The American airstrike that may have killed a number of Iraqi soldiers on Friday seems to be “a mistake that involved both sides,” U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Saturday. Iraq pledged to punish those responsible. Speaking to reporters during a visit to the USS Kearsarge in the Persian Gulf,… Read More

A retired French police officer traveling on Air France was detained after a fake bomb hidden in a lavatory forced his Paris-bound flight to make an emergency landing in Kenya, according to prosecutors. The hoax — the fourth against Air France in recent weeks — comes amid heightened concerns about… Read More

Three young suicide bombers set off explosions that killed six others and injured at least 24 people in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, a Nigerian army spokesman said Monday. The attack Sunday in Benisheikh came as Nigeria’s army launched an operation against two Boko Haram camps in the state that killed… Read More

Under the bright lights, a call of “set, hike” echoes out, followed by the clatter of helmets smashing against pads at a high school football game. But these aren’t American teenagers hoping to play college ball — they are Israelis with an eye on joining elite military combat units. A… Read More

Austrian authorities say two men have been arrested and are being investigated for possible links to last month’s attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. State Prosecutor Robert Holzleitner says the two were arrested during the weekend in a migrants’ shelter in Salzburg. Holzleitner said Wednesday that the pair are… Read More

The United States and Cuba are close to an agreement on restoring regularly scheduled, commercial flights between the countries, a senior American diplomat said Tuesday, as talks on the matter were ongoing. Jeffrey DeLaurentis, who heads the U.S. embassy in Havana, described an aviation deal as one of several in… Read More

The Taliban is on the rise, and they’re leaving behind a bloody wake. Violence in the war-torn country of Afghanistan is increasing, according to a new Pentagon report to Congress that says the Taliban was emboldened by the reduced U.S. military role and are likely to try to build momentum… Read More