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Pakistan
Pakistan announces 5-day pause on Afghan strikes for Eid
The temporary ceasefire comes after Monday’s hospital strike, the deadliest in an escalating conflict between the two neighbours.
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Survivors recount deadly air strike on Kabul drug rehab hospital
18 Mar 2026 - 9:57PM
Africa
Suicide attacks in Nigeria kill 23, wound more than 100
17 Mar 2026 - 3:12PM
Afghanistan
‘People were burning’: 400 dead after Pakistan strikes hit Kabul hospital
Pakistan rejected the accusation, saying its air strikes on eastern Afghanistan did not hit any civilian sites.
18 Mar 2026 - 10:02PM
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Gun violence in the US
Brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was Hezbollah commander: Israeli military
Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in Lebanon on March 5 along with 3 other relatives of Detroit attacker Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, the IDF said.
16 Mar 2026 - 1:12AM
US, Israel war on Iran
2 members of Iran-linked group killed in predawn blasts on Iraqi capital
The strikes are the first in the heart of Baghdad to kill Iran-backed fighters since the start of the war on February 28.
14 Mar 2026 - 11:35AM
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US, Israel war on Iran
Nearly 500 dead in Lebanon from Israeli offensive against Hezbollah
As the death toll rises by 100 a day, the Lebanese president proposes a truce with Israel, saying Hezbollah is pushing Lebanon into ‘chaos’.
10 Mar 2026 - 9:13PM
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Germany
Berlin jails man for 13 years over stabbing at Holocaust memorial
The man, 20, said he had been motivated by his radicalisation and belief he was acting with a religious mission.
5 Mar 2026 - 5:32PM
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Pakistan’s forever war and the politics of exhaustion
What Pakistan needs is not war with Afghanistan but urgent efforts to fix its economy, security and divided society after disruptive decades.
4 Mar 2026 - 10:30PM
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Crime
French court reduces prison terms for 3 involved in 2020 teacher beheading
Samuel Paty was murdered by radical Islamist teenager Abdoullakh Anzorov after showing a class cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
3 Mar 2026 - 5:42AM
Pakistan
Pakistan declares ‘open war’ with Afghan Taliban, attacks Kabul, Kandahar
The air strikes came hours after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops in what the Taliban government said was retaliation.
27 Feb 2026 - 5:06PM
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Pakistan
Pakistan claim of killing 80 militants ‘false’, Taliban security source says
The Afghan Defence Ministry said ‘various civilian areas’ in eastern Afghanistan were hit, including a religious madrasa and multiple homes.
23 Feb 2026 - 2:19AM
Israel-Gaza war
Can Trump’s Board of Peace succeed while Hamas still runs Gaza?
Hamas’ continuing influence over key Gaza power structures has fuelled widespread scepticism about the prospects of Trump’s peace plan.
19 Feb 2026 - 5:47PM
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Middle East
US pulls forces from Syria as new government exerts control
The Syrian army has already taken control of Al-Tanf military base, ending an American military presence that lasted for a decade.
19 Feb 2026 - 7:04AM
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Australia
Australian citizen in Syria with alleged Isis ties banned from returning home
This is the first known use of a temporary exclusion order introduced in 2019 to prevent high-risk citizens from returning to Australia.
18 Feb 2026 - 8:16PM
Pakistan
11 soldiers, 1 child killed in Pakistan after suicide bomber hits security post
Seven other civilians were injured in the blast, which damaged part of the compound and nearby homes.
17 Feb 2026 - 10:39PM
Israel-Gaza war
Hamas ‘used emojis’ to signal start of the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel
Citing the army, Israeli media reported that emojis were found on mobile phones belonging to members of Hamas’ elite Nukhba Forces unit.
17 Feb 2026 - 3:23AM
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Austria files charges against suspect over planned 2024 Taylor Swift attack
Prosecutors said the now 21-year-old suspect planned to carry out an Islamist militant attack at a concert by the US singer in Vienna.
17 Feb 2026 - 1:08AM
Pakistan
32 killed in Pakistan mosque suicide blast: ‘extremely powerful explosion’
The attack was the deadliest in Islamabad since September 2008, when 60 were killed in a suicide truck bomb blast at the Marriott hotel.
8 Feb 2026 - 1:46AM
United States
US arrests suspect in 2012 Benghazi consulate attack, Bondi says
Zubayar al-Bakoush has been extradited to the US to face murder, arson and terrorism-related charges for the 2012 incident.
7 Feb 2026 - 3:40AM
Africa
‘Burned in their houses’: survivors recount terror of Nigeria massacre
With 162 dead, survivors describe gunmen executing residents at close range and razing their village to ash.
6 Feb 2026 - 2:48PM
Israel-Gaza war
Gaza’s violent reality: hundreds have been killed since October ceasefire
At least 556 Palestinians have died in Israeli strikes, while four Israeli soldiers have been killed in the same period.
5 Feb 2026 - 2:35PM
Africa
Rounded up and executed: gunmen kill nearly 200 in Nigeria attacks
Attacks in Nigeria’s Kwara and Katsina states come as the African country remains in the grip of a complex security crisis.
5 Feb 2026 - 1:31PM
Israel-Gaza war
‘Where is the ceasefire?’: Israeli strikes kill 21 Palestinians in Gaza
More than 530 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since an October ceasefire, as Gaza health officials decry the ‘continued genocidal war’.
4 Feb 2026 - 8:35PM
Africa
Nigerian army kills top Boko Haram commander, 10 militants in night raid
Abu Khalid, a commander of Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest in Borno state, was a key figure within ‘the terrorist hierarchy’ according to the army.
1 Feb 2026 - 11:21PM
Pakistan
Pakistan says it killed 145 ‘Indian-backed terrorists’ after Balochistan attacks
‘The bodies of these 145 killed terrorists are in our custody, and some of them are Afghan nationals,’ the provincial chief minister said.
2 Feb 2026 - 11:24AM
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Africa
Islamic State claims bold attack on Niger’s strategic airport hub
Islamic State militants claim a coordinated raid on Niamey’s airport, targeting a strategic hub hosting uranium and regional military bases.
31 Jan 2026 - 12:32AM
Africa
Niger’s junta accuses foreign leaders of sponsoring airport attack
Niger’s military ruler vows retaliation after gunmen attack an air force base before being repelled by Russian fighters.
30 Jan 2026 - 2:29PM
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