Back-to-back explosions killed at least 10 people in a packed Nairobi market on Friday, extending a spate of attacks that have piled...

Henry Okah jailed for 24 years over Nigeria bombings

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Nigerian militant Henry Okah was jailed for 24 years by the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday over deadly bomb...

Two blasts hit northeast Nigeria, shootout kills 1

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Two bomb blasts shook the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri and a gun battle in another town killed at least one civilian,...

Bombs kill three, injure 35 in north Iraq – police

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Two car bombs exploded near shops and restaurants in the Iraqi town of Tal Afar killing at least three people and wounding...

Iran used foreign expertise for atom work – diplomats

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A UN nuclear watchdog report is expected to show concern that Iran benefited from foreign expertise to help develop technology that could...

Attackers strike Iraq Sunni militia, six killed

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Two bombs exploded as members of a government-backed Sunni militia gathered to collect their pay in the Iraqi city of Baquba killing...

Bomb blasts kill 18 in Iraqi capital – sources

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Two bombs exploded on a busy commercial street in a Shi'ite neighbourhood in northeastern Baghdad killing at least 18 people and wounding...