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Egypt's military said militants firing machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a border checkpoint Saturday, killing 21 soldiers in one of…

Egyptian soldiers in north Sinai prevented an aid convoy of activists from reaching the Rafah border crossing with the embattled…

A Hamas official denied on Thursday that the Palestinian faction had secured a ceasefire deal with Israel,  refuting claims from…

Assailants killed 14 Tunisian soldiers in an attack near the Algerian border, the government said Thursday, the worst such attack…

Afghanistan on Thursday began a massive audit of 8.1 million ballots cast in the run-off round of its controversial presidential…

Ukraine on Thursday hailed tougher Western sanctions against Russia over its alleged backing for pro-Moscow rebels as separatists inched towards…

Three people died and dozens were injured after a train derailed in the Moscow metro during rush hour on Tuesday,…

Moscow is considering targeted strikes against Ukraine after a shell reportedly crossed the border and killed a Russian civilian, the…

Israeli warplanes kept up their bombing of Gaza on Friday as Hamas rockets set sirens wailing, raising fears the conflict…

South Sudan marks its third anniversary of independence on Wednesday, with civil war raging, the young nation divided by ethnic…