Motorcycle gunmen kill five Egyptian police, says government

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 12:57

Masked gunmen riding motorcycles killed five Egyptian policemen in an attack on a checkpoint south of Cairo on Thursday, the Interior Ministry said.

Gunmen kidnap 57 de-miners in west Afghanistan

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 17:24

A senior Afghan official says unknown kidnappers have seized 57 civilian de-miners on their way to work in western Afghanistan.

Iraqi forces assault gunmen in crisis-hit city

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 18:36

Iraqi forces launched a major assault on Sunday on a Sunni Arab city partially in the control of anti-government fighters in a bid to end a weeks-long crisis ahead of elections.

Two Italians kidnapped by gunmen in eastern Libya

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 05:08

Gunmen have kidnapped two Italians working for a telecommunications company in eastern Libya, the official state news agency said.

Gunmen wound Iran diplomat in Yemen capital: Police

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 21:42

Unknown assailants wounded an Iranian diplomat in a drive-by shooting outside the ambassador`s residence in the Yemeni capital on Saturday, police and a medic said.

Gunmen attack Iraqi Army barracks, 12 soldiers dead: Officials

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 00:11

Unidentified gunmen have attacked Iraqi Army barracks on Wednesday and killed at least 12 soldiers, authorities said.

Gunmen kill four anti-Qaeda fighters in Iraq

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 19:09

Gunmen attacked an anti-Qaeda militia checkpoint west of the Iraqi capital today, killing at least four fighters, security and medical officials said.

Gunmen kill Libya port official, school attacked

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 23:30

A Libyan security official says gunmen have assassinated a senior official of the port of Darna, while a bombing hit a polling center elsewhere in the same eastern city known to be a stronghold of an al-Qaida inspired militia.

Gunmen kill 7 Sunni workers in Iraq

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 20:00

Iraqi officials say gunmen have killed seven Sunni construction workers northeast of Baghdad.

Assault on office, other attacks kill 19 in Iraq

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 21:10

Insurgents assaulted a mayor`s office in a Sunni town just north of Baghdad on Tuesday, one of several attacks across Iraq that killed 19 people, said officials.

Iraq gunmen kill Sunni fighter, 5 relatives

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 10:09

Gunmen broke into the home of a Sunni anti-al Qaeda fighter in a village north of Baghdad today and killed him and his entire family, a total of six people, Iraqi officials said.