Yemen’s army and the popular committees thwart an attempt by Saudi-backed mercenaries to advance in the province of Ta’izz, says a Yemeni military source.

Dozens of fishermen have reportedly been killed after a Nigerian fighter jet bombed a village in the country’s conflict-ridden northeast.

The biggest trial in France for those allegedly involved in the 2015 terror attacks in the capital, Paris, is set to begin amid heightened security.

The Syrian military resumes its attacks against the last militant enclave in the southwestern city of Dara’a following the collapse of a Russian-mediated deal to restore government rule in the area.

Suspected militants kill at least 19 people in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities say.

Russian President Putin denounces the West’s policy of sending people who have been evacuated from Afghanistan to countries near Russia, saying he doesn’t want the militants to sneak into the region under the guise of refugees.

The Taliban have captured another provincial capital in the northern Afghanistan, taking the number of cities they have seized since Friday to nine.