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US carries out first drone strike in Libya: Pentagon

The United States carried out its first drone strike in Libya on Saturday, the Pentagon said, two days after approving ...

23 militants surrender to Pakistani security forces

Twenty-three key militants surrendered to security forces in northwest Pakistan`s restive tribal area on Thursday, ...

U.S. begins using armed drones in Libya, Gates says

The United States is using armed Predator drones in Libya to target Muammar Gaddafi`s forces with the approval of ...

Taliban kills truck driver for supplying Afghanistan

Taliban militants in Pakistan`s troubled tribal region Thursday killed a truck driver and his helper to punish them ...

Asean advised to anticipate worsening global stability

National Defense Forces (TNI) Chief Admiral Agus Suhartono has asked ASEAN member states to anticipate the worsening ...

Ten Iranian engineers kidnapped in Afghanistan

Twelve Iranian engineers and five of their Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by Taliban gunmen on Monday in a remote ...

Pakistan urges US to stop drone strikes

Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani urged the US Monday to end its drone strikes in Pakistan and said Washington should share ...

Taliban breaches Afghan defence hq, kills two

A gunman in Afghan army uniform opened fire inside Kabul`s defence ministry Monday, killing two soldiers and wounding ...

Pakistan forces attack Taliban hideouts in border region, kill 18

Pakistani troops and paramilitary forces, backed by helicopter gunships and warplanes, targeted Taliban positions in ...

Suicide bomber kills 10 at Afghan elders meet

A suicide attack ripped through a gathering of tribal elders in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 10 people, ...

Clinton urges Arab leaders to move faster on reform

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday pushed for Arab leaders to embrace a "spirit of reform" that has ...

Assign military to free hostages in Somalia

A national religious figure has urged the Indonesian government to assign a military force to free the 20-man crew of ...

Six die as Afghan ambulance bomb targets police

Six Afghan security personnel were killed Thursday as Taliban gunmen detonated a bomb hidden in an ambulance amid an ...

Al-qaeda revives in Afghanistan: report

Al-Qaeda militants are gradually returning to eastern Afghanistan and setting up bases for the first time in years, ...

Ban stresses cultural tolerance

The recent burning of a copy of the Holy Quran in the US and similar actions anywhere else contradict the efforts of ...