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Suspected Maoist Rebels Kill 24 Troops In Chhattisgarh

Suspected Maoist rebels have killed at least 24 paramilitary soldiers on Monday in a remote part of central India, a...

International

Suspected Maoist Rebels Kill 24 Soldiers

Suspected Maoist rebels have killed at least 24 paramilitary soldiers on Monday in a remote part of central India, a...

Headlines

Maoist Rebels Kill 12 Police In Central India

Suspected Maoist rebels killed 12 paramilitary commandos on Monday in a remote part of central India, a police official...

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Afghan Defence Chiefs Resign Over Deadly Taliban Attack

Afghanistan’s defence minister and army chief of staff have resigned in the wake of a Taliban attack that left scores...

International

Afghan Defence Chiefs Resign Over Deadly Taliban Attack

Afghanistan's defence minister and army chief of staff have resigned in the wake of a Taliban attack that left scores...

Headlines

Afghan Defence Minister, Army Chief Resign After Taliban Attack

The Afghan defence minister and his army chief resigned Monday, days after a Taliban attack at a military base in...

Headlines

Furious Afghans Call For Resignations After Taliban Base Attack

Afghanistan on Sunday observed a national day of mourning after at least 100 soldiers were killed or wounded in a...

Headlines

Over 100 Killed, Wounded In Taliban Attack On Afghan Military Base

More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded in a Taliban attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan, the...

International

Afghan Casualties In Taliban Mazar-E Sharif Attack Pass 100

More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed or wounded in a Taliban attack on an army base on Friday, the defence...

International

Taliban Fighters Attack Afghan Army Base, ‘killing 140’

As many 140 Afghan soldiers were killed on Friday by Taliban attackers apparently disguised in military uniforms in...

Headlines

Security Forces Deny Access To Site of US Blast In Afghanistan

Security forceswere still blocking accessWednesday to the site in eastern Afghanistan where the US dropped a massive...

Headlines

Huge US Bomb Kills Dozens of IS Militants In Afghanistan

The US military's largest non-nuclear bomb killed dozens of Islamic State militants as it smashed their mountain...

International

‘Troops Killed’ In Somali Blast

At least five soldiers have been killed and more than 15 wounded after a suicide bomber wearing a military uniform blew...

Headlines

Several Dead In Attack On Mogadishu Army Camp

A suicide bomber detonated his vest inside a military training camp in Mogadishu on Monday, a day after an attack on...

Headlines

Circus Arts Help Syrian Children Make New Life

Laughter rings out and there is an atmosphere of excitement and joyful chaos. Children are perched on stilts, others...

Headlines

New Somali Army Chief Escapes Deadly Car Bombing

Somalia's new army chief escaped a car bombing Sunday that killed at least five people in a bloody response by Shabaab...

International

Somalia Al-Shabab Islamist Militants Kidnap Aid Workers

For al-Shabab fighters, kidnapping for ransom is often a financial weapon Four aid workers have been kidnapped by...

Headlines

Drone Strikes Kill 5 Qaeda Suspects In Yemen

Drone strikes killed five suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen on Wednesday, a security official said, as the...

Headlines

Grenade Attack As Bangladesh Police Raid Islamist Hideout

Bangladesh police came under grenade attack when they raided two suspected Islamist extremist hideouts on Wednesday,...