#defence

Germany will start to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan at the start of 2012, cutting its contingent to 4,900 ...

A rogue Afghan soldier was on the run Wednesday after shooting and wounding three Australian troops, days after a ...

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will hold talks with US President Barack Obama in Washington on Monday, ...

A Spanish soldier was shot dead Sunday in Afghanistan after suspected insurgents attacked his unit with small arms ...

Four bombs targeting the home of an Iraqi anti-Qaeda militia leader killed at least three people and wounded several ...

Bomb and gun attacks against police and anti-Qaeda militiamen killed 11 people and wounded 38 across Iraq on Thursday, ...

Two Palestinians were killed and one was wounded on Thursday by an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, a ...

Gaza militants fired rockets at southern Israel on Monday, in violence that tested a shaky truce brokered by Egypt ...

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Sunday defended her country`s involvement in Afghanistan after three troops ...

Saudi Arabia`s interior minister, 78-year-old Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, was named the new heir to the throne in a ...

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday convened a meeting to discuss preparations for summits he will attend and ...

At least 32 people were killed and 71 wounded in twin blasts which rocked Baghdad, security officials said on Friday, ...

Russia on Friday successfully test fired its nuclear-capable Bulava ballistic missile in the hope of making it into ...

NATO will end its Libya operations at the end of the month and does not expect to play a major role in the country in ...

Libya`s interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil on Wednesday urged NATO to continue its Libya campaign until year`s end, ...