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Rockets target US troops as final Kabul withdrawal begins, core diplomats...
US anti-missile defences intercepted rockets fired at Kabul's airport early on Monday, as the United States flew its core diplomats out of Afghanistan in...
Egypt against Turkey decision on troops to Libya
Egypt strongly condemned a vote by Turkey’s parliament vote to allow a troop deployment to Libya, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Egypt...
UAE withdraws troops from Aden
The United Arab Emirates said its troops left Yemen’s southern port Aden and returned home, handing control to Saudi Arabia which is leading an...
Russian troops to CAR
Russia will in the near future send 30 military personnel to Central African Republic as part of a United Nations mission to help stabilise...
Eritrea withdraws border troops
Eritrea pulled troops back from the heavily militarised Ethiopian border as a "gesture of reconciliation" with its neighbour and long-time foe, the...
Arab troops to Syria possible
Sending Arab troops to Syria is a possibility being discussed by officials from various countries, Egypt's foreign minister was quoted as saying....
Canada to send helicopters and troops to Mali
Canada will send helicopters and support troops, including medical staff, to join a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali later this year,...
Italy ups military presence in Libya and Niger
Italy's parliament approved an increased military presence in Libya and the deployment of up to 470 troops in Niger to combat migration...
Chad troops in Niger withdraw
Chad has withdrawn hundreds of troops from neighbouring Niger, where they were helping local forces fight Boko Haram Islamist militants, humanitarian sources...
Libyan troops killed by suspected IS militants
At least nine security force members loyal to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar and two civilians were killed by suspected Islamic State militants...
China sends troops to open first overseas military base in Djibouti
Ships carrying personnel for China's first overseas military base in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa have set sail to begin setting...
UK troops arrive in South Sudan to provide engineering, medical aid
Several dozen British troops have arrived in Juba, capital of South Sudan, to provide engineering and medical support to the United Nations...
al Shabaab fighters killed by Kenyan forces in Somalia
Kenyan troops killed 52 al Shabaab fighters in an attack on the militants' camp in southern Somalia, a military spokesman said.
Colonel Joseph...
Kenya forces kill al Shabaab militants in Somalia
Kenyan troops in Somalia killed 31 Islamist al Shabaab militants in a raid on two bases in the southern Somali region of...
UN identifies 41 Burundi, Gabon troops accused of abuse in CAR
An internal United Nations inquiry has identified 25 peacekeepers from Burundi and 16 from Gabon accused of sexual abuse and exploitation in...
South Sudan rebels say government troops attacked their base
Rebel forces in South Sudan said government troops attacked their garrison in a town in the north on Tuesday and they threatened...
More British troops going to South Sudan
Up to 100 additional British troops will join UN peacekeeping work in South Sudan, the defence minister said on Thursday, taking the...
High toll for Libyan troops battling Islamic State in Sirte
At least 34 Libyan fighters were killed and more than 180 wounded on Sunday as they closed in on the last Islamic...
South Sudan president will consider UN troops
South Sudan will consider a United Nations plan to send in troops and stop the country's episode of violence, President Salva Kiir...
Libya’s UN-backed government condemns France for not co-ordinating military presence
Libya's UN-backed unity government said France had not co-ordinated with it over the presence of French troops in Libya and it would...
US seeks to reassure South Sudan on troops sent to Juba
The United States is not taking any offensive military actions with the goal of destabilising South Sudan and is only sending a...
Benin troops to join anti-Boko Haram task force
Benin will deploy 150 troops next month to assist a regional task force battling Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a statement from...
Libyan army clashes with Islamist militants, three killed
Clashes between Libyan troops and militants in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday killed at least three people and wounded a...
Temporary boost for AU force in Somalia
The UN Security Council has authorised a temporary boost for the African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in Somalia of over 4 000...
France to increase troops in Central African Republic
France will boost its troop presence in the Central African Republic by the end of the year under a forthcoming U.N. resolution...
SA troops out of CAR
Short and sharp is probably the best way to describe International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane's report back on this week's...
Angolan troops begin withdrawal from Guinea-Bissau
Angola began withdrawing its troops and military equipment from Guinea-Bissau yesterday, officials said, ending a year-long mission in the West African country...
Syrian troops storm Hama to break anti-Assad strike
Syrian troops swept into the city of Hama to break a three-day strike by opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, killing at least...
Obama says U.S. will be loyal partner for Iraq
With Iranian influence and Syria's instability looming over Iraq as U.S. troops pack up to go, President Barack Obama assured Baghdad on...
China shocked, Pakistan fumes over NATO attack
Pakistan's ally China said it was "deeply shocked" by a cross-border attack by NATO forces in Afghanistan that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers...
Yemen tribes hit base near capital, take weapons
Yemeni tribesmen opposed to President Ali Abdullah Saleh said they stormed a military base near the capital used by troops loyal to...
Explosion occurred during military research – Iran
A massive explosion that killed 17 troops including an officer regarded as the architect of Iran's missile defences last week took place...
About 6,000 troops to guard 2012 London Olympics
More than 6,000 off-duty British troops look set to bolster security at London's Olympic venues next summer, a source said as planning...
Friday protests seen test of Syrian deal with League
Syrian troops' response to anti-government protests after prayers will be a litmus test of the president's agreement with the Arab League to...
Somali government says no agreement on Kenyan troops
Somalia said it had not agreed with Kenya for its troops to enter the south of the Horn of Africa nation to...
Iraq rounds up Baathists ahead of US pullout
Iraq has arrested at least 240 former members of Saddam Hussein's banned Baath Party and ex-military officers over what some senior officials...
Serbs stop NATO removing roadblocks in north Kosovo
Hundreds of Kosovo Serbs prevented NATO troops in Kosovo from removing roadblocks on roads to two contested border crossings between the country's...
PKK kills 24 Turkish troops, Ankara hits back
Turkey launched air and ground assaults on Kurdish militants in Iraq, vowing to exact "great revenge" after 24 Turkish soldiers were killed...
Pro-Assad forces regain rebel Syrian town – agency
Syrian troops regained control of the central town of Rastan, the official news agency said after the most prolonged fighting between the...
Protesters demand ICC probe into Guinea killings
A group of West Africans urged the world's top war crimes court to investigate the killing of more than 150 people during...
Somali troops retake town after rebel raid
Somali troops have regained control of the southern town of Elwaq a day after Islamist rebels raided the border post in an...
Egypt cabinet to meet as Israel tensions linger
Egypt's cabinet was due to discuss growing lawlessness along the border with Israel as pressure grew for a tough response to the...
German commandos upset at release of Afghan suspect
`Germany's elite KSK commando unit issued a rare statement to signal its disapproval over the release of an Afghan it had detained...
Obama honours return of fallen troops from Afghanistan
President Barack Obama flew to a Delaware air force base to honour the return of the remains of 30 US troops killed...
US drawdown begins in Afghanistan, first troops leave
The first US troops have left Afghanistan as part of US President Barack Obama's planned drawdown of about a third of the...
Syria tank assault kills 11 near Turkey border
Syrian troops shot dead 11 villagers residents said, as authorities pressed on with a tank-led assault that has driven thousands of refugees...
US draft requests 4,200 Ethiopia troops for Abyei
The United States said it submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council that would authorize the deployment of 4 200...
