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US troops parachuted into North Korea: official

US and South Korean special forces have been parachuting into North Korea to collect intelligence on...

New Zealand troops to leave Afghanistan early

New Zealand will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 2013, a year earlier than previously schedu...

Afghan: Rockets kill 2 NATO troops, 3 civilians

The area is a haven for hardcore insurgent groups fighting along the poorly marked border between Pa...

Bomb kills 3 NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan

NATO says a bomb has killed three of its service members in Afghanistan.

36 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan

As many as 36 Taliban militants have been killed, three injured and 28 captured by Afghan police bac...

JuD`s deaf, dumb wing protests outside US consulate

The JuD activists guided speakers on stage who addressed the gathering on their behalf.

Yemen Army recaptures center of al Qaeda held city

Yemeni government troops have fought their way into the center of an al Qaeda held city in the count...

US, Afghanistan finalize strategic drawdown pact

Some of the most contentious issues were removed from the broader pact into separate memorandums of ...

‘South Sudan to pull out troops from oil town’

South Sudan will withdraw its troops from the disputed oil town its forces took over last week, the ...

Russia, US to hold joint anti-terror drill

A detachment from Russia`s Airborne Assault Forces will take part in the exercise between May 24-31 ...

US troops` photos `inhuman`, says Karzai; Taliban vow revenge

Afghan President Karzai condemned photos of US soldiers posing with the mangled bodies of insurgents...

US soldiers found posing with remains of suicide bombers

US troops posed with mangled remains of suspected Taliban suicide bombers in a new macabre incident ...

Zardari visits avalanche-hit area in Siachen

President Asif Ali Zardari conducted an aerial survey of the area in Siachen sector where Pak troops...

Despite truce, Syria troops attack Homs: Activists

Activists say Syrian government forces are pounding a rebel stronghold with mortar fire, violating w...

NATO says Australia`s Afghan pullout part of war

The announcement was "fully within the framework" of a roadmap agreed by NATO and its partners in Af...

NATO meet at Brussels, brainstorm over Afghan funding

Top from the US and NATO allies met Wednesday at Brussels to finalize the combat handover program.

Australia spells out early Afghanistan exit plan

The Australian PM said the troops withdrawal process would be completed by the end of 2013.

Fragile UN-brokered cease-fire in Syria

Kofi Annan warned the Syrian regime has failed to implement key demands

Pak Army finds spots to search avalanche survivors

Racing against time to rescue 138 people, mostly soldiers buried in an avalanche in the Siachen se...

We don`t have a situation like Pakistan here: Lalu

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad said an unnecessary controversy was being raised over a media report of two ...

Fighting in Syria as UN general arrives for truce

Annan`s spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said Syrian authorities claim that they have begun withdrawing troops ...

Syrian troops start pullout

Syrian troops have begun pulling out from some calm cities and heading back to their bases a week ...

Russia urges Assad to start troop pullout

Sergey Lavrov`s statement appeared to reflect Moscow`s increasing impatience with Syrian ruler Basha...

Seven troops killed in fresh Yemen attack

Militants killed seven Yemeni soldiers in an attack on their outpost in southern Yemen early on Sund...

`Preventing spillover of Taliban ideology challenge for India`

"Our challenge lies in preventing the spillover of Taliban ideology and the resultant violence into...

Afghan soldier kills 2 British troops

The attack appeared to be the latest in a string of so-called "green on blue" attacks on internation...

Afghan soldier kills 2 British troops

A man in an Afghan Army uniform shot and killed two international service members on Monday inside a...

Syrian troops shell central city of Homs

Syrian activists say troops are shelling rebel-held neighbourhoods in the central city of Homs with ...

Ethiopian troops attack rebels in Eritrea

Ethiopia attacked rebel bases inside neighboring Eritrea on Thursday, accusing its arch-foe of train...

Assad calls election, govt troops killed in ambush

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday announced a May 7 parliamentary election, even as viol...

Pakistani troops feel West undervalues their war

The wind was howling and the snow outside their bullet-pocked bunker lay knee-deep as the men of the...

NATO troops in Afghan trained to respect Quran

The training aims to prevent any desecration of the Muslim holy book by foreign troops in Afghanista...

6 UK troops killed in Afghanistan

Six British soldiers were killed when their armoured vehicle was hit by an explosion in Helmand prov...

185 Yemeni troops dead in weekend al Qaeda attack

Soldiers` bodies were founded mutilated and some were headless.

US Army recommends trial for Afghanistan suicide

US military investigators have recommended a court martial for four American troops over the suici...

Syrian troops pursue crackdown, Annan to visit

Syria has so far brushed off international pressure to halt nearly a year of bloodshed.

Two NATO troops shot dead in Afghanistan

That attack stunned NATO and cast doubt on its strategy of replacing large combat units with adviser...

“Pray for us” say Syria rebels as Army closes in

A Syrian official says security forces are advancing on the rebel-held neighborhood of Baba Amr in t...

Israel raids Palestinian television stations

Ramallah is part of the Palestinian self-rule areas, but Israeli forces still routinely conduct raid...

Syrian military pounds rebel areas

Syrian forces shelled an opposition stronghold in Hama province, killing 20 people, on Tuesday and h...

‘Afghanistan turmoil won`t change US war plan’

The Obama administration is sticking determinedly to its stay-the-course message in Afghanistan desp...

Indo-US troops to take part in military exercise

Over 200 troops of the US Army along with their armoured vehicles will engage an equal number of Ind...

Quran row: Afghan soldier kills two NATO troops

An Afghan soldier on Thursday shot dead two NATO troops, the military said.

Ethiopian troops seize key Somali rebel bastion

The loss of Baidoa in central Somalia is a major blow for the al Qaeda-backed al Shabaab rebel group...

CIA digs in as US troops get ready to leave Afghan

CIA is expected to maintain a large presence as part of America`s plan to rely on a combination of ...

Pakistan troops kill 20 militants in northwest

A Pakistani government official said the fighting began when a group of Pakistani militants attacked...

Marine video led to killing of French troops

The 21-year-old Afghan recruit had viewed the video that was widely distributed on YouTube and other...

‘Too early to say Taliban’s hand in French deaths’

A NATO spokesman said Tuesday it was too early to conclude that the Taliban were involved in the ki...

Bodies of 4 French troops return home from Afghanistan

French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet accompanied the coffins which were draped in the French flag....

‘Afghan soldier killed French troops over US video`

An Afghan soldier who shot dead four French troops has said he did it because of a recent video sh...

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