The Defence headquarters (DHQ) has said operations to clear terrorists from Monguno and other communities in Borno State were successful.
Boko Haram launched a pre-dawn raid on Monguno, 137 kilometers from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
Egypt: Egypt strikes Islamic State targets in Libya
The Egyptian armed forces carried out an airstrike on the self-proclaimed ‘Islamic State’ in Libya. They hit camps, training sites, and ammunition and weaponry warehouses after 21 Coptic Egyptians were killed on Saturday.
The strike, conducted in the early hours of Monday “hit its targets accurately”, an armed forces statement said.
Pakistan: 15 militants killed by security forces in Pakistan
Fifteen militants were killed Sunday as security forces repelled a militant attack in Pakistan, the media said Sunday.
The militants attacked a security post in Kurram Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, injuring a soldier, Dawn reported.
Sunday, 15 February, 2015
Iraq: Iraqi army re-take Baghdadi town from Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Anbar province
The Provincial Council of Anbar Province has announced that Iraqi security forces, tribal militants and local forces have freed the town of Baghdadi, west of Rummadi but warned that Islamic State (IS) has gathered insurgents to re-attack the town.
Council member Taha Abdulghani told Iraqi local media that Baghdadi is mostly under the control of the Iraqi army, aside from some hidden IS sniper positions.
Ukraine: President Poroshenko orders ceasefire, shellings stop in line with pact
Russian-backed separatists wait for their transport, preparing to leave towards the frontline, in the village of Vergulivka, Eastern Ukraine. (Maximilian Clarke/Associated Press)
Shelling suddenly stopped at midnight local time in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko gave the order to government forces to halt firing in line with a ceasefire agreement reached
last Thursday.