Militants attack Indian army unit in Kashmir, 21 deadMilitants attacked an Indian army brigade headquarters near the de factor border with Pakistan on Sunday, killing 17 soldiers in the most deadly such attack in the northern region of Kashmir in recent years. Four "fidayeen&qu More… |
Militants storm Iraq gas compressor stationSuicide bombers stormed a gas facility in northern Iraq on Sunday and clashing with police guards, security sources said. It was not immediately clear if security forces had managed to regain control of the AB2 gas compressor stat More… |
Militants seize army base in central MaliSuspected Islamist militants attacked and seized control of an army base in the central Malian town of Nampala on Tuesday, the deputy mayor of a nearby town said. "The army is regrouping in town (Diabaly) and is preparing a c More… |
Al Qaeda militants execute 15 Yemeni soldiersAl Qaeda militants in southern Yemen on Saturday seized and executed 15 soldiers loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, local officials and residents said. The soldiers were detained by militants while travelling from the sout More… |
US, Saudi sanction Pakistan militant groupSaudi Arabia and the US imposed joint sanctions targeting the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, the two countries announced. The sanctions targeted four individuals and two affiliated organisations, including James Al More… |
Europe needs to plug data gaps to track militantsEurope should set up a transnational data network to keep better track of Islamist militants who may have returned from Iraq and Syria, the head of German police said on Saturday. Holger Muench, president of the BKA federal police More… |
Al Qaeda militants seize southern Yemen townDozens of al Qaeda militants took control of the southern Yemeni town of Ahwar on Saturday, residents said, consolidating the group's control over much of the region. The coastal city and surrounding district, in Abyan provinc More… |
Tunisia finishes 200-km Libya border fenceTunisia has completed a 200-km (125 mile) barrier along its frontier with Libya to try to keep out Islamist militants, and will soon install electronic monitoring systems, Defence Minister Farhat Hachani said on Saturday. Libya More… |
Militants storm Pakistan university, 19 killedArmed militants stormed a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people and wounding dozens a little more than a year after the massacre of 134 students at a school in the area, officials said. More… |
Sixth militant killed at Indian air baseAnother gunman was confirmed killed on Sunday in an operation to clear an Indian air base after a militant attack, a home ministry source told Reuters, bringing the total number of assailants eliminated to six. "The decision More… |