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What to know about joint US-Nigeria operation that killed a senior militant leaderTrump wrote in a social media post that the mission in the early hours of Saturday targeted Abu Bakr al-Mainuki, who was part of the top le...- Is coffee dangerous for Americans? These three US states asked not to drink caffeinePeople in three US states Nevada, California, and Arizona have been asked not to consume coffee or caffeine due to extreme heat conditions....
- India dropped from UN report on kids and armed conflictIndia was mentioned in the report of the Secretary-General on 'Children and Armed Conflict' since 2010 along with other countries like Burk...
- Extreme weather costs world billions in 2021: StudyAmong them is Hurricane Ida, which struck the US in August, costing $65 billion and killing 95 people. July floods in Europe cost $43 billi...
- 24 Chadian troops killed in suspected jihadist attackJihadists from Boko Haram and a rival splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province, have been using the region for years as a hav...
- After attack on rival, Islamic State jihadists battle for control in northeast NigeriaIslamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) is now targeting Boko Haram's soldiers after raiding Shekau's stronghold in Sambisa forest in Bo...
- Explained: Chad's strategic interest to France, Western alliesChad's longtime ruler President Idriss Deby's death, which Paris described as the loss of a courageous friend who had sought peace and stab...
- Over 660,000 displaced during pandemic despite UN plea: Aid groupThe Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said its figures showed that armed conflict around the world had continued during the pandemic, even as...
- Extremists see global chaos from virus as an opportunityMessages from the Islamic extremist groups show concern about the virus mixed with bravado, asserting that it is punishment for non-Muslims...
- Boko Haram militants kill 92 Chadian soldiers: PresidentThe soldiers were attacked on Monday on the island village of Boma in the swampy Lake Chad zone in the west of the country, where the armie...
- Pak, India should resolve Kashmir dispute: Ban Ki-moon to Nawaz SharifBan Ki-moon's remarks came as Sharif handed over to him a dossier containing evidence of alleged human rights violations by Indian forces i...
- 41 killed in Lake Chad blasts blamed on Boko Haram: governmentForty-one people were killed in triple explosions in a Chadian city on the shores of Lake Chad, blamed on the Nigerian jihadist group Boko ...
- Sahara contained the world's largest lakeThe Sahara desert contained the world's largest freshwater lake until it evaporated in just a few hundred years, a new study has found.
- Boko Haram may have committed war crimes: UN rights chiefThe group has also repeatedly used young children as human bombs, including a case of a 14-year-old carrying a baby on her back who detonat...
- ""Very few drops to drink"As the eminent poet W H Auden noted, “Thousands have lived without love, but not one without water.”
- UNHCR concerned over refugees' return to violence-hit NigeriaUN expressed concern over the return of hundreds of refugees to Nigeria from Niger, saying authorities in the two countries should stop the...
- Boko Haram attacks force over 11,000 flee Nigeria in 10 daysThe Islamist group attacked the town of Baga on January 3, and razed it and at least 16 surrounding settlements, feared to be the worst mas...
- Global warming may lead to food shortfallProf NH Ravindranath, chairman of the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bengaluru, has said one of the observed impacts of climate chan...
- UN designates Western Ghats as world heritage siteIndia's 1600-km long Western Ghats mountain chain, which has forests older than the Himalaya mountains, has been added to list of world her...
- Ban outlines plan to bring peace in DarfurUN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has outlined an ambitious three-point plan to end the conflict in Sudan.
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