MINGORA, Pakistan - Pakistani security forces killed at least 15 Taliban militants, including a commander, in clashes on Thursday in the volatile northwest near the Afghan border. Nuclear-armed Pakistan is under growing U.S. pressure to crack down
ABUJA - Nigeria on Wednesday approved dozens of projects aimed at easing tensions in the oil-rich Niger Delta, where unrest in the past three years has hurt the country's lucrative oil industry. Information Minister Dora Akunyili told reporters som
NARATHIWAT, Thailand - Suspected Islamic militants have shot dead three Muslims in separate attacks in Thailand's troubled south this weekend, local police said Sunday. A Muslim army sergeant, 33, and his wife were shot on Saturday evening by three
ISLAMABAD - A bomb blast killed two paramilitary troops Sunday in Pakistan's Khyber region, where security forces are pressing ahead with an offensive to secure a major supply route for foreign forces in Afghanistan. Also in the northwest, a suicide
URUMQI, China - Residents in Urumqi city demanded further action Sunday after the sacking of two top officials in the restive Xinjiang region over syringe attacks that sparked deadly protests. The sceptical reaction to the sackings came as a top re
URUMQI, China - Five people died in massive protests that were sparked in the restive Chinese city of Urumqi by syringe attacks the government blamed on ethnic separatist forces, officials said Friday. The protests began on Wednesday and continue
BEIJING - President Hu Jintao made his first trip to China s restive western region of Xinjiang since last month s deadly ethnic riots urging government officials and security forces to focus on maintaining stability and warning separatists that th
LAGOS - Nigeria's military on Wednesday denied quitting the Gbaramatu community where troops provide security for oil firms and staff, contrary to a claim by an armed group in the restive, oil-rich Niger Delta. The JTF is still in Gbaramatu and wi
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