32 dead in clashes in west: Afghan officials

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 10:26

Kabul: Battles between the Taliban and an Afghan security company left 32 people dead over the weekend, officials said on Monday.

Kabul urged to fire human rights commissioner

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 17:35

President Hamid Karzai should dismiss Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) member Abdul Rahman Hotak after he opposed Law Eliminating of Violence Against Women, HRW said.

UN peacekeepers hostage crisis: Syrian rebels, regime forces clash

Last Updated: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 17:55

Clashes between Syrian rebels and regime forces erupted on Saturday near a village where UN peacekeepers are being held hostage, an activist said, possibly complicating efforts to free them.

Syria troops, rebels fight near bases in northeast

Last Updated: Saturday, January 19, 2013, 22:32

Syrian troops fought intense battles against rebels trying to capture two military bases in northwest and step up their attacks on army compounds elsewhere in nation torn by civil war, activists said.

Syrian warplanes bomb rebellious Damascus suburbs

Last Updated: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 20:45

Syrian fighter jets bombed Damascus suburbs to dislodge rebels from strategic areas around the capital, activists said, as clashes raged around army bases and air fields in the country`s north.

FBI arrest two men on terrorism charges

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 11:22

Mohammad Abdul Rahman Abukhdair and Randy "Rasheed" Wilson were named in terrorism charges filed on Monday.

Key Taliban commander detained in N Afghanistan

Last Updated: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 22:11

Afghan and NATO-led troops captured a Taliban key commander named Mullah Abdul Rahman from Kunduz province during special operations early Saturday, police said.

Militia clashes in southern Libya kill nearly 50

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 09:54

A Libyan Health Ministry official says at least 50 people have been killed in two days of tribal clashes in a southern city.

`Veeraputhran` runs into controversy

Last Updated: Monday, October 17, 2011, 12:58

A biographical film on Mohammed Abdul Rahman Sahib - a prominent freedom fighter in the Malabar region - has run into controversy with allegation from certain quarters that the director was "distorting" history to fetch a market for the movie.