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Bomb hits police convoy in eastern Nigeria, kills 11

A bomb blast struck a police chief`s convoy in eastern Nigeria on Monday, killing 11 people, a witness and an official ...

New armed Arab group takes control of Timbuktu

A newly formed group of armed Arab fighters tightened its grip on the northern Malian desert city of Timbuktu on ...

16 Qaeda suspects killed in Yemen: ministry

At least sixteen suspected Al-Qaeda operatives have been killed in Yemen in ongoing battles between the army and ...

Pakistan police shoot dead `two sectarian killers`

Pakistani police shot dead two people allegedly involved in sectarian violence in the troubled southwestern province ...

17 Qaeda militants killed in Yemen air raid: ministry

Seventeen suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed in an air raid that struck one of their hideouts in the southern ...

Somalia sets $500 bounty on Al Qaeda-linked rebels

Somalia has set a $500 award for anyone who captures or kills a militant from the al Qaeda-linked militant group of al ...

Karzai says NATO failed as 18-hr Kabul attack ends

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday that a coordinated Taliban attack showed a "failure" by Afghan ...

Militants attack Pakistan jail, over 300 escape

More than 300 prisoners escaped from a jail in northwest Pakistan early on Sunday, after it was attacked by Islamist ...

Sect says to "devour" Nigeria president - video

Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram intends to bring down the government and "devour" President Goodluck Jonathan within ...

Yemen air force, troops kill 62 militants

Yemen`s air force and ground troops killed at least 62 suspected al Qaeda-linked fighters on Wednesday, officials and ...

Nigeria violence spreads after deadly sect attacks

Suspected members of Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram have killed four people and a large undetonated bomb was found ...

Gunmen kill four Shiites in southwest Pakistan

Gunmen shot dead four Shiite Muslims in Pakistan`s troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan on the border with ...

11 die in Qaeda attack on Yemen barracks

Eleven people were killed, including five soldiers, after Al-Qaeda militants launched an attack on an army barracks in ...

Easter bomb attack near Nigeria church kills at least 20

A car bombing near a church in northern Nigeria on Easter Sunday killed at least 20 people and put the country on ...

Mali president formally resigns: mediator

Mali`s President Amadou Toumani Toure, who was toppled by a military coup last month, has formally resigned from his ...