Security forces claimed on Thursday to have taken control of Ghaljo, the tehsil headquarters, in Orakzai tribal region after fierce clashes with militants. The forces also claimed that 29 militants were killed and 17 ...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is visiting his nation's troops in Afghanistan and promising them 200 new patrol vehicles that can resist roadside bombs more effectively. Brown made an unannounced trip Saturday to Camp Bastion ...

Mobs of angry, hungry survivors of the huge Chile earthquake set fire to shops in the devastated city of Concepcion where troops battled to keep order. The death toll rose to 723 and security fears ...

Chile's government scrambled on Monday to provide aid to thousands of homeless in coastal towns devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunamis as 10,000 troops moved into stricken areas to quell looting. The government sharply ...

Seven Pakistani peacekeepers were wounded, two of them seriously, in an ambush on Tuesday in Sudan’s war-torn region of Darfur, the joint African Union-United Nations mission and local sources said. “An ambush took place near ...

Security forces, during search and clearance operation in South Waziristan, cleared 15 compounds and recovered arms and ammunition in last 24 hours, said an ISPR press release on Monday. According to the press release, ...

Three militants were killed and eight persons, including four soldiers, sustained injuries during an operation in Malikabad area of Swabi district on Tuesday, officials said. They said that four militants surrendered and laid down arms ...

Pakistani forces backed by helicopter gunships have killed 15 Taliban in clashes that erupted after militants attacked a military post and convoy in the northwest of the country, citing an official foreign news agency ...

Nato troops are to launch their biggest operation yet in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, the British general in charge of forces there has said. Major General Nick Carter told the BBC that the ...

Security forces killed 15 militants in a gunfight in a remote tribal district near the Taliban strongholds of North and South Waziristan, the military said Tuesday. An official said the insurgents could have fled a ...