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Clashes in Niamey after troops attempt to storm presidential palace
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Clashes erupted in Niger's capital on Saturday between the presidential guard and elements of the armed forces, after a night of heavy gunfire in parts of the c...
Clashes rock Niger capital, junta says back in control
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Niger's ruling junta said Saturday it "gradually took back control" after mutinying soldiers attacked key sites around the capital including the presidential pa...
Heavy gunfire rocks Niger capital, state TV signal cut
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Niger's national television was off air on Saturday after a night of heavy gunfire in parts of the capital, including around a military base near the city's air...
Turkey navy helps free hijacked vessel in deadly battle with pirates: Somalia
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Turkey's navy, along with Somali armed forces, have freed a hijacked vessel held in Somali waters and killed 14 pirates after a battle lasting several days, Mog...
N. Korea defence minister dismissed: state media
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea's defence minister has been dismissed as part of a reshuffle of the country's military leadership, state media reported Sunday.
Iran's president admits sanctions impacting economy
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has admitted that US sanctions on his country are hurting its economy, despite just days ago insisting they would achieve not...
Gunfire heard near military base in Niger capital
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Gunfire was heard overnight near a military base at the international airport in Niger's capital Niamey, which had been attacked twice this year by jihadists, r...
Niger junta says it is back in control after soldiers' mutiny
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Niger's ruling junta said it was back in control after mutinous soldiers set off armed clashes in Niger's capital Saturday, moving on the presidential palace an...
Ousted Ukraine defence chief accepts job advising Italian minister
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Ukraine's ousted defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov -- whose sacking last month prompted rare wartime protests -- on Friday said he had accepted a job working as...
Hezbollah chief again rejects Lebanon-Israel deal, refuses 'surrender'
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Friday again rejected a deal struck between Israel and Lebanon and said his Iran-backed group refused to "surrender" nearly six m...
US judge throws out confessions of alleged 9/11 mastermind: report
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A US military judge ruled Friday that confessions made by alleged 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents are inadmissible and cannot be us...
French Foreign Legion soldier kidnapped in southwestern Colombia
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A soldier in the French Foreign Legion was kidnapped earlier this month in an area dominated by guerrillas in southwestern Colombia, the country's army said Thu...
NATO, EU chiefs send condolences over Norway's King Harald
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The heads of NATO and the European Union on Friday expressed condolences over the death of Norway's King Harald after more than three decades on the throne.
Israel army says conducts rare West Bank airstrike on 'several terrorists'
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The Israeli military said it struck "several terrorists" on Friday in the northern occupied West Bank, a rare airstrike in the partly semi-autonomous Palestinia...
Tuareg rebels release Mali soldiers in prisoner swap
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Tuareg separatists released around 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for one of their own leaders detained in neighbouring Niger, security sources said on Friday.
CORRECTED: Israel says killed three militants in rare West Bank airstrike
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The Israeli military said it struck and killed three militants on Friday in the occupied West Bank, a rare airstrike in the Palestinian territory that has seen ...
Ousted Ukraine defence chief accepts job advising Italian minister
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Ukraine's ousted defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov -- whose sacking last month prompted rare wartime protests -- has on Friday said he had accepted a job workin...
Greece scrambles F-16s as 'Turkish drone' flies over airport
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Greece scrambled F-16 fighter jets Friday as a drone reported to be from Turkey flew over one of the country's airports, media and a military source said.
China removes high-ranking officers from key military body
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
China removed two high-ranking officers from the country's main military body on Friday, state media reported, seven months after it was announced that Zhang Yo...
Swiss nuclear plant fully back online after heatwaves
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The Beznau nuclear power plant in Switzerland, which was shut down multiple times over the last two months due to summer heatwaves, is fully operational again, ...
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