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New Zealand SAS soldier killed in Afghanistan: PM

A New Zealand special forces soldier was shot dead in Afghanistan while taking part in an operation against insurgents ...

Australian women allowed to combat

Australian women will be allowed to serve in front line combat roles, including as special forces soldiers in ...

U.S. spy drone crashes in south Somalia

An unmanned U.S. spy drone has crashed in Somalia`s southern port city of Kismayu, a bastion of the al Qaeda-allied al ...

32 inmates break out of three Mexican prisons

Inmates staged near simultaneous jailbreaks from three prisons in the Mexican state of Veracruz early Monday and at ...

Al Qaeda releases video supporting Arab Spring

Al Qaeda has released a message in which Osama bin Laden`s successor as the group`s leader, Egyptian Ayman ...

150 militants attack Pakistan`s northwest

Around 150 militants armed with rockets attacked a security checkpost in Pakistan`s Waziristan on Thursday, killing ...

RI, China hold joint anti-terrorism exercise

Indonesian and Chinese special military forces began a joint anti-terrorism exercise here on Monday. "The first ...

Former SAS soldiers in Libya

British former special forces soldiers working for private security companies are in the Libyan city of Misrata, ...

Study ties new Al Qaeda chief to murder of journalist pearl

Saif al-Adel, an Egyptian militant recently appointed interim leader of al Qaeda operations, has been linked to the ...

Kyrgyz, Kazakh and Tajik defence ministers meet on military cooperation

The defense ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan met here on Friday to discuss military cooperation, ...

Three killed, dozens wounded in fresh Yemen violence

The United States expressed deep concern over escalating violence in Yemen, where at least three people were killed in ...

Foreign minister sees conspiracy to split Libya

Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kusa accused Western powers on Monday of trying to split his country by contacting rebel ...

Indonesia`s special forces again exercise with Australia`s SAS

The Indonesian Army`s Special Force`s Anti-Terror Unit 81 again conducts a joint exercise with Australia`s special ...

Canada ship sets off to join US flotilla near Libya

The war ship HMCS Charlottetown set sail from the port of Halifax in eastern Canada Wednesday to join a US-led ...