Gunmen surround Libyan ministry to push demandsGunmen surrounded Libya's foreign ministry on Sunday to push demands that officials who had worked for deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi's regime be banned from senior positions in the new administration. At least 20 pick-u More… |
Thousands of Libyan gunmen sign up for police trainingAlmost 6,000 gunmen have begun training to be policemen under a drive to disarm militias hindering Libya's democratic transition although many others cling to street powers won in toppling Muammar Gaddafi, the new interior More… |
Joyful Libyans brave violence for key voteCrowds of joyful Libyans, some with tears in their eyes, parted with the legacy of Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship on Saturday as they voted in the first free national election in 60 years. But in the eastern city of Benghazi, cradle of More… |
Gunmen storm Syrian news channel, 3 killedGunmen stormed the headquarters of a Syrian pro-government news channel on Wednesday morning, planted explosives and killed three employees, state media said. 'The terrorists planted explosive devices in the headquarters of al-Ikhbariy More… |
Saudi hospital head abducted in YemenGunmen abducted the head of a Saudi hospital in north Yemen on Monday, and demanded the release of militants held in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, local officials said. A government official confirmed that Dhafer al Shahrani, a Saudi citizen who More… |
Gunmen attack tourist bus in Delhi, 2 hurtGunmen on motorbikes shot at a tourist bus near the main mosque in the Indian capital on Sunday, wounding two Taiwanese visitors in an attack only weeks before the city hosts the Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth Game More… |
Somali gunmen storm hotel, 15 MPs reported killedSomali gunmen on Tuesday stormed a Mogadishu hotel popular with government officials, police said, and a legislator inside said 15 parliamentarians were killed. "They have slaughtered 15 MPs. We are surrounding the hotel area. We want to c More… |
Yemen says al Qaeda behind raid on police HQYemen blamed al Qaeda for an attack in which gunmen in military uniforms raided a police headquarters in the port city of Aden on Saturday, killing 11 people and freeing several detainees. Yemen is struggling to curb a separatist movement More… |
Yemen says al Qaeda behind raid on police HQYemen blamed al Qaeda for an attack in which gunmen in military uniforms raided a police headquarters in the port city of Aden on Saturday, killing 11 people and freeing several detainees. Yemen is struggling to curb a separatist movement More… |
Gunmen attack police building in Yemen, kill 10Gunmen attacked a police headquarters in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Saturday, killing 10 security men, and a police official said the attackers freed several detainees. Yemen is struggling to curb a growing separatist movemen More… |








