Britain to send forces to Mali as part of EU mission
Downing Street has said that the British government will dispatch 350 troops to Mali to aid French troops stationed in the country’s north, as part of a UK mission to train local forces and...
Category: Wars and Rumors of Wars
‘Hamas leader Mashaal seeking presidency of PLO’
‘Al-Quds Al-Arabi’ quotes Palestinian sources as saying Jordan and Qatar are pushing for Mashaal to chair PLO. Photo: Screenshot CNN Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal is seeking to take over the presidency of the Palestinian...
French and Malian forces have retaken Timbuktu
French and Malian forces have retaken Timbuktu. Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland is embedded with the troops. She reports from Timbuktu.
French success in Mali may herald ‘war of the shadows’
It is not exactly blitzkrieg in the desert, but French commanders can be well-pleased with the way their operation in Mali has played out so far. Pressed to intervene when the Malian army was...
Hamas to establish military academy for Gaza schoolchildren
Hamas is planning to establish a military academy in the Gaza Strip for training and educating schoolchildren. Palestinian children celebrate Hamas founding, Dec. 8, 2012 Photo: REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh announced Thursday...
Taiwan enters fray in China, Japan sea dispute
Tensions are escalating anew in the East China Sea, as Japan’s coastguard fired water cannon to repel a Taiwanese fishing boat, entering the waters around a group of disputed islands. Some fear the fight...
North Korea Vows to Carry Out Nuke Test Aimed at US
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea warned Thursday it plans to conduct more long-range rocket launches and carry out a “high-level” nuclear test targeted at the United States in response to a U.N. Security...
A Terrorist Homeland in North Africa
Photo Credit: AP Sahara Region Rife with Instability Similar to Mauritania is Mali’s eastern neighbor Niger. Ethnic Tuareg rebels have been fighting the central government in Niamey for years, and the terrorist group Al-Qaida...
Mali conflict: French troops to face combat ‘within hours’
Trouble in store: French troops arrive at Bamako’s airport Photo: AP The ground assault reverses France’s earlier insistence that it would provide only air and logistical support for a military intervention, which would be led...
U.S. delegation seeks to calm spats between Japan, South Korea
Photo Credit: Reuters/Issei Kato (Reuters) – The United States sent its top Asian diplomacy and security officials to South Korea and Japan to calm tensions between two U.S. allies whose squabbling has frustrated efforts to deal with...
