3 Hamas fighters killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
GAZA City: Israel targeted militant sites in Gaza, after Palestinians shot at its forces near the border, the military said Friday, using airstrikes and tank fire that Hamas said killed three of…
Turkey kills at least 260 Kurdish, IS fighters in Afrin offensive: military
ANKARA: Turkey has killed at least 260 Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants in its four-day-old offensive into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region of northwest Syria, the Turkish military said on Tuesday.…
Al Qaeda chief tells fighters in Syria to ‘unite or die’
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged rival fighters in Syria to unite or risk death but again decried Islamic State as “extremists” in an audio recording posted online on Sunday. As successor…
S. Sudan allows fighters to rape women in lieu of wages: UN
South Sudan has encouraged fighters to rape women in place of wages, while children have been burnt alive, the UN said on Friday, calling it one of the world’s most “horrendous” human…
Arab-Kurd fighters kill 16 Islamic State militants near Syria ‘capital’
Arab and Kurdish forces have killed at least 16 fighters from the Islamic State group during fierce clashes north of the militants’ stronghold of Raqa, a monitor said Sunday. The militants launched…
26 regime fighters dead in east Syria IS assault: monitor
The militant Islamic State (IS) group has expanded its control inside an eastern Syrian city after clashes and suicide attacks killed at least 26 regime fighters, a monitor said. IS militants seized…
Cameroon army kills 100 Boko Haram fighters, frees 900 hostages
Cameroon troops killed around 100 Boko Haram extremist fighters from Nigeria, freed almost 900 hostages and seized Islamic State (IS) flags last week, the defence ministry said Wednesday. “A special clean-up operation…
Friends recruit most Islamic State fighters
A terrorism expert says three-quarters of those who become foreign fighters for the self-styled Islamic State (IS) extremist group are recruited through friends and about 20 per cent through family members. Scott…
Russia says killed 10 Islamic State-linked fighters in North Caucasus
Russia said on Sunday it had killed 10 fighters linked to the extremist Islamic State group in a special operation in its volatile North Caucasus region. “According to preliminary information, 10 bandits…
Yemeni tribesmen kill 18 Houthi fighters in ambush
Armed tribesmen killed 18 Houthi fighters in an ambush in Yemen’s central province of Ibb on Tuesday, residents said, in one of the deadliest ground attacks in over two months of war.…
Fighters battle Houthis in Yemen’s Aden
Heavy fighting erupted in southern Yemen near Aden airport on Friday when local militia attacked Shi’ite Houthi rebels in a push to drive them from the district, residents and fighters said. Saudi-led…
Drone strike in Yemen kills 4 Al Qaida fighters
A drone strike hit a car in Yemen, killing four suspected Al Qaida militants, according to tribal officials. The attack occurred in the southern province of Shabwa, a stronghold of al-Qaida’s branch…
Time names Ebola fighters as ‘person’ of 2014
Time magazine on Wednesday named as its “Person of the Year 2014” the medics treating the Ebola epidemic that has killed more than 6,300 people, paying tribute to their courage and mercy.…
Eight Taliban including five Pak fighters killed in Afghanistan
Nine including NATO soldier killed in separate incidents, 45 militants surrender arms As many as 17 including eight Taliban militants and an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier were killed in separate…
A day for the fire fighters
Punjab governor graces an event to mark International Firefighters’ Day Firefighting is a respectable profession across the world and paid tribute to all those great firefighters, who lost their lives in the…
Russia sends four MiG-29K fighters to India
Russian aircraft maker MiG has delivered four MiG-29K/KUB ship-borne fighters to the Indian Navy under a contract concluded in 2010, the company said. With the delivery, MiG “has fulfilled all its obligations…
Syrian fighters join forces against al-Assad
Syria’s rebel leaders have agreed to come under a united command in a bid to integrate diverse fighting groups and streamline the route for arms essential to their struggle against President Bashar…