Tag: War and unrest
US Navy seizes large cache of smuggled weapons off Somalia
<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy seized a large cache of weapons being smuggled by two small ships off the coast of...
Denmark: Man charged with planning terror attack
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A naturalized Danish man was charged Monday with planning to commit an act of terror in an unknown location in Denmark...
France, West African leaders discuss fighting extremism
PARIS — French and West African heads of state began a two-day summit Monday on the fight against Islamic extremists in Africa’s Sahel region,...
NATO chief dismisses early pullout of Afghan troop trainers
<p>BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the military alliance will only leave Afghanistan when security conditions allow, as a deadline for...
Palestinians say Israel blocks shipment of vaccines to Gaza
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority said Monday that Israel was preventing it from sending coronavirus vaccines to the Gaza Strip that are...
Dozens charged in Capitol riots spewed extremist rhetoric
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — In a text message, a radicalized Trump supporter suggested getting a boat to ferry “heavy weapons” across the Potomac River...
Suspected Israeli settlers vandalize Palestinian cars
JERUSALEM — Suspected Israeli settlers vandalized several vehicles belonging to Palestinian workers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday in broad daylight in an...
UN urges foreign fighters and mercenaries to leave Libya
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called the establishment of a transitional government in Libya “an important milestone” Tuesday and urged all countries...
Timeline: Yemen war began in 2014 when Houthis seized Sanaa
<p>CAIRO — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire....
History of abuse for Mexican police unit in migrant massacre
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — When state police in northern Mexico allegedly shot 19 people, including at least 14 Guatemalan migrants, to death in late...