Afghanistan`s Karzai stands alone in high-stakes game with US

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 09:46

President Hamid Karzai`s stubborn refusal to sign a pact that would keep thousands of US troops in Afghanistan after 2014 is a high-risk gamble that Washington will give in to his demands, one that has left him isolated as the clock runs down on his presidency.

Libyan Army clashes with Islamist militants, nine killed

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 17:45

Clashes between Libyan troops and militants in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday killed at least nine people and wounded a dozen more during a military operation, security and medical officials said.

Afghan Assembly backs US troops pact, Karzai sets terms

Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 16:04

An Afghan grand Assembly on Sunday endorsed a crucial security agreement allowing some US troops to stay on after 2014, although President Hamid Karzai set conditions for signing the deal.

Battle for Syrian Army base kills 24 rebels

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 18:15

Syrian activists say at least 24 rebels have died in battle for a military base near a northern opposition-held city but that government troops have managed to hold on to it.

Karzai wants Obama to admit military mistakes in Afghanistan

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 14:42

Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants a letter written by US President Barack Obama that will acknowledge military mistakes made during 12-year war in his country in return for allowing American counterterrorism raids on private Afghan homes, a media report said.

US military ready to train Libyan troops

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 11:45

The US military said on Monday it hopes to train 5,000 to 8,000 Libyan army troops as Tripoli struggles to contain violence from heavily armed militias.

US-Afghan talks deadlocked on troop presence post-2014: NYT

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 14:42

Talks between the US and Afghanistan over the future of American military presence in the war-torn country are deadlocked with both sides refusing to budge on Washington`s insistence that its troops retain the right to enter Afghan homes, a media report said here on Monday.

Top Assad officials in Moscow to discuss Syria talks

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 14:01

A senior Syrian regime delegation was on Monday in Moscow to hold talks with top Russian diplomats on plans to hold a peace conference in Geneva to end the Syria conflict, the foreign ministry said.

Blast kills 31 Syrian troops: Watchdog

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 10:38

A rebel bomb attack on an army base near Damascus killed 31 Syrian soldiers on Sunday, as loyalist warplanes launched air raids on a town near the border with Lebanon.

Bomb kills six in Kabul ahead of talks on US-Afghan security agreement

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 18:11

A car bomb blew up on Saturday near the site in Kabul, killing at least six and wounding dozens where contentious US-Afghan security pact is to be discussed next week.

Nigerian troops claim nine Boko Haram members killed

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 16:29

Nigerian troops said that they had killed nine suspected members of Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram in a gunfight in the country`s northeast.

India concerned over provocative incursions by China: Salman Khurshid

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 18:54

India is concerned about periodic provocative incursions by Chinese troops that have resulted in "eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations", but was hopeful that the border issues will eventually be settled.