Tag: Unrest, Conflict and War
Bomb kills 16 in north-west Pakistan
Militants have carried out a second huge bomb attack in as many days against police in north-western Pakistan. [MORE]
Nashos to be honoured with memorial
Australia's national servicemen will be recognised for the first time today with the dedication of a memorial in Canberra.[MORE]
Church vows to go ahead with Koran-burning
A Florida evangelical church has vowed to go ahead with plans to burn the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary despite fears it may fuel an angry backlash and endanger US and allied troops in Afghanistan.[MORE]
Australian Red Shirt deported from Thailand
An Australian man jailed for participating in anti-government protests in Bangkok earlier this year has been deported from Thailand.[MORE]
Recent Somalia bloodshed claims 230 lives
The United Nations refugee agency says 230 civilians have been killed during fighting between government forces and Islamist rebels over the past two weeks in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.[MORE]
Five killed in Thailand's troubled south
Bombings and shootings by suspected Islamic militants have killed five people and wounded 13 across Thailand's troubled south, police said Tuesday.[MORE]
Petraeus slams church's plan to burn Koran
The top US commander in Afghanistan has criticised a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.[MORE]
2010 to be Afghanistan's deadliest year
Foreign forces in Afghanistan are facing their deadliest year yet, with the death toll already passing 500, as compared to 521 for all of last year.[MORE]
Respected Afghan journalist stabbed to death
A prominent Afghan journalist has been murdered in the capital Kabul.[MORE]
Protests not music to the ears of Iranian regime
Anti-government protesters in Iran are using music to continue their dissent against the hardline regime.[MORE]
Pakistan suicide attack kills 19
At least 19 people were killed and 45 wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police station in north-west Pakistan, destroying the building.[MORE]
Basque rebels lay down weapons
Basque rebel group ETA, weakened by arrests and facing calls for ceasefire within the separatist movement, announced it had called a halt to armed attacks, according to the Basque-language newspaper Gara.[MORE]
Israeli bombing raid in Gaza
Israeli aircraft have carried out three bombing raids on the Gaza Strip, killing one man and injuring another. [MORE]
US troops help fight off attack on Iraq army base
American troops were called in to help fight off a coordinated suicide attack on an Iraqi army complex, days after US forces officially ended combat operations in the country.[MORE]
Drone strike kills four militants: Pakistan
A US drone strike has killed four militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said.[MORE]
Karzai sets up Taliban peace talks council
Afghan president Hamid Karzai announced that he had set up a council to pursue peace talks with the Taliban, who have been waging an insurgency in Afghanistan for almost nine years.[MORE]
At least four dead in fresh Mexico clash
At least four people have been killed in a clash between soldiers and suspected drug gang members in northeastern Mexico.[MORE]
Scores dead after blast hits Pakistan rally
A blast has ripped through a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 53 people and injuring at almost 200.[MORE]
Drug shootout with Mexican army kills 25
As many as 25 people were killed when Mexican soldiers clashed with suspected drug gang members in rural north-eastern Mexico, local media reported.[MORE]
Netanyahu, Abbas hold private peace talks
Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas have spent several hours meeting alone in the first day of direct talks in Washington.[MORE]
Hamas vows to keep attacking Israelis
Hamas said its militants would continue attacking Israelis and denounced peace talks between Israel and the West Bank-based Palestinian government due to start in Washington.[MORE]
Afghan airstrike 'killed election campaigners'
An Afghan official says 10 election campaigners were killed in an airstrike by international forces in the relatively peaceful north of the country on Thursday.[MORE]
The art of peacekeeping
Artists documents experience of Australian soldiers serving in peacekeeping missions.[MORE]
UN steps up rape patrols in Congo
United Nations (UN) peacekeepers have stepped up patrols in a region of the Democratic Republic of Congo where the number of mass rape victims has increased to more than 240.[MORE]
Peace talks overshadowed by West Bank killings
The deaths of four Israelis in the West Bank have overshadowed the start of the latest round of Middle East peace talks in Washington DC. [MORE]
