The first country to send troops to Somalia, in 2007, will leave by August 2027. A funding shortfall after the US withdrew support for the mission's logistics is speeding the exit.
Six months after an offensive that killed the defence minister, Mali's junta still holds Bamako, and the army has returned to Kidal with Russian help. But the capital lives on escorted convoys, and the Sahel has become the world's deadliest terrorism hotspot.
While the US president says the US is “getting everything it wants,” Iranian officials describe the American response as unconvincing. Between the statements lie strikes near Qeshm and attacks on tankers.
Eight months after the war began, Iran no longer has the navy or the radars it once had, yet it still keeps the Strait of Hormuz practically closed. Not because it controls it, but because no one else can guarantee that it is safe.
Trump confirmed a "minor attack" on an air defense facility on an Iranian island near the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran rejects the US response to its plan for reopening the strait, while Qatar says negotiations are continuing.
A new front has opened in southern Yemen in Lahij province. Saudi strikes killed at least 17 people in two days, according to the Houthis, while Riyadh says it thwarted another drone attack on Mecca.
Baghdad is trying to stay out of the war with Iran. The US is threatening sanctions if the militias are not disarmed by the end of June 2027.
The South Korean military detected launches from the Sondok area. Pyongyang had earlier claimed to have tested a warhead with cluster munitions and a cruise missile with a dispersal warhead.
The attack is attributed to the Rapid Support Forces. Drones have become the leading cause of civilian deaths in Sudan this year, and Turkish and Chinese manufacturers are profiting most from the war.
Satellite imagery from Yale University shows a city where life has practically stopped, hospitals with pits and a 75-kilometer berm around the city. The drone war is spreading to Khartoum and the power grid, while foreign backers of both sides go unpunished.
The missiles were launched from the Wonsan area and flew about 250 kilometres. It is at least the fourth launch in October.
Three ballistic missiles hit a training centre in al-Alam camp north of Ataq. Presidential Leadership Council head Rashad al-Alimi called it a terrorist attack.
DR Congo's 17th outbreak is one of the largest on record. There is no licensed vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff and the US are analysing the missile type. The launch took place on Saturday morning towards the East Sea.
An offensive that began near Taiz on September 3 has brought the Houthis to the Red Sea coast. Unverified reports also speak of the capture of the Hanish Islands.
The Gibraltar-flagged Hercules Star and the Panama-flagged New Andros were damaged. The attacks push Gulf shipping insurance costs even higher.
The Sudan Doctors Network blames the SPLM-N faction of Abdelaziz al-Hilu. It says the attacks targeted the Otoro tribe.
Trump ordered "decisive and powerful" military action and warned Iran to stop supporting the Houthis. The Houthis vow to respond.
The first phase of the agreement, brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the US, lasts 42 days. Israel is due to release 90 Palestinian prisoners in the first exchange.
President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law for the first time since 1980 but was forced to withdraw it after a vote in the National Assembly.
Strikes on air defences and missile production sites are a response to Iran's October 1 attack. The Iranian army said four soldiers were killed.
According to the NIS, the first 1,500 special forces have already been moved to Vladivostok on Russian ships. Moscow and Pyongyang have not confirmed the reports.
The organisation's secretary-general died in an attack on an underground headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs. He had led Hezbollah since 1992.
Hamas and Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the head of the political bureau was killed at his residence. Israel has not commented.