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Saudi-led coalition to release 200 Houthi rebels amid Yemen peace push

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi rebels said it will release 200 insurgents, as efforts pick up pace to end the conflict in the impoverished country

Denmark strips 2 ISIS adherents of citizenship under new law

Two dual Danish nationals who joined ISIS in Syria have been stripped of their citizenship under a new law applied for the first time

Mali helicopter collision kills 13 French soldiers with Operation Barkhane

Thirteen soldiers from France's anti-terrorist Barkhane force in Mali were killed after two helicopters collided during an operation in the country's north

Contempt and violence spiral in al-Hol camp, where ISIS women dread regime’s return

With winter approaching and tensions in Syria's al-Hol camp at a boiling point, some ISIS-affiliated women said they intend to escape

Turkey tests Russian S-400 air defense missile system

Turkey began testing its Russian S-400 missile defense system despite repeated calls from the US that it could lead to sanctions

DR Congo protesters storm MONUSCO camp, accuse peacekeepers of inaction after Beni attacks

Eight DR Congo civilians died in a fresh militant attack in Beni and angry residents partly burnt the town hall and accused MONUSCO of inaction

Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed in new Saudi-led coalition airstrikes near Hodeidah

Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed eight Yemeni Houthi rebels near the port of Hodeidah, triggering fierce battles around the flashpoint city

French naval base in UAE to host European-led Gulf maritime monitoring mission

A European-led maritime surveillance initiative to monitor Gulf waters will be stationed at a French naval base in Abu Dhabi

Trump fires US Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over SEAL misconduct case

The US Navy secretary criticized Donald Trump after being sacked in a dispute over a SEAL commando whose demotion for misconduct was reversed

Philippines soldiers rescue British man and wife from Abu Sayyaf

Philippine soldiers on Monday rescued a British man and his wife from the Islamic State-linked jihadist group Abu Sayyaf

US deployment to Syria’s oilfields won’t halt further Turkish attacks, Kurdish official says

US forces guarding northeast Syria's oilfields will not prevent an expansion of Turkey’s incursion, TEV-DEM official Aldar Xelil said

UK to repatriate first British children of ISIS-linked parents from Syria

The UK will for the first time repatriate orphan children of British parents who had traveled to join ISIS in Syria

South Korea and Japan to extend military intelligence-sharing agreement

South Korea will extend a critical military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan just hours before the pact was due to expire

China slams ‘provocative’ US warship navigation operations in disputed waters

China accused the US of "provocative" conduct after warships USS Gabrielle Giffords and USS Wayne E. Meyer sailed near the Spratly islands in the South China Sea

US approves $1 billion sale of MK-45 naval guns to India

The US Department of State has approved a possible $1 billion sale of up to 13 MK-45 5-inch (62-caliber) (MOD 4) naval guns to India

US approves $4 billion sale of 36 AH-64E Apache helicopters to Morocco

The US approved a sale of 36 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, Hellfire and Stinger missiles and APKWS to Morocco for $4.25 billion