ARTICLES RELATING TO WAR

Bomb kills 3 Pakistani soldiers

2013-06-09 13:23

Three soldiers have been killed and four wounded in two separate bomb attacks in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the border with Afghanistan.

Bomb in Damascus kills nine

2013-06-02 19:13

At least nine Syrian soldiers have been killed in a car bomb explosion in Damascus while warplanes bombed the embattled town of Ousayr.

Bomb explodes in Damascus

2013-06-02 09:01

A car bomb has exploded near a police station in the Jubar district of Damascus, killing at least eight Syrian security forces.

7 US troops killed in Afghanistan

2013-05-05 08:36

Seven US soldiers and a member of the Nato-led coalition have been killed in one of the deadliest days for Americans and other foreign troops in Afghanistan in recent months.

Bush 'comfortable' with Iraq decision

2013-04-25 10:09

Former US president George W Bush says he remains "comfortable" with the decision to invade Iraq, even in the midst of a new spate of bloody violence in Baghdad.

New war looms for SA troops

2013-04-07 10:13
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New reports reveal that SA troops are to be sent to a new war in Central Africa - in the eastern DRC against the notorious M23 rebel group.

Suicide attack kills 17 soldiers

2013-03-24 12:29

A suicide bomber rammed a water tanker into a Pakistani check post , killing 17 soldiers in the notorious tribal district of North Waziristan.

Dying US veteran flays Bush, Cheney

2013-03-20 12:10

A dying US veteran has penned a scathing letter to former president George W Bush and his former vice president Dick Cheney urging the pair to beg for forgiveness for the Iraq war.

Al-Qaeda group claims Iraq attack

2013-03-17 12:50

Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq has claimed a brazen co-ordinated attack involving a series of bombings and the storming of a ministry complex in central Baghdad.

Violence in Afghanistan

2013-02-24 13:25

A series of early morning attacks hit eastern Afghanistan with three separate suicide bombings in outlying provinces and a shootout between security forces and a would-be attacker in the capital city of Kabul.

N Korean camps compared to Nazi Holocaust

2013-02-20 12:04

North Korea's prison camps are a closed-off world of death, torture and forced labour, according to two survivors who have likened the horror of the camps to the Nazi Holocaust.

World must convince Assad to go: Kerry

2013-02-14 10:00

The world must persuade Syrian President Bashar Assad to see the writing on the wall, says top US diplomat John Kerry, stressing Russia could play a key role in ending the conflict.

Town seized from al-Qaeda

2013-02-03 09:50

The Yemeni military says it has wrested control of a southern town from al-Qaeda fighters in three days of clashes that killed 17 people.

Children die in Syria

2013-01-27 08:20

Regime warplanes have launched a wave of deadly raids across Syria, including one that killed eight children, a watchdog said, as Nato declared Patriot missiles are now active on the Turkish border.

Suspected US drone kills 8

2013-01-20 08:48

Yemeni military officials say eight people have been killed in two suspected US drone strikes in Abieda valley in central Marib province.

10 killed in drone attack

2013-01-06 12:44

A US drone strike has killed at least 10 people suspected to be Taliban fighters in Pakistan's northern tribal areas.

Germany honours Roma Holocaust victims

2012-10-23 16:17

Chancellor Angela Merkel will finally open a much-delayed memorial to Roma victims of the Nazi regime.

WWII bomb successfully defused

2012-10-21 08:52

Authorities evacuated about 200 residents in Tokyo to defuse an unexploded 220kg World War II incendiary bomb.

Blasts in Afghanistan kill 9

2012-10-14 08:52

A suicide bomber on a motorbike has blown himself up at a local intelligence office in southern Afghanistan, in the deadliest of three attacks that left at least nine people dead.

Taliban destroys US planes

2012-09-16 08:54

Six US fighter jets have been destroyed and two significantly damaged when insurgents stormed a heavily fortified Afghan base where Britain's Prince Harry is deployed.

Blair shrugs off arrest threats

2012-08-30 10:25

Former UK prime minister Tony Blair has shrugged off protests and threats of a citizen's arrest against him by South Africans saying there are others they should be protesting against.

US 'wasted' $206m on Iraq police training

2012-07-30 14:01

The United States wasted about $206m on building facilities for an Iraqi police training programme which an official has termed "useless", says an audit by a US watchdog.

Malaysia to evacuate citizens

2012-07-22 09:14

Malaysia's government says it is shutting its embassy in Syria and evacuating more than 130 students and diplomats because of the escalating civil war.

Clinton reaches out to Laos

2012-07-11 14:02

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Laos will gauge whether a place the US pummelled with bombs during the Vietnam War, could evolve into a new foothold of US influence in Asia.

Hotel attack claims 20

2012-06-22 18:56

Elite Afghan police backed by Nato forces have ended a 12-hour siege at a popular lakeside hotel outside Kabul, leaving at least 20 dead after Taliban gunmen stormed the lakeside building.

 

Baghdad suicide bomber kills 7

2013-06-09 08:23

A suicide bomber has blown up his car at police checkpoint at the entrance of Baghdad's Shi'ite Kadhimiya district, killing at least seven people and wounding 16 more.

Civilians trapped in Syrian town

2013-06-02 13:49

Aid organisations have stepped up calls for civilians trapped in the flashpoint Syrian town of Qusayr to be evacuated, as rebel fighters braced for a fresh assault.

Syria rebels fight on

2013-05-26 08:34

A meeting of Syria's fractured opposition has headed into an unscheduled fourth day, while on the ground rebels kept up their resistance to a Hezbollah-backed government assault.

US Navy unveils drone-integrated squad

2013-05-03 09:10

The US has inaugurated its first squadron with both manned and unmanned aircraft, becoming the latest branch of the military to formally integrate drone technology into its operations.

Israel remembers fallen soldiers, civilians

2013-04-14 22:12

Israel has been marking Memorial Day from sunset, remembering fallen troops and civilian deaths in terror attacks.

Child dies in Nato strike

2013-03-31 08:19

A Nato helicopter has killed at least one child and nine suspected Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's east.

Kabul, US 'reach deal' on forces pullout

2013-03-20 13:02

The United States and Kabul appear to have reached an agreement on the pullout of coalition forces from a strategic province, nearly a month after an ultimatum from the Afghan president.

Car bomb blast kills nine in Iraq

2013-03-17 18:13

At least nine people have been killed when a car bomb exploded at a bus terminal in Iraq's predominantly Shi'ite Muslim south.

Iraq war killed 120 000, cost $800bn

2013-03-15 12:02

At least 116 000 Iraqi civilians and more than 4 800 coalition troops have died in Iraq between the outbreak of war in 2003 and the US withdrawal in 2011, researchers estimate.

4 700 people killed in US drone strikes

2013-02-21 07:53

A US senator has said an estimated 4 700 people, including some civilians, have been killed in bombing raids conducted under America's secretive drone war, local media reports.

S Korea missile 'can hit North's leaders'

2013-02-14 10:59

South Korea has unveiled a cruise missile that it says can hit the office of North Korea's leaders, trying to address concerns that it is technologically behind its rival.

US war author shot dead

2013-02-03 13:30

Chris Kyle, the former US Navy Seal sniper who was responsible for 160 kills during his career has been shot and killed with another man at a gun range.

30 dead in Iraqi attack

2013-02-03 09:33

A car bomb detonated by a suicide attacker followed by gunmen storming a police headquarters in Iraq has killed 30 people and wounded 70 others.

10 killed in Afghanistan

2013-01-27 07:49

An Afghan official says a roadside bomb has killed 10 people in the main city in southern Afghanistan.

US military suicides exceed combat deaths

2013-01-15 08:10

The number of US troops committing suicide set a record in 2012, exceeding the number of combat deaths, the Pentagon says.

Marines held for murder given anonymity

2012-11-07 20:17

A British military judge has ruled that five Royal Marines accused of murder in Afghanistan have the right to remain anonymous.

Al-Qaeda plans comeback

2012-10-21 12:04

A diminished but resilient al-Qaeda, whose terrorist attacks drew America into its longest war, is attempting a comeback in Afghanistan.

5 Marines charged with murder

2012-10-14 12:33

Britain's military says five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over a death in southern Afghanistan.

Multiple car bombs in Iraq

2012-09-30 09:16

A string of car bomb blasts mainly targeting police checkpoints has killed at least 17 people across Iraq.

4 Nato troops killed

2012-09-16 08:43

A suspected policeman has killed four Nato troops in Afghanistan, the US-led military has said.

North Korea engages in war talk

2012-08-26 12:38

North Korea's leader has warned of an "all-out" war against the South while denouncing its ongoing joint military drill with the United States.

Iraq 'rebuilders' died by the hundreds

2012-07-27 12:00

A US investigative agency has calculated that at least 719 people, nearly half of them Americans, were killed working on projects to rebuild Iraq following the US invasion in 2003.

Cameron to Taliban: 'You can't wait this out'

2012-07-19 12:06

British Prime Minister David Cameron warned the Taliban Thursday that the international community would continue to support the Afghan government after NATO troops pull out in 2014.

Biden told Obama war plan flawed

2012-06-25 17:37

As President Barack Obama considered adding forces to the war in Afghanistan in 2009, Vice President Joe Biden warned him that the rationale for doing so was flawed, says a new book.

Army frees up to 40 hostages

2012-06-22 08:50

Afghan security forces have freed 35 to 40 hostages taken by Taliban insurgents in an attack on a lakeside hotel at a beauty spot on the outskirts of Kabul.

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