US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he approved Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s request for “some flexibility on our drawdown timelines. “I’ve consulted with General Campbell in Afghanistan. My national security team and I’ve decided that we will maintain our current posture of 9,800 troops through the end of this year,” …

At least thirty militants were killed in fresh air strikes by security forces in Khyber tribal region of northern Pakistan, said the military on Wednesday. According to the Pakistan military’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), those killed also included important commanders of terrorists. Two caches of arms and ammunition

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita received Monday in Algiers Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, who paid him a courtesy visit. The audience took place in the state residence of Zeralda attended by Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra and Minister of Industry and Mines, Abdessalam Bouchouareb. Mali president arrived Sunday in Algiers for …

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has received Monday in Algiers his Malian counterpart Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who is on a state visit to Algeria. The audience was attended by Speaker of the Council of the Nation (Upper House of Parliament) Abdelkader Bensalah, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, State Minister, Principal Private Secretary …

The Iraqi government should gain the support the country’s Sunnis to regain their confidence in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said, stressing an armed struggle against the jihadist group would not be sufficient without the support of all …

Lawmakers in South Sudan on Tuesday voted to extend the tenure of President Salva Kiir by three years, a move the government had said was necessary for stability amid an ongoing rebellion led by a former deputy president. The measure, passed by more than two-thirds of the legislators on Tuesday, …

Three Egyptian soldiers were killed on Tuesday in the Sinai peninsula. A conscript was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the city of Al-Arish in North Sinai. The attackers were riding a car when they shot the conscript near Al-Arish’s central security headquarters.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Monday night asking President Obama to send lethal arms to Ukraine, media said. Representatives endorsed the resolution in a 348 to 48 vote, and such a proposal is also likely to enjoy widespread support in the Senate.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has claimed that “70 percent” of the country’s Donbass region has been retaken from pro-Russian separatists. Speaking on Monday during a meeting of military commanders in Ukraine’s National University of Defense, Poroshenko said more than 100 residential areas had been retaken in more than 40 operations between 5 and 23 …

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has stressed that Turkey pays utmost importance to Ukraine’s territorial integrity and supports the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, during a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kiev. Çavuşoğlu, who accompanied President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his visit to …