War & Conflict

News Hour: British authorities on Sunday put an end to a prison riot involving up to 200 inmates, which broke out just days after a warders’ association warned of a “bloodbath” in the UK’s detention facilities....

News Hour: The Islamic State group has been eroded by international efforts to crush the jihadist group but its ability to mount devastating attacks on the West remains very real, defense, and security experts say. As...

News Hour: A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian armed groups has launched an operation to retake the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of Islamic State in Syria, the group said on Sunday. The new...

News Hour: The US military confirmed on Friday it had killed Al-Qaeda’s emir for northeastern Afghanistan during an air strike last month, in a major blow to the group as it seeks to re-establish safe havens...

News Hour: A Russia-declared unilateral ceasefire is to take hold in Syria’s Aleppo on Friday even as rebels stepped up a week-old assault to break a government siege of the city’s eastern districts. Regime ally Russia,...

News Hour: The United States will deploy an advanced missile-defense system in South Korea in eight to 10 months despite strong objections from China and Russia, a US military chief said on Friday. Seoul and Washington...

News Hour: Jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on his fighters to resist as Iraqi forces were poised on Thursday to enter the city of Mosul where he declared a “caliphate” two years ago. The appeal...

News Hour: The Malian jihadist group Ansar Dine has denied agreeing to a ceasefire with the government, a Mauritanian news agency and the extremist monitoring group said on Tuesday. It follows the announcement on Monday by...

News Hour: Iraqi forces have for the first time entered the eastern outskirts of Mosul, as they attempt to drive Islamic State (IS) militants from the northern city. A correspondent traveling with the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS)...

News Hour: Two Mexican soldiers were found dead in civilian clothes and covered in sheets in the Pacific resort of Acapulco a day after they were abducted by gunmen, authorities said on Monday. The soldiers were...