Iraq attacks kill 7 as govt forces hit Anbar militants

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 21:40

Iraqi government forces pressed their assault on militant strongholds in Anbar province today as attacks elsewhere in the country killed seven people, with intensifying violence fuelling fears of a return to all-out conflict.

More than 1,000 killed in Iraq in January

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 22:36

More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq in January, figures showed on Saturday, as the country grapples with a surge in attacks and battles militants holding territory on Baghdad`s doorstep.

LeT militant killed in Pulwama gunfight

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 18:22

A Lashkar-e-Toiba militant was killed in a gunbattle with security forces in south Kashmir`s Pulwama district overnight, police said.

Four NDFB(S) militants arrested, arms recovered in Assam

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:10

Four NDFB (Songbijit) militants were arrested and several arms and ammunition recovered in Karbi Anglong district on Saturday.

Four NDFB(S) militants arrested, arms recovered

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 13:52

Four NDFB (Songbijit) militants were arrested and several arms and ammunition recovered in Karbi Anglong district on Saturday.

Man abducted by suspected militants

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 20:49

Suspected militants allegedly abducted a 35-year-old man from Sopore township of North Kashmir`s Baramulla district, police said on Friday.

Iraq militants storm govt building in Baghdad, 24 killed

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 15:44

Militants stormed an office of Iraq`s human rights ministry in northeast Baghdad on Thursday and took a number of civil servants hostage, security officials said.

Militants kill five non-local bus passengers in Kokrajhar

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 13:29

Innocent civilians continue to be targeted by militant outfits in the northeast. Recently, in Assam`s Kokrajhar district, suspected militants of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (S) faction opened fire at bus passengers, killing five people and injuring two others.

Leave violence, join mainstream: Assam governor to militants

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 00:23

Assam Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik on Sunday appealed to the underground militant groups to abjure violence and come to the discussion table to solve the issues for an overall development of the state.

French Army kills 11 militants in Mali anti-terror operation

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 12:12

A French counter-terrorism offensive in rebel-infested northern Mali ended with 11 Islamist militants killed and a French soldier wounded, military sources inside the operation said.

45 killed in fresh Iraq violence

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 00:17

A total of 45 people were killed and 54 wounded in a string of attacks in different parts of Iraq Saturday, including shelling and clashes in the volatile Anbar province, security and medical sources said.

11 militants killed in Mali anti-terror operation

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 18:46

French counter-terrorism offensive in rebel-infested northern Mali ended on Friday with 11 Islamist militants killed and a French soldier wounded, military sources inside the operation have said.