Iraq begins operation to retake Mosul

Iraq begins operation to retake Mosul

(VOVworld) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Monday that operations to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State group have begun
ASEAN, US strengthen security cooperation

ASEAN, US strengthen security cooperation

(VOVworld)- The ASEAN-US Defense Ministers’ Informal Meeting held last week in Hawaii agreed on a number of solutions to strengthen bilateral security cooperation in the near future....
Syrian army advances in Aleppo

Syrian army advances in Aleppo

(VOVworld) - A military source confirmed that the Syrian army on Tuesday restored full control over the al-Farafira neighborhood in Northern Aleppo as part of a major offensive launched last...
Morocco arrests gunmen linked to IS

Morocco arrests gunmen linked to IS

(VOVworld) - The Moroccan Interior Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that a terror cell of three jihadists linked to the Islamic State (IS) in Libya was neutralized by Morocco's Central Bureau of Judicial...
Thawing Russia-Turkey relations

Thawing Russia-Turkey relations

(VOVworld) – On June 27 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent an apology to Russian officials 6 months after the Turkish army shot down a Russian plane near the Turkey-Syria border....
Another bloody shooting in the US

Another bloody shooting in the US

(VOVworld)- The US suffered its worst mass shooting since the September 11 terror attacks. The guns used in the massacre were purchased legally. Alarms are once again being raised that...
Taliban kills 12 hostages

Taliban kills 12 hostages

(VOVworld) - Afghan security official Gulam Mohammad Tahiri said Wednesday that Taliban insurgents executed 12 people they abducted in recent ambushes in Afghanistan's southeastern Ghazni province
Niger kills 12 Boko Haram gunmen

Niger kills 12 Boko Haram gunmen

(VOVworld) - Security forces in Niger have killed 12 gunmen of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram who launched an attack in the southeastern region of Bosso close to the border...
Bomb attacks in Yemen kill 27

Bomb attacks in Yemen kill 27

(VOVworld) - A suicide bomb blast hit a market in Marib in northern Yemen on Friday, killing eight people including three soldiers and wounding several others