
Abu Sayyaf Islamist militants in the Philippines have released two Filipino members of a TV crew, who were kidnapped last June. Ramel Vela and Roland Letriro have been taken to a hospital in the southern Sulu province after their release. It is unclear why the Jordanian reporter they were working with was not freed. The [...]

Algerian troops have surrounded a gas facility in the east of the country where foreign workers are being held hostage by Islamist militants. The kidnappers occupied the complex at In Amenas on Wednesday, after killing a Briton and an Algerian in an attack on a bus. Algeria says some 20 foreign nationals are being held [...]

France is ready to stop Islamist militants who control northern Mali if they continue their offensive, President Francois Hollande has said. However, President Francois Hollande said France would only act under UN authorization. Francois Hollande was responding to a plea by Malian President Dioncounda Traore for help to counter a renewed rebel offensive. Earlier, an [...]

Egyptian army helicopters have fired missiles on suspected Islamist militants in Sinai peninsula, security officials say. Twenty people were reported killed in Touma village, while the Sheikh Zuwaid area to the west was also hit. The strikes came after security checkpoints were allegedly attacked by gunmen in the town of al-Arish, leaving a number of [...]