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Africa
Ethiopia PM Says Conflict in Tigray Nearing End as Thousands Flee Fighting
PM Ahmed said the end of military operations in Ethiopia's north is "coming within reach," as thousands fled the violence into neighboring Sudan.
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Asia Pacific
US ‘Disappointed’ as Cambodia Razes Another Military Facility
The United States expressed disappointment Tuesday that Cambodia had demolished a second American-funded military facility without warning, as the kingdom turns to China to expand a naval base.
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Europe
Turkey Hails Azerbaijan ‘Gains’ After Karabakh Deal
Turkey on Tuesday hailed the "significant gains" achieved by Azerbaijan's forces that were cemented in a peace deal with Armenia.
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Americas
Trump Fires Defense Chief Mark Esper
President Donald Trump on Monday announced by tweet that he had fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper, further destabilizing a government already navigating Trump's refusal to concede election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.
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Africa
ADF Militia Kill More Than a Dozen in Attacks Near DR Congo’s Beni
More than a dozen people have been killed in two attacks near Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that were blamed on the Islamist ADF group, local sources said Sunday.
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Europe
Armenia Says Fighting Continues for Key Karabakh Town
Armenia said on Monday that fighting was continuing for the key town of Shusha in Nagorno Karabakh, a day after Azerbaijan claimed to have captured it from Armenian separatist forces.
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Europe
Three Dead in Axe and Gun Attack at Russian Military Base Near Voronezh
A Russian serviceman Monday hacked an officer to death with an axe and shot two fellow soldiers dead at a military base near the southern city of Voronezh, investigators said.
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Africa
Ethiopia’s Abiy Vows Military Operation in Tigray to ‘Wrap up Soon’
Ethiopia's PM Ahmed vowed his military operation in the northern Tigray region would be over soon, seeking to placate foreign allies that the country was not on a path to all-out war.
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Middle East
IS Attack West of Baghdad Kills 11: Security, Medical Sources
An Islamic State group attack on a lookout point west of Baghdad manned by a state-sponsored tribal force left 11 people dead late Sunday.
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