Jihadists Kill 10 Pro-government Militiamen In North Mali

Islamist rebels killed ten local militiamen allied with the Mali government in an attack Monday in the north, where the regime faces armed jihadist groups and Touareg separatists, sources told AFP. Read More

Mali coup

Mali is telling the UN to remove its 12,000 peacekeepers, who had been countering Islamic militants. British soldiers were operating in the country as part of a UN mission countering Islamist ... Read More

The Middle East has a militia problem

The Middle East has a militia problem. Of the 400m people in the Arab world, more than a quarter live in countries where the state is too weak to rein in armed groups (see map). Lebanon has Hizbullah. Read More

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The competition’s global reach means a significant portion of the world’s population is following along. On an island whose religious diversity is part of its democratic identity, many of the ... Read More

Ethnic Karen guerrillas in Myanmar leave a town that army lost 2 weeks ago as rival group holds sway

Their withdrawal came after a contending armed Karen group, which has occupied the town and claimed responsibility for its ... Resistance forces since then have captured major swaths of territory in ... Read More

3 dead after militia shootout in Ethiopian capital

Two of the militia ... the Oromia town of Meki on Tuesday night. The United States, Britain and several other countries have called for a full investigation into his death. Fox News' "Antisemitism ... Read More

Mali's junta suspends all political activities until further notice

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's ruling junta has issued a decree suspending all political activities until further notice, saying it needs to preserve public order, a move that follows last year's ... Read More

Wars Across the World: Mali 2012

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Wars Across the World: Mali 2012 Mali 2012 relates to rise of AQMI among the Tuareg rebellion and the efforts of Mali and France to counter them. Read More

Chaos, distrust and indiscipline are undermining Israel’s war, say insiders

Israel has been encouraging clan militia groups to take over the security ... to be dismissed over the attack on vehicles belonging to World Central Kitchen (WCK). The incident killed seven ... Read More

The Latest | Iran promises payback for Israel's apparent strike that killed top generals

Iranian leaders renewed their promise to hit back after an airstrike widely blamed on Israel destroyed Iran's Consulate in Syria, killing 12 people, including two elite Iranian generals. Iran’s ... Read More

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Controlling the town would put them in striking distance ... Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter how people think of Luton, a place long dogged by a ramshackle ... Read More