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More US-Pakistan Woes: Peeved Senators, Drone Strike

Mark Russell — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:17:19 CDT

The sun still is not shining on US-Pakistan relations. A US drone strike targeting suspected militants in northwest Pakistan killed 10 today, a move that will likely further inflame tensions between the two countries, reports Reuters . Pakistan has demanded an end to the strikes, which it considers a violation of...

Militants Kill 80 Soldiers in Yemen

Matt Cantor — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:04:18 CST

Al-Qaeda-linked militants attacked an army base in southern Yemen, setting off a pair of car bombs and killing 80 soldiers yesterday in an hours-long battle. At least 20 militants were also killed in what became one of the bloodiest battles the country has seen in years, the Wall Street Journal...

Enemy Boko Haram Has Infiltrated Gov't: Nigeria Prez

Mark Russell — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:51:22 CST

Nigeria's president Goodluck Jonathan warned yesterday that supporters of the violent Islamic group Boko Haram , which organized a wave of bombings over Christmas that killed dozens of people, have infiltrated the government and military at all levels, reports the BBC . "Some of them are in the executive arm of government,...

68 Freed From Pakistan Madrasa

Rob Quinn — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:46:32 CST

Police in Pakistan say they rescued dozens of students from an Islamic seminary where they were being brainwashed by extremists. Some of the 68 students found at the Karachi madrasa were found chained in a basement, the Los Angeles Times reports. Police say the students were denied food and pressured...

40 Dead in Pakistan Suicide Attack

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:03:05 CDT

A suicide bomber struck a mosque in a Pakistani tribal region during Friday prayers, officials said, killing at least 40 people and wounding 85 others in the deadliest attack in the country in recent weeks. Some 300 people had gathered for prayers this afternoon in the Sunni mosque, and many...

Blast at Yemen Weapons Factory Kills 78

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:04:40 CDT

The seizure of a munitions factory yesterday by Yemen militants turned tragic today when looters set off an accidental explosion, killing at least 78. With President Ali Abdullah Saleh clinging to power and battling protesters, Islamist militants are getting increasingly aggressive, reports the AP, and today's explosion only served to...

Yemeni Militants Seize Weapons Factory

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:22:25 CDT

Islamic militants seized control of a weapons factory, a strategic mountain, and a nearby town in the southern Yemen province of Abyan today, as a political stalemate over the fate of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital causes security to unravel around the country. Saleh's fate is of deep...

Christmas Bombings Spark Unrest in Nigeria

Matt Cantor — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:49:59 CST

State police are swarming into central Nigeria following a series of Christmas church bombings that killed 38, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Following Saturday's explosions, angry youths barricaded roads and attacked people passing by yesterday, and houses and a truck also were set ablaze. UN chief Ban Ki-moon blasted the...

Militants' Coordinated Attacks Kill 11 Soldiers in Pakistan

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:24:05 CST

Some 150 Islamist militants attacked five security posts today in an unusually large and coordinated assault close to the Afghan border, sparking hours of fighting that killed 11 soldiers and wounded 12, officials said; 24 insurgents died. Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants often stage attacks in northwest Pakistan, but the overnight...