Tunisia’s prime minister says the army and private contractors are building a barrier along the border with Libya to keep out extremists following recent terror attacks claimed by ISIS. Habib Essid said construction aimed at rendering the border “impassable” by jihadi fighters and vehicles is expected to run through year-end.

Cameroon’s army has repulsed an attack by Boko Haram and killed three of the Nigerian Islamist militants in heavy fighting in the Far North region of the country, a Cameroon government spokesperson said on Thursday. The attack represented a change of tactics by the militants following a series of battlefield …

The United States on July 9 asked the UN Security Council to set up an investigative panel to identify those behind deadly chlorine gas attacks in Syria. The panel comprised of experts from the United Nations and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) chemical watchdog could be …