At least twelve militants were killed during precise air strikes in Pakistan’s northern Khyber tribal region on Tuesday, said the military. According to Pakistan military’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that fighter jets carried out air strikes in the early hours of Tuesday near the Pak-Afghan border, which is part …

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said that Pakistan will continue its support to UN efforts for peace and stability in the world. In a meeting with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Dushanbe, the premier said that Pakistan is the largest contributor in UN peace missions. He …

Security forces targeted early Tuesday a group of “highly dangerous extremists” in North Sinai, killing five of them, a military source said. The source said four of the killed suspected militants were plotting a “terrorist operation” against security forces in the Sheikh Zuweid region.

President of The United Nations General Assembly, Sam Kahamba Kutesa, on Monday here hailed the “leadership and contribution” of Algeria to the settlement of the Malian crisis. “I commend Algeria for its leadership and contribution to resolving the conflict in Mali. This process was led by the Algerian top diplomat …

Representatives of Libya’s internationally-recognised parliament have suspended their participation in United Nations-brokered talks over a proposed power-sharing scheme with a rival Islamist-led government. A spokesperson for the parliament’s negotiators, Essa Abdel-Kauoum, told The Associated Press the council made its decision on Tuesday after UN envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon “succumbed” …

Three militants disguised in military uniform killed at least eight people in a local government office in Amiriyat al-Falluja in western Iraq on June 9, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

There will only be a political solution in Libya,” said French Defence Minister Jean Yves Le Drian Tuesday, adding that the United Nations Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Bernardino Léon is holding consultations today and tomorrow in Berlin to reach a political solution.

Algeria’s Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel has underlined the importance of countering terrorism and organized crime committed by organizations due to instability. The minister made the remark on Sunday during a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukry on coordinated arrangements for an expected …

Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry met with his Italian and Algerian counterparts in Cairo Monday to discuss the current Libyan crisis, according to the ministry’s webpage. During the meeting, Shoukry stressed on the importance to continue supporting the efforts of UN Special Representative for the Southern Mediterranean, Bernardino …

US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today that Western sanctions must remain in place against Russia until it complies with a ceasefire deal with Ukraine. “The two leaders discussed the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and agreed that the duration of sanctions should be clearly linked to …