Israel has recorded a sharp increase in suicide cases among military forces, raising serious concerns among the regime’s officials.

Gunmen attack a village in northwest Nigeria, killing at least 50 people, according to residents.

French troops leave a key military base in the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali, handing it over to the Malian army nearly a decade after a military intervention in the West African country.

The US military claims the end of its combat operation in Iraq but maintains thousands of troops in the Arab nation.

The heads of Afghanistan’s security agencies have touched upon plans to withdraw foreign forces from the country, giving assurances that the Afghan military is, like in the past, capable of tackling threats posed by insurgents and terror groups.