(VOVworld) – Hundreds of IS gunmen have launched a series of attacks on Iraqi security forces and occupied some areas near an oil refinery in Baiji, in Salahundin province. The Iraqi army...
(VOvworld)- On Saturday, French President Francois Hollande convened an urgent cabinet meeting, declared a national state of emergency, and tightened borders after more than 150 people were killed in a...
(VOVworld)- Two Serbian embassy staff members were abducted in Libya on Sunday when their diplomatic convoy, which include the ambassador, came under fire in the coastal city of Sabratha. Serbia...
(VOVworld) – US Special Forces helped Kurd and Iraqi forces rescue 70 IS hostages facing “imminent mass execution” early Thursday morning at a prison near Hawijah, Iraq, but one American service...
(VOVworld)- On Monday, US military C-17 cargo planes dropped pallets arms ammunition and other items like hand grenades in Hasakah province in northern Syria to a coalition of rebel groups...
(VOVworld) – The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility over a series of attacks Tuesday on the Al-Qasr hotel, used as the headquarters for the Yemeni government in Aden...
(VOVworld) – Israel has launched a huge manhunt in the West Bank for the suspected Palestinian gunmen who killed a pair of Israeli settlers in front of their children
(VOVworld) - Israel has deployed two anti-missile batteries near its southern border after rocket fire from the Gaza Strip over the weekend, Israeli media reported on Sunday
(VOVworld) – Three IS jihadists, two of them British nationals, were killed in a drone strike by the British Royal Air Force, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday
(VOVworld) - Pro-government forces in Yemen recaptured Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province, from troops loyal to ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthi rebels
(VOVworld) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the announcement from a Saudi-led coalition of a five-day cease-fire to allow humanitarian activities in Yemen
(VOVworld) - Somali government troops backed by African Union forces on Wednesday captured Bardhere town, one of the last strongholds of al Shabaab, the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamist group
(VOVworld) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the phone, marking the first time the two have spoken in over a year
(VOVworld) – One year since the MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic released documents on the crash investigation. Among the documents are photos, forensics results,...
(VOVworld) - Iraqi security forces in the Al-Tash region killed Mohammad Eid, a senior commander of IS on the third day of an ongoing large-scale military operation to liberate...
(VOVworld) – At least 43 people were killed when Boko Haram gunmen attacked four villages in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday
(VOVworld)- French police are hunting for three armed men who stormed a Primark store in an suspected robbery attempt north of Paris
(VOVworld) – On Saturday, Syrian government forces carried out attacks on the coastal city of Latakia, west of Syria, and killed 100 rebels
(VOVworld) - Attacks at almost the same time in France, Tunisia, and Kuwait have claimed more than 60 lives. In the deadliest attack, gunmen killed at least 38 people and wounded...
(VOVworld) - Libya’s internationally recognized House of Representatives, HoR, approved on Wednesday the fourth draft of a UN-initiated power-sharing peace deal and agreed to continue negotiations to...