Contemporary history
Bangladesh ‘militants’ Surrender After Facebook Plea
Five young Bangladeshis accused of being Islamist militants surrendered to authorities Sunday, an official said, after...
Taliban Raid Kills 20 Policemen In Southern Afghanistan
At least 20 Afghan policemen were killed early Sunday when Taliban fighters stormed multiple security outposts in the...
Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Members of Afghan Family
Eleven members of an Afghan family, mostly women and children, were killed Friday when their vehicle hit a roadside...
Palestinians Taking Trump Efforts Seriously
The Palestinians are taking seriously Donald Trump's efforts to help resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict, a...
London Conference Aims For Stable Somalia Under New Chief
International leaders are gathering in London on Thursday to thrash out agreements with Somalia aimed at stabilising...
NATO Mulls Sending Thousands More Troops To Afghanistan
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that military chiefs wanted a few thousand more troops from the...
Thai Army Hunts Four Over Supermarket Car Bomb
Thailand's military said Wednesday it was hunting four suspects over a large car bomb which wounded more than 60 people...
Shabaab Car Bomb Attack Kills Six In Mogadishu
At least six people were killed and about 10 injured Monday in a car bomb attack in Somalia's capital Mogadishu claimed...
Afghanistan: IS Head Killed In Raid
Afghan forces - backed by the US- have recently carried out a series of operations against IS The head of so-called...
Al-Shabab Allegedly Beheads 2 Captured Somali Soldiers Near Mahaday
Al-Shabab insurgents in Somalia have beheaded two government soldiers they captured on Saturday near the town of...
US Soldier Killed In Mission Against Somalia’s Al-Shabab
A US soldier has been killed in Somalia during operations against al-Shabab militants, the American military says. Two...
US Soldier Killed, Two Wounded In Fight With Shabaab In Somalia
An American soldier was shot dead and two others wounded in Somalia during a joint operation with Somali forces against...
Pentagon To Request Thousands More Troops For Afghanistan Next Week
The Pentagon will ask the White House next week to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan to break a deadlocked...
Kabul Bomb Attack Targeting Nato Convoy Kills Eight
A suicide attack on a convoy belonging to the Nato mission in Afghanistan has killed at least eight people in Kabul,...
ISIS Suicide Car Bomber Attacks US Convoy In Afghanistan Killing Eight
Eight civilians were killed and another 28 people wounded, including three American soldiers, when an ISIS suicide...
Bomb Blast Targets Foreign Forces In Kabul
A bomb blast targeting a convoy of foreign forces near the US embassy in Kabul Wednesday killed at least three people...
US Marines Return To Afghanistan’s Volatile Helmand
US Marines returned to Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province Saturday, the first to be deployed in the war-torn...
Afghan Taliban Announce Start of ‘spring Offensive’
The Afghan Taliban announced Friday the start of their "spring offensive", saying they would target foreign forces in...
Afghanistan Arrests 35 Soldiers After Attack On Base
Authorities have arrested 35 soldiers who served on an army base in northern Afghanistan where the Taliban staged a...