CONFLICT

Offensives started months after oil pipeline attacks severely affected country's oil production.

The threat has come when Russia and the US are talking of military cooperation to combat Isis in Syria.

Islamists storm building after attack which has left two gunmen and civilians killed.

Russian defence ministry sets up escape routes for those wishing to escape the ruined Syrian city

Philippine National Police chief vows to obey the country's commander-in-chief.

UK and French officials concerned that Isis may attack a UK-bound ferry, say reports.

Officials said Turkish army launched air operations to target Kurdish militants in southeastern Hakkari province.

Royal Navy says the advanced Destroyers are 'committed around the world 365 days a year'.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged South Sudan to protect the safety of lives and property, including Chinese.

US military investigators have offered a $10,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to the recovery of the weapons.

Burundi government has already told the UN it would not accept more than 50 troops in the country.

The hospital treats around 1,300 women and children a month and is the only maternity facility for 70 miles.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says IS has taken control of many villages in northwest of Manbij.

UN said aid deliveries temporarily suspended after UN convoy ambushed by militants

According to the police, the bomb was made using around 2-2.5 kilograms of explosive material.

Around 19 of 400 governing districts in the country have been taken over by militants.

According to reports, civilians are largely mistrustful of the proposed corridors by Moscow and Damascus.

The Islamists ambushed a convoy of UN humanitarian aid workers when they were returning from Bama.

The 73-year-old said Bouhlel asked him how to hire a truck and showed beheading videos to him.

Al-Nusra leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani said the group would be renamed to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham.

The jihadists reportedly executed four Syrian men for 'supporting enemies of the Caliphate'.

Army accused of sexually assaulting women and girls displaced by recent fighting in capital Juba

Three news agencies, 16 TV channels, 45 papers and 15 magazines are due to shut.

Nigerian army and government often claim victory over Boko Haram.

Minors detained by DRC security forces having been accused of belonging to rebel groups.

Activists say pro-Saudi sources have alluded that al-Nimr's and other Shia prisoners' executions could be imminent

The firing by unidentified gunmen has also injured another Hindu teenager.

More than nine million people across the Lake Chad Basin are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.

Syrian army tells Aleppo rebels to lay down their weapons as agencies warn of humanitarian disaster.