2 Jun 2013

The daughter of a 33-year-old American woman who converted to Islam and was killed in fighting in Syria last week insisted her mother was "not a terrorist", although the dead woman's father said...

7:58AM
24 Mar 2013

Most people think counter-insurgency is all about men in masks kicking down doors and rappelling down from the roofs of buildings. Yes, the application of surgical violence is still key, but many...

4:43AM
27 Jan 2013

About 20 gunmen sprayed the victims’ truck with automatic weapon fire before dawn in the foothills of Mount Kanlaon in Negros Occidental province, firing nearly 300 rounds of ammunition. 

1:43PM
3 Jan 2013

More than 70 refugees from Myanmar's Rohingya minority found adrift off a Thai resort island will be repatriated to their homeland. Phuket provincial governor Maitri Inthusut said they were unable...

5:50AM
10 Dec 2012

Police say militants have attacked a police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing six people.

4:03PM
10 Dec 2012

US soldiers killed seven Taliban insurgents in a successful pre-dawn raid to rescue a kidnapped American doctor in eastern Afghanistan yesterday.

4:12AM

US soldiers killed seven Taliban insurgents in a pre-dawn raid to rescue a kidnapped American doctor in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the Nato force in the war-torn country said.

4:26PM

A suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession in Pakistan overnight killed 23 people in the deadliest assault in the country for five months as Muslim leaders gathered for a rare summit in...

4:05PM

Opposition leader steps down in South Korea

6:24AM

A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden pickup truck into the gate of a government paramilitary base in Pakistan’s largest city on Thursday, causing a huge blast that wounded at least 26...

6:03PM

A suicide bomber blew himself up in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday, killing at least six people including a senior police officer, officials said.

6:15PM

Gunmen riding on two motorcycles opened fire on a bus at a small petrol station in southwest Pakistan on Friday, igniting a massive blaze and leaving 18 dead, a Pakistani official said.

1:30AM

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