No agenda against Sri Lanka: US

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 23:03

A senior US government official has insisted the US has no agenda against Sri Lanka but is compelled to take up certain issues.

BJP open to return of expelled party leaders

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 20:53

BJP today announced the return of three leaders expelled from the party in Himachal, and extended the invitation to other rebels, including HLP chief Maheshwar Singh.

Muslim rebels bomb wounds 6 in southern Philippines

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 12:02

A homemade bomb that was likely set off by Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines wounded six people, including two television journalists, the military said.

Rebels abduct Meghalaya legislator`s brother

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 11:48

The brother of a Meghalaya legislator was abducted by suspected Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels in South Garo Hills area, bordering Bangladesh, police said Friday.

Philippine leader vows to crush `spoiler` rebels

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 14:18

Philippine President Benigno Aquino vowed today to crush militants opposed to an imminent deal aimed at ending a decades-long Muslim separatist insurgency, as the death toll from a military assault on them rose to 38.

Philippine military says 17 Muslim rebels killed

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 12:50

The Philippine military said on Tuesday it had killed 17 militants opposed to a peace deal between the government and the country`s main Muslim rebel group, as fighting raged for a second day.

Congress secretly approves US weapons flow to ``moderate`` Syrian rebels

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 05:51

Light arms supplied by the United States are flowing to "moderate" Syrian rebel factions in the south of the country and US funding for months of further deliveries has been approved by Congress, according US and European security officials.

South Sudan govt, rebels say each other violating ceasefire

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 02:24

The government and rebels in South Sudan traded accusations on Saturday of breaking a ceasefire deal supposed to calm violence that has driven half a million people from their homes.

Divisions erupt as Columbia rebels criticize their own

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 02:49

In the latest sign of division amongst Colombia`s FARC rebels as peace talks continue, the group`s leadership on Friday made a rare condemnation of an attack by some of its own guerillas.

Colombian rebels say Santos govt escalates war

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 02:02

FARC guerrillas Thursday accused President Juan Manuel Santos of escalating the war in Colombia even as his government engages in peace talks here.

1,400 dead since Syria rebel-jihadist clashes began

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 01:36

Nearly 1,400 people have been killed in Syria since clashes between rebels and the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) erupted this month, a monitor said Thursday.