Insurgencies
Putin lifts ban on charter flights to Egypt six years after crash
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin scrapped Russia's ban on charter flights to Egypt on Thursday, six years after suspending them...
Read moreTaliban says it does not seek to seize power in Afghanistan militarily – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Taliban's political office said on Thursday that the group did not seek to seize power in...
Read moreTaliban political delegation travels to Moscow – Ifax cites source
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A delegation of the Afghan Taliban's political office was in Moscow on Thursday, Russia's Interfax news agency...
Read moreRussia, Iran, Turkey to continue cooperation against IS in Syria – RIA cites joint statement
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia, Iran and Turkey will continue to cooperate in Syria to decisively defeat Islamic State and other...
Read moreRocket attack targets U.S. embassy inside Baghdad’s Green Zone -Iraqi security sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two rockets were fired at the U.S. embassy inside Baghdad's Greene Zone early on Thursday, Iraqi security...
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Turkey, U.S. defence chiefs hold ‘constructive and positive’ meeting on Kabul airport
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar and his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin on Wednesday had a "constructive and positive...
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Biden to speak on Afghanistan amid Taliban gaining territory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said he will speak on Afghanistan on Thursday, days after American troops pulled out...
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18 Nigerian villagers killed by suspected Islamist militants -officials
BAUCHI/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Suspected Islamist militants killed 18 people when they attacked a village in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday, two...
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Taliban looted, torched Afghan homes after evicting residents: Human Rights Watch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan last month evicted families and looted and torched their homes in apparent...
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Kidnappers demand food for children seized in Nigeria school raid
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Kidnappers who abducted more than 100 students from a boarding school in Nigeria's Kaduna state warned...
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Philippines seeks U.S. help on data recorders for plane crash probe
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will send black boxes of a Lockheed C-130 aircraft that crashed at the weekend to...
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Taliban fighters storm capital of northwestern Afghan province
HERAT/KABUL (Reuters) - Regional officials in northern Afghanistan said on Wednesday they had recaptured government buildings in a provincial capital...
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Nigerian lawmakers approve $2.4 billion to fight violence, fund vaccines
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's parliament passed a 983 billion naira ($2.4 billion) supplementary budget on Wednesday to...
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In Tehran talks, Iran offers help to resolve Afghan crisis
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran on Wednesday told Taliban and Afghan government representatives it stood ready to help end the crisis...
Read moreExplosive-laden drone hit Erbil airport in Iraq, aimed at U.S. base -security sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A drone attacked Erbil airport in northern Iraq with explosives on Tuesday, aimed at the U.S. base on...
Read moreRussia skips U.N. talks on Syria cross-border aid access -diplomats
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russia skipped U.N. Security Council negotiations on Tuesday on whether to extend approval...
Read moreServicemen who fled Taliban to Tajikistan being brought back to fight -Afghan gov’t
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security personnel who fled into Tajikistan are being brought back to rejoin the fight against Taliban...
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Exclusive-Taliban aim to present written peace plan at talks as soon as next month
KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban plan to present a written peace proposal to the Afghan government side as soon as next...
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Philippines retrieves black boxes from crashed military plane
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine authorities have retrieved both the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from an...
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Tajikistan calls up reservists to bolster border as Afghan troops, fleeing Taliban, seek refuge
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan/KABUL (Reuters) -Tajikistan's president on Monday ordered the mobilisation of 20,000 military reservists to bolster the border with Afghanistan...
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