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More than 200 held in China terror video crackdown: reportw/lll
May 12, 2014 (AFP)
Police in China's Xinjiang region, home to mainly Muslim Uighurs, have arrested more than 200 people over six weeks for "dissemination of violent or terrorist v...
Canada commemorates Afghan mission
May 09, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands gathered in Ottawa on Friday to commemorate Canada's longest ever military engagement, in Afghanistan. With a marching band, a Chinook helicopter and ...
Taliban declare last 'spring offensive' before NATO exit
May 08, 2014 (AFP)
Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan announced the start of their annual "spring offensive" on Thursday, vowing a final summer of bloody attacks on foreign forces ...
China attacks escalate as militants raise stakes: analysts
May 07, 2014 (AFP)
A series of shocking attacks in China signals a calculated bid by militants from mainly Muslim Xinjiang to raise the profile of their confrontation with Beijing...
New Kurdish opposition group calls for Iran dialogue
May 06, 2014 (AFP)
Leaders from a Kurdish rebel group that has battled Iranian forces have announced the formation of a new organisation and called for dialogue with Tehran. The l...
Six wounded in latest China train station attack: police
May 06, 2014 (AFP)
Six people were wounded in a knife attack at a Chinese train station Tuesday, the third in a series of recent station stabbings with authorities blaming the fir...
Obama offers Karzai additional aid after killer landslide
May 04, 2014 (AFP)
President Barack Obama offered his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai additional US assistance Sunday to relief efforts after a landslide killed hundreds of people...
Pakistani security official killed by Afghan firing: army
May 04, 2014 (AFP)
A Pakistani security official was killed Sunday by firing from Afghanistan in the mountainous border tribal region of Bajaur, military officials said. The milit...
China's Xi vows 'decisive actions' after Xinjiang attack
May 01, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered a crackdown after a stabbing spree and explosion at a railway station in the restive Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang lef...
Xi's Xinjiang visit highlights 'terror' fight: China media
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese state-run media on Wednesday played up a visit to the violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang by President Xi Jinping, who encouraged tougher law ...
Three die in attack on station in China's Xinjiang: Xinhua
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
Three people were killed and 79 others injured in an attack on a railway station in China's Xinjiang late Wednesday, state media said, as the president wrapped ...
Man sentenced to death in China for bombing: Xinhua
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a man to death for deadly blasts near a provincial Communist Party headquarters last year, state media reported. Feng Zhijun...
UK launches probe into fatal Afghanistan chopper crash
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
Britain on Sunday revealed the names of five troops killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, shortly after launching an investigation into the inci...
Five UK troops killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash
Apr 26, 2014 (AFP)
Five British troops were killed Saturday in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, in what appeared to be a "tragic accident", the Ministry of Defence in L...
Pakistan TV station off-air in some army areas
Apr 24, 2014 (AFP)
A Pakistani TV station embroiled in a row with the military over the shooting of one of its presenters has been taken off-air in some parts of the country, cabl...
Pakistan to hold fresh talks with Taliban negotiators
Apr 18, 2014 (AFP)
The Pakistani government is planning a fresh round of talks with Taliban negotiators at the weekend, officials said Friday, despite the militants' refusal to ex...
Pakistani Taliban refuse to extend ceasefire, will continue talks
Apr 16, 2014 (AFP)
The Pakistani Taliban Wednesday said they would not extend a ceasefire called to help peace negotiations with the government, but insisted they were still commi...
Karzai condemns air strike over 'civilian casualties'
Apr 15, 2014 (AFP)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday condemned a US air strike in an eastern border province that allegedly killed a woman and two of her children. The inci...
Attack on NATO trucks in Pakistan kills driver: officials
Apr 14, 2014 (AFP)
Gunmen in restive northwest Pakistan on Monday attacked container trucks carrying supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing a driver, officials said. The ...
Pakistan's talks with militants in comprehensive phase: minister
Apr 13, 2014 (AFP)
Pakistan on Sunday announced its talks with the Taliban militants to reach an accord will enter a "comprehensive" phase in days, with both sides set to put forw...
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