Tag: Terrorism
Missing US serviceman found dead
The second of two US servicemen who went missing in Afghanistan last week has been found dead.[MORE]
Baghdad hit by gun and bomb attacks
Sixteen people, including nine security force members, were killed and 14 wounded on Thursday in a string of attacks in the Iraqi capital's Sunni district of Al-Adhamiyah, the interior ministry said.[MORE]
Karzai urges allies to strike Pakistan
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has said that Western allies have the ability to strike at Taliban bases in Pakistan, but questioned their willingness to do so.[MORE]
Cameron accuses Pakistan of exporting terror
The British prime minister has caused a stir in Pakistan by claiming that Islamabad has been "exporting terror".[MORE]
Nine hurt in Ukraine church bombing
A homemade bomb has exploded in a church in Ukraine, wounding nine people on the last day of a controversial visit to the country by Russia's Orthodox Patriarch Kirill I.[MORE]
Key witnesses dodge Lockerbie hearing
Delays in a hearing on whether or not BP influenced the release of the Lockerbie bomber has strained relations between the US, UK and BP.[MORE]
Roadside bomb kills 20 Afghan civilians
At least 20 civilians have been killed and another 27 injured when a crowded bus hit a Taliban-style roadside bomb in south-western Afghanistan.[MORE]
US army searching for Afghan WikiLeaks source
The US army has begun a criminal investigation into the leaking of tens of thousands of classified military documents from the Afghanistan war.[MORE]
Defence taskforce to examine leaked war files
Australia's Defence Department sets up a special taskforce to scrutinise thousands of leaked documents about the war in Afghanistan.[MORE]
Afghan Wikileaks 'could put lives at risk'
The US says the release of tens of thousands of secret documents about the Afghanistan war breaches federal law and potentially threatens national security. [MORE]
Car bombs kill Shiite pilgrims
Two car bombs and a separate suicide attack in Iraq on Monday killed at least 24 people and wounded dozens more.[MORE]
Pakistan dismisses Wikileaks claims
The Pakistani government has denied claims that its intelligence agencies have been coordinating and protecting the Afghan Taliban.[MORE]
Suicide bomber kills 7 at minister's house
A suicide bomber has killed seven Pakistanis in an assault targeting senior officials mourning the assassination of a cabinet minister's son by suspected Taliban.[MORE]
Sarkozy confirms Al Qaeda hostage dead
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has confirmed that a 78-year-old French hostage held by Al Qaeda's North African wing has been killed and urged French citizens to avoid travel to the Sahel region.[MORE]
Suicide bomber kills 4 outside TV station
Security officials say a suicide bomber has killed at least four people in an attack that appears to target the office of Dubai-based Al Arabiya television in Baghdad.[MORE]
Wikileaks publishes Afghan war secrets
The White House attacks whistleblowing site Wikileaks after it published 200,000 pages of secret American military files about the war in Afghanistan. [MORE]
Russia police kill power plant attackers
Russian police killed two men accused of bombing a North Caucasus hydroelectric plant, media reported, just days after president Dmitry Medvedev threatened to sack security officials if there was another attack.[MORE]
US backed Lockerbie bomber's release: leak
Britain's Sunday Times has published leaked documents which show that the Obama administration was prepared to accept the conditional release of the Lockerbie bomber.[MORE]
One dead in Bangkok bomb blast
A bomb blast at a bus stop near the site of recent anti government protests in Bangkok has killed one person and wounded nine others.[MORE]
Iran blames West for suicide attacks
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed the United States, Britain and Israel for a twin suicide bombing at a mosque in the south-east of the country.[MORE]
Two killed in hydro plant terrorist attack
Russia says Muslim militants are behind a deadly attack on a hydro electric power plant in the volatile North Caucasus region.[MORE]
Ex-spy meets families of abducted citizens
A North Korean spy who killed more than 100 people has met with the families of Japanese citizens abducted by Pyongyang's agents.[MORE]
Iraq war increased terrorism threat to UK: MI5 boss
The former head of Britain's intelligence service MI5 says she warned Tony Blair's government that going to war in Iraq would substantially increase the terrorist threat to the UK.[MORE]
Cameron defies US on Lockerbie bomber inquiry
British prime minister David Cameron has rejected a United States request for an inquiry into the release of the Lockerbie bomber.[MORE]
Militants killed after guards open fire
At least five militants have been killed trying to enter an army training ground in north-west Pakistan.[MORE]
