Libya
NATO failed to agree to send more warplanes to battle President Gaddafi’s forces. Pro-Gaddafi forces shelled rebel forces in Misrata and Ajdabiyah.
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Pakistan
Slow government development threatens Swat military
Pakistan
Militant’s road ends in Pakistan
Palestinian Territories
Mideast: Two hardline Islamist groups deny killing Italian activist
Palestinian Territories
Italian activist killed in Gaza: the hardline group behind the hanging
Yemen
Big protests in Yemen
Bahrain
Bahrain says will not disband opposition groups: minister
Afghanistan
Turkey in talks on Taliban office in Istanbul
NATO
NATO confident of more planes soon
Suicide bomber detonates inside Indonesia mosque
The blast at a police mosque in Cirebon wounded 28 people, including a police chief.
Suicide bomber assassinates Kandahar police chief
Brigadier General Khan Mohammad Mujahid is the latest senior Afghan official murdered by the Taliban in its assassination campaign in the southern province.
Afghanistan
Clinton warns against hasty Afghan withdrawal
Afghanistan
Pakistan would back Taliban office in Turkey: official
Morocco
Moroccan king pardons prisoners
Somalia
Somalia, wobbly on ground, seeks control of its airspace
Palestinian Territories
Hamas recovered the body of an Italian pro-Palestinian journalist who was killed during a clash with the Salafist Monotheism and Holy War. Hours earlier, Monotheism and Holy War released a video of the kidnapped Italian and demanded Hamas release prisoners or he would be killed.
Pakistan
Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Mohmand. Police arrested two French men in Lahore who accompanied Jemaah Islamiyah leader Umar Patek. A CIA official said the Predator strikes will not cease.
Afghanistan
A suicide assault team killed three policemen in Paktia; four Afghans were wounded in suicide attacks in Kabul and Kandahar. Security forces killed and captured al Qaeda, Taliban, and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Zabul, Khost, Logar, Baghlan, Faryab, and Jawzjan.
Iraq
The UN said that 34 members of the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq were killed by Iraqi troops during rioting at Camp Arshaf. A former Baathist is accused of “recruiting Arab terrorists in Syria and Jordan ” to carry out attacks in Iraq.
Afghanistan
Ex-Afghan minister: Iran paid Karzai as early as 2003
Somalia
Report: Piracy at a record high
Egypt
Sadat’s unrepentant killer aims for political future
Colombia
Female Colombian snipers ‘fighting to defend Col Gaddafi in Libya’
United Kingdom
Almost 1 in 8 in UK are foreign born
Denmark
Sweden issues Syria travel warning
Hezbollah
Hezbollah denied reports that its members are fighting alongside Libyan rebels against President Gaddafi’s regime. “Hezbollah denies such accusations and considers them as baseless,” the terror group said in a press release.
Syria
The US said Iran is providing support to Syria to suppress nationwide anti-government protests. The US claimed Iran is providing weapons and intelligence-gathering assets to aid security forces in suppressing protests and monitoring the opposition.
Libya
Government forces killed 23 people in rocket attacks on the port city of Misrata. The US and European countries believe the Libyan rebels are “hopelessly disorganized” and that a stalemate with Gaddafi’s forces is inevitable.
Hizb-i-Islami
Afghan Taliban intelligence network embraces the new
Iran
US says Iran helps crackdown in Syria