Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram militants killed 18 villagers in Monday's attack on Memorom, a Chadian village near Lake Chad, local media reported Wednesday.
Egyptian military raids killed 100 terrorists in North Sinai while 17 army troops were killed and 13 others injured in confrontations on Wednesday, the Egypt Armed Forces said in a statement carried by official MENA news agency.
Egypt's cabinet said in a statement on Wednesday that it is constantly convened due to the mounting terrorist activities, voicing full support for all security measures to combat terrorism in the country.
A total of 25 people were killed and 28 wounded on Monday in air strikes, clashes with the Islamic State (IS) militants and violent attacks across Iraq, security sources said.
At least 11 people were killed on Monday in an air strike in province of Anbar and two violent attacks in Iraqi capital of Baghdad, security sources said.
The Afghan national security forces killed at least 120 armed insurgents and regained control of the strategically important Yamgan district in the northern Badakhshan province after days of heavy fighting, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
Eleven Al-Shabaab militants, including two fighters of Caucasian origin, were killed Sunday in a dawn attack on a military camp at Baure area, Lamu County of Kenya's coastal region, a military spokesperson confirmed.
Nineteen militants were killed earlier on Wednesday in clashes between local jihadists and the Islamic State (IS) affiliate in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, according to a security source.
The Lebanese Shiite militant party Hezbollah said a "prominent leader" of the Islamic State (IS) was killed on Tuesday in the Qalamoun region adjacent to the country's eastern border with Syria.
The families of two Yemeni men killed in a 2012 U.S. drone strike in Yemen have sued the United States in federal court in Washington, demanding that the U.S. government acknowledge the pair's "unlawful deaths."
A total of 28 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Monday in the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and clashes with the Iraqi security forces in the province of Anbar, a provincial security source said.
About 86 Taliban militants have been killed during military operations and clashes with the security forces within the past 24 hours, said the authorities on Tuesday morning.
The police are working around the clock to apprehend the perpetrators of the recent xenophobia violence, the Presidency said on Monday.
A UN envoy in charge of protecting children in armed conflict on Tuesday said that she was alarmed by the rising number of child casualties in Yemen, calling on all warring sides to "avoid creating new risks for children."
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The estimated number of people killed in eastern Ukraine since conflict began there in April 2014 is believed to have now surpassed 6,000, the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) announced Monday.
The Philippine government assured Sunday that security forces have been doing all they can to prevent a spillover of clashes in southern Philippines amid an all- out offensive against lawless elements and terrorist group in the region.
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