ADEN (Reuters) - A remotely-detonated bomb planted in a military vehicle killed a soldier and a civilian and injured six other soldiers in the Hadramaut region of eastern Yemen on Saturday evening, a local security official said. Full story
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military has freed a number of women and children held hostage by Islamist sect Boko Haram, the army said on Saturday, after its offensive in the northeast of the country overran three of the insurgents' camps. Full story
NIAMEY (Reuters) - French special forces and Niger troops shot dead on Friday the last two Islamists involved in a twin attack on a military base and a French uranium mine in Niger, which was claimed by the mastermind of January's mass hostage-taking in Algeria. Full story
NIAMEY (Reuters) - At least 18 soldiers and four suspected Islamists were killed in a fierce gunbattle following a dawn car bomb attack at a barracks in the northern Niger town of Agadez, military sources and a local official said. Full story
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments approved a mission on Wednesday to help Libya improve its border security in response to concerns that Islamist militants and weapons move freely across the North African country's frontier. Full story
CAIRO (Reuters) - Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula last week were released on Wednesday, the army said. Full story
A group of bipartisan lawmakers just returned from a fact-finding mission inside Mali’s deadly war zone. The four Americans met with military officials in the country’s capital and discussed how the U.S. can help Mali regain control from Islamist rebels. Sen. Chris Coons and Rep. Karen Bass discuss.
Malian soldiers in units fighting the north of Mali say the Islamist fighters are well armed and many of them very young. Lindsey Hilsum Channel Four Europe reports.
Despite President Morsi rescinding much of the decree he issued last month giving him near absolute authority, Egypt's opposition want the Islamist leader to cancel a referendum on a disputed draft of a new constitution. TODAY’s Natalie Morales reports.
Demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square turn violent as Secularists clash with pro-government Islamists. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports.
The new Islamist rulers of northern Mali are not just torturing and maiming those who do not follow their views, they are systematically extinguishing one of Africa's most diverse cultures. In the third of her series of reports from Mali, Channel 4 Europe’s International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum, hear
Islamist and Brotherhood members of the Shura Council, attend a meeting on the new judicial law in Cairo May 25, 2013. Egypt's highest court ruled on Saturday that parts of a revised election law setting out terms for a parliamentary election were unconstitutional, casting fresh doubt over a poll th
Islamist and Brotherhood members of the Shura Council, smile after the approval of the new judicial law during its meeting in Cairo May 25, 2013. Egypt's highest court ruled on Saturday that parts of a revised election law setting out terms for a parliamentary election were unconstitutional, casting
Islamist and members of the Brotherhood in the Shura Council, raise their hands to approve the new judicial law during its meeting in Cairo May 25, 2013. Egypt's highest court ruled on Saturday that parts of a revised election law setting out terms for a parliamentary election were unconstitutional,
Islamist preacher Omar Bakri talks on his mobile phone during an interview with Reuters at his home in Tripoli, northern Lebanon May 24, 2013. Bakri praised Michael Adebolajo, one of the suspected killers of a British soldier in Woolwich, but said his actions were spontaneous and that he acted alone
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