The Spanish Civil Guard and Maritime Safety Agency have rescued a total of 205 irregular migrants who were trying to get to the European continent, the Civil Guard’s press service told Sputnik. “We are talking about 205 people, 35 of them are minors”, the press service said, adding that four boats had been found near Cape Trafalgar. All those saved, most of whom were men from Maghreb... 

A US Special Forces soldier instructs Malian troops in counterterrorism tactics through a translator. They operate in the green glow of night vision in Southwest Asia and stalk through the jungles of South America. They snatch men from their homes in the Maghreb and shoot it out with heavily armed militants in the Horn of Africa. They feel the salty spray while skimming over the tops of waves from... 

Military forces of the African Union are ready to enter the north of Mali to suppress Islamist uprisings. The plan of the operation aimed at restoration of legitimate authority must be submitted to the UN by November 27. So far, the West only promised to help with the logistics, but the strong army of Chad that has experience of conducting military actions in the desert and air force is ready to fight... 

French Defense Ministe, Jean-Yves Le Drian French Defense Minister says an African intervention in its former colony Mali is a matter of weeks, not months following Paris’ persistent lobbying for the initiative. “It’s a matter of weeks, not months, weeks,” Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a televised interview on Tuesday. Le Drian reiterated that his country would only give “logistical...