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Civilians killed in US special operations raid in Syria
U.S. special forces successfully carried out a counter-terrorism mission in northwest Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon said, a raid which Syrian sources ...U.S. to deploy more troops to Eastern Europe amid Ukraine crisis
The United States will send nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to shield Eastern Europe from a potential spillover from ...UAE says it blocked drone attack, little-known group claims responsibility
The United Arab Emirates said it intercepted three drones that entered its airspace over unpopulated areas early on Wednesday in the fourth ...Putin accuses U.S. of trying to lure Russia into war
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Tuesday of deliberately creating a scenario designed to lure it into war and ignoring Russia’s security concerns over ...UN head calls for ‘Olympic’ truce in Ethiopia
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged Tuesday for all parties in the Ethiopian conflict to implement a truce to mark the Olympic ...African Union suspends Burkina Faso after military coup
The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso from all its activities in response to last week’s military coup, effective until constitutional order ...Myanmar sees anti-junta protests on coup anniversary despite crackdown
Streets in some of Myanmar’s main cities were nearly deserted on Tuesday as opponents of military rule called for a “silent strike” ...North Korea tests biggest missile since 2017, U.S. calls for talks
North Korea confirmed on Monday it had launched a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile, the same weapon it had once threatened to target the ...Portugal’s PM Costa stuns with majority win in snap election
Defying all odds, Portugal’s centre-left Socialists won an outright parliamentary majority in Sunday’s snap general election, securing a strong new mandate for ...Britain considering major NATO deployment amid Ukraine crisis
Britain is considering making a major NATO deployment as part of a plan to strengthen Europe’s borders in response to Russia massing ...