Egypt air strike kills 7 Sinai militants: Army

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 18:02

The Egyptian army said it killed seven militants in an air strike in the Sinai Peninsula less than a week after jihadists downed a military helicopter in the restive region.

Airstrikes kill 13 Sinai militants: Egypt military

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 03:11

The Egyptian military aircraft pounded suspected positions of al Qaeda-inspired fighters in the Sinai Peninsula, killing 13 people, officials said.

Egypt military offensive kills 8 Sinai militants

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 02:32

Egyptian military officials say that troops backed by helicopters and armoured vehicles have killed eight militants in the northern Sinai Peninsula.

China, US meet on Korean nuclear issue

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 18:45

Chinese and US diplomats for Korean peninsula affairs will exchange views on denuclearisation and resumption of the six-party talks, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said Monday.

N Korea urges end to hostile military acts in letter to South

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 04:36

North Korea`s top military body urged an end to all hostilities Friday in an open letter to South Korea sent on the order of leader Kim Jong-Un.

Driver survives plunge off California cliff

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 08:47

A driver who plunged 300 feet off of a Southern California ocean cliff has been rescued after firefighters waded into the surf to free him from the car.

Crater linked to dinosaur extinction mapped

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 19:10

Scientists have for the first time created a detailed map of the underwater crater that possibly led to the extinction of dinosaurs about 65 million years ago.

Drone strike kills three `Qaeda` gunmen in Yemen

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 22:31

An unmanned drone struck a car on Monday in southeastern Yemen, killing three suspected al Qaeda gunmen, a security official said.

`Lost world` discovered in remote Australia

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 17:22

An expedition to a remote part of northern Australia has uncovered three new vertebrate species isolated for millions of years, with scientists Monday calling the area a "lost world".

Egypt: Attack in Sinai kills soldier, civilian

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 23:52

Insurgents ambushed an army convoy in northern Sinai on Tuesday killing a soldier and a civilian, the local government and the military said, the latest in a rising wave of attacks in Egypt`s volatile peninsula.

Jihadists claim Egypt canal city car bombing

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 23:41

An al Qaeda-inspired group operating in the Sinai Peninsula claimed on Monday a car bombing outside a military building in Egypt`s Suez Canal city of Ismailiya which wounded six soldiers.

Al Qaeda kills three soldiers in Yemen

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 23:24

Three soldiers were killed and five others wounded in an attack by Al Qaeda militants at a security base in Yemen`s southern province of Lahj Tuesday, an interior ministry official told Xinhua.