Turkey determined to play role in planned Mosul offensive: Erdogan

U.S. military strikes Yemen after missile attacks on U.S. Navy ship


WASHINGTON The U.S. military launched cruise missiles on Thursday against three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi forces, after failed missile attacks this week on a U.S. Navy destroyer, U.S. officials said.




Nigeria's Boko Haram frees 21 kidnapped Chibok girls after 2-1/2 years


ABUJA Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok, after mediation by Switzerland and the International Red Cross, officials said on Thursday.




Rockets hit Turkey's Antalya resort province, no casualties: Dogan


ISTANBUL Two rockets were fired at a fishing company's shop in the southern Turkish resort province of Antalya on Friday but did not cause any casualties, Dogan news agency reported.