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13 January

ISWAP Suicide Bomber Kills Six Nigerian Troops in Borno: Military

Six Nigerian soldiers were killed when a jihadist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into them during a clash in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, two military sources said Tuesday.

13 January

Middle East

Smoke billows following an alleged Israeli airstrike targeting south of Damascus, Syria, on July 20, 2020

Staff Writer With AFP

40 Killed in Deadliest Israeli Strikes on Syria Since 2018: Monitor

Israeli night raids targeting arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria killed at least seven Syrian soldiers and 16 allied fighters, in the deadliest raids this year, a war monitor said.

12 January

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Afghan Forces Foil IS Plan to Assassinate Top US Envoy

Afghan authorities said Tuesday they had foiled a plan by the jihadist Islamic State group to assassinate the top US envoy in Kabul, as a wave of targeted killings continues to rock the country.

11 January

Africa

ISWAP pledges allegiance to new ISIS leader

Staff Writer With AFP

ISWAP Jihadists Kill 13 Soldiers in Northeast Nigeria

Thirteen soldiers have died in an ambush by jihadist fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group in volatile northeastern Nigeria.

11 January

Africa

A soldier from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) stands guard on a hill overlooking a United Nations tank position near the village of Kibumba I, around 20km from the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's restive North Kivu province on July 11, 2012.

Staff Writer With AFP

At Least Six DR Congo Park Rangers Killed in Attack

At least six rangers in DR Congo's Virunga national park were killed Sunday in an attack officials blamed on a militia group.

8 January

Technology

Demonstration by an RAF Critical Care Air Support Team, moving a patient.

Staff Writer

UK Army Medics to Use AR Glasses for Remote Battlefield Surgical Assistance

The British Army is testing technology that allows medical specialists thousands of miles away from the battlefield to instruct frontline medics how to operate on injured soldiers using augmented reality.

8 January

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

French Strike in Mali Targeted Jihadists, Says Bamako

Mali's government broke its silence in a controversy over a deadly attack, supporting France's assertion that its warplanes struck jihadists, while villagers say a wedding party was hit.

7 January

Africa

A Cameroonian policeman and a gendarme securing the perimeter of a polling station in Lysoka, near Buea, southwestern Cameroon, on October 7, 2018.

Staff Writer With AFP

Bomb Kills Four Soldiers, One Civilian in Cameroon

Four soldiers and a civilian were killed Wednesday when an official convoy was hit by makeshift explosives in a restive English-speaking region of Cameroon, the government said.

6 January

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

France Says Kills Dozens of Mali Jihadists, Villagers Say Wedding Party Hit

France said it had killed dozens of jihadists in an air strike in central Mali, while several villagers said up to 20 wedding guests were killed by fire from a helicopter.

5 January

Africa