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Algerian military kills four Islamists in raid
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
Algerian soldiers killed four armed Islamists during a raid in the Boumerdes region east of Algiers on Wednesday, the defence ministry said. The four Islamist m...
At least 20 killed in South Sudan army clash with rebels
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
South Sudanese troops attacked a rebel base in the latest violence in troubled Jonglei state, killing at least 19 rebels for the loss of one soldier, officials ...
Crisis-torn Somalia faces new dangers
Nov 20, 2012 (UPI)
Somalia, gripped by war for more than two decades, is facing another violent spasm as Islamist fighters of al-Shabaab, linked to al-Qaida, unleash a guerrilla c...
Panetta warns again retrenchment in fight against Al-Qaeda
Nov 20, 2012 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Tuesday that the United States needed to press efforts on the diplomatic and development fronts to put an end to the Al-Qa...
Israeli mice sniff out bombs and vice
Nov 14, 2012 (AFP)
An Israeli company is aiming to revolutionise the way explosives, narcotics and even money are detected at airports, docks and border crossings with the help of...
U.N.'s own report says it failed Sri Lanka
Nov 14, 2012 (UPI)
A leaked internal U.N. document said the United Nations failed to protect civilians in the closing stages of Sri Lanka's brutal civil war. The draft of the crit...
Saudi gets life in jail for Texas terror plot
Nov 13, 2012 (AFP)
A Saudi national was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for plotting attacks on the Texas home of former US president George W. Bush, nuclear plants, and other...
Timeline: Colombia's war with the FARC
Nov 12, 2012 (AFP)
The Colombian government and leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels hold peace talks in Havana on Thursday aimed at ending Latin America's...
Israel enemy No 1, Sudan's Bashir says after surgery
Nov 08, 2012 (AFP)
A tired but healthy-looking Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir appeared on television Thursday after a minor operation, calling Israel "enemy number one" in a re...
Giffords in court to see Tucson shooter get life
Nov 08, 2012 (AFP)
Former US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords confronted her would-be assassin face-to-face for the first time Thursday as he was sentenced to life without parole ...
Philippine soldiers cleared over botched raid
Nov 07, 2012 (AFP)
A Philippine military court has dismissed charges against two elite officers whose orders allegedly led to the deaths of 19 soldiers at the hands of Muslim rebe...
West seeks to curb al-Qaida kidnappings
Nov 07, 2012 (UPI)
The United States and France are backing moves to muster an African-led intervention force to smash the jihadist stronghold in northern Mali, and one of the mai...
Indian rebels recant 'brutal' slayings
Nov 02, 2012 (UPI)
Maoist rebels in India have said they will stop some of their more brutal methods of killing, including the slitting of throats. A senior rebel leader told the ...
Yemen jihadists unleash wave of killings
Nov 01, 2012 (UPI)
Al-Qaida's been taking a beating in recent weeks as the U.S.-backed regime in Sanaa has driven militants out of captured cities in the south but they're strikin...
Crisis-hit Jordan grapples with jihadists
Oct 31, 2012 (UPI)
Jihadists are becoming increasingly active in Jordan, already gripped by political crisis and buffeted by a growing spillover from the 19-month-old civil war in...
UK court rejects legal challenge by US-held Pakistani
Oct 31, 2012 (AFP)
Britain's top court on Wednesday rejected a legal bid by a Pakistani man in US custody in Afghanistan to force the British government to do more to seek his rel...
Sudan denies Iran role in arms factory
Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)
Sudan's foreign ministry on Monday denied that Iran had any involvement in a military factory which Khartoum says was attacked by Israeli aircraft last week. "T...
Algeria's the key power against al-Qaida
Oct 29, 2012 (UPI)
Algeria, the military heavyweight in North Africa with two decades of battling Islamic extremists under its belt, is becoming the focal point of efforts to crus...
Hasmi leader denies Jakarta terrorist link
Oct 29, 2012 (UPI)
A leading member of Hasmi denied the organization is a terrorist group and that it had targeted the U.S. and Australian embassies in Indonesia. Indonesia's anti...
Qaeda front group claims Iraq Eid attacks
Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)
Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for a series of shootings and bombings over the Eid al-Adha holiday that killed dozens of people...
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