SEVARE, Mali (AP) — French and Malian forces pushed toward the fabled desert town of Timbuktu on Sunday, as the two-week-long French mission gathered momentum against the Islamist extremists who have ruled the ... Read more
KONNA, Mali (AP) — French and Malian troops regained control of the airport and bridge of the crucial, northern city of Gao on Saturday, marking their biggest advance yet in their bid to oust al-Qaida-linked ... Read more
SEVARE, Mali (AP) — French and Malian forces took control of the radical Islamist stronghold of Gao on Saturday, marking a major advance in their bid to oust al-Qaida-linked extremists who have controlled ... Read more
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — France's defense minister says French forces have taken control of an area around the airport and bridge in Gao, a city in northeastern Mali that for months has been controlled by ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nominee to be America's top diplomat supports deeper ties with China and is unconvinced the U.S. needs to ramp up its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region. Sen. John Kerry was ... Read more
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For African nations, moving from promises to send hundreds of troops to help fight al-Qaida in troubled Mali to getting boots on the ground has been more complicated than first ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Pentagon is stepping up aid for Mexico's bloody drug war with a new U.S.-based special operations headquarters to teach Mexican security forces how to hunt drug cartels ... Read more