DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Red Cross vehicles arrive at a location in northern Gaza as Hamas is set to free hostages in ceasefire deal. Naama Levy, one of the four IDF soldiers released from ...

Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN humanitarian office (OCHA), told a briefing in Geneva colleagues had reported “heavy small arms fire and mortar fire across the city and the presence of many dead ...

Rwanda has called for a ceasefire in eastern Congo, urging negotiations with the M23 rebels, while denying any involvement of ...

Rwandan-backed rebels continue to strengthen their grip on Goma, Congo, as Romanian mercenaries exit via Rwanda. Despite ...

The leaders of DR Congo and Rwanda are meeting at an emergency East African summit in Kenya on Wednesday as M23 rebels, backed by Rwandan troops, tighten their grip on the strategic eastern city of ...

Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...

There were active combat zones in all areas of the city, with civilians taking cover and heavy artillery fire directed at the ...

In the Congolese capital Kinshasa, 1,600 km (1,000 miles) west of Goma, protesters attacked a U.N. compound and embassies ...

Fighting has escalated in recent days despite calls from the U.N. Security Council for the insurgents to withdraw.

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

Thousands fled the city of Goma on Monday as fighting raged between Congolese forces and rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda, ...