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The Kurdish militant group PKK announced that it is disbanding and renouncing armed conflict as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of hostilities. The decision by the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers’ Party, promises to end one of the longest insurgencies in the Middle East and...

An attack by a jihadi group in northern Burkina Faso killed more than 100 people, mostly soldiers, an aid worker and local residents said. The attack on several locations, including a military base and the long besieged strategic town of Djibo, occurred early Sunday, said an aid worker actively...

An armed group attacked an artisanal gold mining site in southern Mali, a local elected official announced, the first such attack since a military government seized power in 2020. “Early on Monday morning, terrorists carried out two attacks in the Narena commune. First, they attacked a shop...

A ceasefire between India and Pakistan appears to have held overnight, after the two nations accused each other of "violations" just hours after a deal was reached. Days of cross-border military strikes had preceded the US-brokered deal, marking the worst military confrontation between the two...

At least 100 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces in March near the western town of Solenzo, Human Rights Watch said. According to victim testimony and videos shared on social media gathered by the rights group, the attackers were Burkina Faso special forces and members of a pro...

Nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday after U.S. pressure and four days of fighting, but within hours explosions rang out in border cities and towns and India accused Pakistan of violating the pact. Artillery fire and attack drones were witnessed in Jammu and...

At least 30 people have been killed after gunmen attacked travelers on a major highway in the southeastern part of Nigeria, rights group Amnesty International said. The rights group said that more than 20 vehicles and trucks were set ablaze during the attack along the Okigwe-Owerri highway in Imo...

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 23 Palestinians in Gaza, including three children and their parents whose tent was bombed in Gaza City, health officials said. The bombardment continued as international warnings grow over Israeli plans to control aid distribution in Gaza as Israel’s blockade on...

Israel’s ongoing blockade of humanitarian assistance for Gaza forced a leading aid group to shut its community soup kitchens as it faced empty warehouses and no replenishment of supplies in the war-battered enclave. World Central Kitchen was serving 133,000 meals per day and baking 80,000 loaves of...

Pakistan has promised to retaliate after India launched military strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, fueling fears of a broader confrontation between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Pakistan’s government on May 7 pledged to respond “at a time, place and manner of its choosing to...