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Six dead, 22 wounded in Philippine ambush

Gunmen suspected to be Islamic militants ambushed a convoy carrying farm workers in the southern Philippines ...

Jakarta metropolitan police arrests human smuggler

Jakarta Metropolitan Police personnel has arrested a people`s smuggler from Uzbekistan, Salim Mustafa alias Theodoros ...

Colombia`s FARC pledge to free French journalist Wednesday

Colombian FARC rebels will free captive journalist Romeo Langlois on Wednesday, according to a statement from the ...

Obama aide in Yemen in anti-Al Qaeda drive

A senior aide to Barack Obama flew into Yemen on Sunday to meet the leader of a country battling with al Qaeda ...

No rescue attempt in works for journalist: colombian army

The Colombian army said Wednesday said it has no plans to launch an attempt to rescue French journalist Romeo ...

13 foreign fugitives nabbed in Philippines in Q1

Philippine authorities have arrested 13 foreign fugitives wanted for various crimes in their home countries in the ...

War planes strike suspected Somali pirate base: coastguard

War planes fired several missiles at a suspected Somali pirate base in the north of the war-torn country, wounding two ...

Ethiopia pm accuses Eritrea of kidnappings

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi accused Eritrea on Tuesday of abducting dozens of Ethiopian miners from the ...

Qaeda holding Saudi diplomat kidnapped in Yemen

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is holding a Saudi diplomat kidnapped last month in Yemen`s main southern city of ...

Al Qaida gunmen kidnap government official in southeast Yemen

Suspected al-Qaida gunmen kidnapped a Yemeni government official in the southeastern province of Hadramout on Sunday ...

Syrian government pulls back troops from armed conflict areas: fm

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said on Tuesday that the Syrian government has pulled back troops from cities in ...

Bomb in Philippines kill one, wounds 27 soldiers

A powerful booby trap bomb killed one Philippine soldier and wounded 27 others as they patrolled a former stronghold ...

More than 50 dead in gunfights, air strikes in Pakistan

At least 51 militants and four soldiers have been killed in air strikes and clashes with Pakistani security forces in ...

Qaeda suspects kidnap Swiss woman: Yemeni officials

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants have kidnapped a Swiss woman and are holding her in the southeastern province of Shabwa, ...

Kidnapped aid workers released in Yemen, 5 militants dead

Six kidnapped foreign aid workers have been released in Yemen, the defence ministry said on Thursday, and a military ...