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Turkish forces to withdraw from strategic military base in northern Iraq

Turkey will gradually hand over the Bashiqa-Zilkan camp, where it has had troops since 2015, to the Iraqi government.

Euronews · Sep 25

'How can I build a bomb? It tells you how': How Boko Haram fighters are using AI to make explosives, plan attacks

Artificial intelligence is increasingly moving beyond its everyday uses in writing, research and answering questions, and a new research has highlighted how the technology is also being exploited by armed groups.

The Times of India · Sep 20

US Visa Ban Update: Mali and Burkina Faso Retaliate Against Trump Entry Curbs

Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger ban US citizens in retaliation for Trump visa restrictions. 26 of 39 affected nations are African; AGOA expired, tariffs rise, USAID cut—US-Africa relations fracture.

International Business Times UK · Jan 1

Armed men on motorbikes keep conflict in motion in the Sahel

In Benin and across West Africa, riders viewed with suspicion as motorcycles now synonymous with armed fighters.

Al Jazeera · Aug 21, 2025

US-led coalition captures a senior ISIL (ISIS) member in Syria: State media

It is not yet known if the man targeted might be ISIL’s supreme leader, Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi.

Al Jazeera · Aug 20, 2025

Mali’s Choguel Maiga charged with embezzlement, remanded in custody

Charges against Choguel Maiga comes as the military intensifies a crackdown on dissent in the West African country.

Al Jazeera · Aug 20, 2025

Will Iraq integrate the Popular Mobilization Forces into the state?

Iraq is debating a new draft law that would give the PMF militias formal standing in state institutions.

Al Jazeera · Aug 18, 2025

Iraq starts mass grave excavation from ISIL (ISIS) carnage south of Mosul

The al-Khasfa site, near Iraq’s second-largest city, could contain 4,000 remains and possibly thousands more.

Al Jazeera · Aug 17, 2025

Is Israel using Gaza tribal militias to help ethnic cleansing?

Yasser Abu Shabab escaped prison and has since emerged as an Israeli-backed militia leader in southern Gaza.

Al Jazeera · Aug 12, 2025

Suspects in 2024 Moscow concert hall attack that killed 149 face trial

Putin claims, without providing evidence, that Ukraine was involved in the attack, an allegation Kyiv vehemently denies.

Al Jazeera · Aug 4, 2025