Cairo: A US airstrike has killed al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, who commanded its powerful Yemeni affiliate, dealing the global network its biggest blow since the killing of Osama bin Laden and eliminating a charismatic leader
London: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State, has been seriously wounded in an air strike in western Iraq, a media report said yesterday. The Pentagon, however, said there was no reason to think
Sanaa, Yemen: Thousands of demonstrators supporting Yemen's rebel Houthi movement flooded city streets in the capital Sanaa on Friday to protest the Saudi-led coalition's ongoing airstrikes.Many of the protesters said they planned to remain "steadfast"
Washington: At Iraq's request, the U.S. began airstrikes in Tikrit on Wednesday in support of a stalled Iraqi ground offensive to retake the city from Islamic State fighters. The bombing marked a significant expansion of
New Delhi: Good evening. Today I authorized two operations in Iraq — targeted airstrikes to protect our American personnel, and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of Iraqi civilians who are trapped on a
London: Israel has ordered thousands of Palestinians in eastern and northern Gaza to leave their homes as airstrikes continue, a media report said on Wednesday.This order came after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire proposal Tuesday to stop
Jerusalem/Gaza: Israel today resumed air strikes on Gaza and warned to respond more forcefully after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire failed to stop the escalating violence that has killed 195 Palestinians in eight days of fighting as
Baghdad: Iraq's defense ministry spokesman says a government airstrike has killed 25 al-Qaida militants in a besieged province west of Baghdad.Tuesday's strike comes amid fierce clashes between Iraqi Special Forces and insurgents in a battle
Gaza, Nov 18: Two Palestinians were killed in a new Israeli air strike on central Gaza on Saturday, raising the death toll to 42, the emergency services in the territory said.In a statement, the emergency
Kabul, Aug 25: A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan targeting a group of insurgents near the Pakistani border killed at least 12 militants, the international military coalition said.Pakistani intelligence and Afghan officials said Mullah Dadullah,
Kabul, Aug 6: NATO forces killed a local commander for the Haqqani insurgent group in an airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, the military alliance said Monday.Sher Mohammad Hakimi was hit on Sunday in Logar province, the
Chaman, Pakistan : Trucks carrying NATO supplies rolled into Afghanistan for the first time in more than seven months Thursday, ending a painful chapter in U.S.-Pakistan relations that saw the border closed until Washington apologized
Islamabad, Dec 2: Ruing that Pakistan Air Force jets could not be scrambled due to “communication breakdown” and “lack of clarity”, army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has ordered his troops to respond with “full
United Nations, Nov 29 : Pakistan has formally communicated to the United Nations its protest and condemnation of the NATO airstrike that killed its 24 soldiers and has strained ties between Washington and Islamabad. Pakistan's
Islamabad, Nov 27: Pakistan today buried its 24 soldiers killed in a cross-border air strike by NATO aircraft amidst mounting public anger over the incident that has pushed the already strained ties with the US
Islamabad, Nov 27 : Pakistan on Saturday asked the US to vacate an airbase that has reportedly been used by American drones and closed NATO supply routes in response to a cross-border air strike by
New Delhi, Mar 20: Gravely concerned over "continuing violence, strife and deteriorating humanitarian situation" in Libya, India today regretted the air strikes by US-led coalition and called upon all parties to abjure use of force
Ras Lanouf, Libya, Mar 8: Repeated airstrikes by Libyan warplanes illustrate the edge Moammar Gaddafi holds in his fight against rebel forces marching toward the capital: He controls the air. After pleading from the uprising's
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