Security, Defence & Intelligence
Two shot dead, seven wounded in blast in Thai south: police
Suspected Islamic insurgents in Thailand's restive south have shot and killed two Thai Buddhist men and wounded seven other men with a bomb hidden in a motorcycle, police said Friday.
Thai Military Wants U.S. Satellites to Hunt Islamist Rebels
BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand's military wants the U.S. to provide satellite equipment and imagery so it can hunt thousands of Islamist separatists who are killing Thai troops and civilians with hidden roadside bombs in the south.
Thai Security Forces Kill 6 Suspected Insurgents in Gunbattle
PATTANI, Thailand — Security forces killed six suspected insurgents Tuesday in a gunbattle in southern Thailand.
China, Thailand agree to advance military ties
Military officials from China and Thailand pledged to further advance bilateral military ties in Beijing on Monday.
Bombing at police station in Pakistan kills 4
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A pickup truck laden with explosives blew up in front of a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 4 people in an area that has become the focal point for militant retaliation against a recent army ...
Car bomb outside U.S. base in Afghanistan injures at least two dozen
Kabul, Afghanistan - The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing outside a major U.S. military base on the outskirts of the capital today that injured at least two dozen people, including nine Western troops.
Bombings kill 17 at Pakistani security installations
Suicide bomb attacks killed at least 17 people today at two security installations in and near the Pakistani city of Peshawar, including a devastating truck bomb at the provincial headquarters of the nation's intelligence agency, underscored secur...
Thai Buddhist couple shot dead in south: police
Suspected Islamic insurgents shot dead a Buddhist couple and wounded five villagers in a bomb attack in Thailand's troubled Muslim-majority south, police said Thursday.
Missing US soldier's body found in Afghan river
KABUL — Military divers have found the body of a U.S. paratrooper who disappeared last week along with another soldier as the two tried to retrieve airdropped supplies from a river in western Afghanistan, NATO said Wednesday.
Somali pirates seize Greek ship off Seychelles
Suspected Somali pirates hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier Wednesday with 22 crew members aboard, according to the European Union's Naval Force for Somalia
Troops on alert after Koreas clash
South Korean troops have been placed on high alert for possible retaliation from the North following Tuesday's brief naval clash along their disputed western sea border.
Yemen hails military cooperation deal with US
SANAA — Yemen said on Wednesday that it had signed a military cooperation deal with the United States although the US embassy would confirm only that talks had been held on joint counterterrorism efforts.
Suicide car bomb kills 32 in Pakistan market: officials
CHARSADDA, Pakistan — A suicide car bomb tore through a crowded shopping street in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 32 people in the third militant attack to strike the nuclear-armed country in as many days.
Four killed, four wounded in troubled Thai south: police
Suspected Islamic insurgents have shot dead four people and wounded another four -- including an eight-year-old girl -- in Thailand's troubled south, police said Monday.
Israel, PM accuse Iran of war crime over arms ship
JERUSALEM — Israel's prime minister charged Thursday that Iran's goal was to kill as many civilians as possible by giving Hezbollah what the military said were enough weapons to extend any war against Israel for one month.
UN relocating up to 600 staff from Afghan danger zones
The United Nations began to relocate up to 600 of its foreign personnel in Afghanistan from danger zones in the country in the face of mounting Taliban attacks, officials said Thursday.
Bomb Kills 33 in Pakistan Garrison City; Taliban Bounty Offered
At least 33 people were killed in an explosion close to the Shalimar Hotel in Pakistan’s garrison town of Rawalpindi as the government placed a $5 million bounty on Taliban militants.
Two killed as violence flares in Thai south
Suspected Muslim insurgents killed a Buddhist woman and seriously wounded her husband in a dawn ambush at their home in Thailand's southernmost province on Saturday, police said.
Six arrested over U.N. Afghan guest house attack
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security officials said on Saturday they had arrested six militants linked to the Taliban and al Qaeda over an attack on a Kabul guest-house in which five foreign U.N. staff were killed.
Obama to meet military brass on Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Friday meets his top military chiefs to talk strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan in one of the final steps before deciding whether to send thousands more US troops to war.