The United States launched “powerful and deadly” strikes against groups it claims are affiliated with ISIL (ISIS) in Nigeria, ...

Masri, published by the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies, offers a panoramic reading of a world that has ...

President Donald Trump ordered Christmas airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria, targeting ISIS terrorists near the Niger border after attacks on Christians.

Aaron Zelin, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, analyzes the U.S. strike on ISIS targets in Nigeria and the message it sends.

President Trump said that he delayed U.S. military strikes in Nigeria until Christmas Day to deliver a message to groups he ...

Abstract: The Central Sahel region is beset by ongoing armed conflicts and confronts a critical humanitarian crisis. Nighttime light data can serve as a valuable, objective source for monitoring ...

Military rulers in west Africa's Sahel region may well have celebrated had a recent coup attempt in Benin resulted in another anti-Western junta in their neighbourhood, analysts said. Not least ...

NFL fans, the moment you've been waiting for is finally here. Bye weeks are over and Saturday games haven't yet begun, so the league's Sunday slate is going to be loaded with quality matchups. A total ...

Several parts of California — including the Central Valley and northern regions — haven’t seen the sun for more than two weeks. According to NASA, an unusual “atmospheric phenomenon” was clearly ...

Extremist groups competing for territory across West Africa could turn the region into a fluid insurgency corridor spanning roughly the distance from London to Rome and spark even more violence. West ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it would imminently start buying short-dated government bonds to help manage market liquidity levels to ensure the central bank ...