KABULAt least 12 people died Wednesday in an armed clash between police and a group of protesters in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, authorities said."Eight Taliban and four civilians died in a protest against Pakistan in the Maiwand district," a source with the Kandahar provincial police ...

JAKARTA: US rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert scheduled this week in Jakarta on safety concerns, a concert promoter said Sunday, following threats to bomb the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital."We received the official confirmation yesterday from the Aerosmith management ...

Orakzai agency/ hangu/ landi kotal -  OUR STAFF REPORTER/ agencies  - At least 35 militants were killed and two of their hideouts destroyed during army's ongoing operation in Orakzai and Khyber tribal regions on Sunday. Military officials said two soldiers were also martyred and three ...

KANO, Nigeria   Heavy fighting between Nigerian troops and suspected insurgents has killed 187 people and injured 77 others, with massive blazes that raged after the clashes leaving nearly half the town destroyed, the Red Cross said Monday. The bloodshed in the remote northeastern town of Baga ...

The fighting in the Tirah Valley claimed nine more brave Pakistani soldiers during the recent clashes. Seven extremists were also killed during the same clash. The geo-strategic location of Valley makes it an ideal launching pad for the Taliban to stage attacks on Peshawar as well as ...

PESHAWAR  - Heavy fighting between Pakistani troops and militants has killed 23 soldiers and more than 110 enemy fighters at a flashpoint near the Afghan border, military officials said on Tuesday.The clashes signalled a fresh military push in the Tirah Valley of Khyber district, where the ...

CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt was on edge Monday after a night of sporadic violence outside Cairo’s main cathedral following the death of seven people in clashes between Christians and Muslims.Islamist President Mohamed Mursi has promised to launch an immediate investigation into the bloodshed.Calm was ...

HEBRON - Palestinians and Israeli forces clashed in the West Bank city Hebron on Friday as Israel deployed significant security reinforcements ahead of a day of demonstrations.Palestinian security forces in Hebron said that hundreds of people took part in two demonstrations, one inside the city and ...

TUNIS (AFP) - Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters on Friday as tens of thousands joined the funeral of opposition leader Chokri Belaid whose murder plunged Tunisia into new post-revolt turmoil.Skirmishes erupted on the margins of the funeral procession which turned into a ...

CAIRO (AFP) - One person was killed in Cairo Monday as clashes between police and protesters raged into a fifth day, and President Mohamed Mursi scrambled to contain deepening divisions with calls for national dialogue.The unidentified man was killed by birdshot to the head, a police official told ...

JERUSALEM/AMMAN  - Nine people were injured and seven arrested in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on Monday after clashes broke out as Israeli forces demolished several structures, local activists told AFP."Bulldozers demolished two structures and some parts of a house and they also ...

At least 81 persons have been killed so far in clashes between the Tirah-based banned organisation Ansarul Islam (AI) and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) that erupted on Friday.During Monday’s clashes, as many as 10 persons were killed, raising the toll to 81 in the past four days. Due to ...

ALEXANDRIA (AFP) - Clashes between rival demonstrators erupted on Friday in Egypt’s second city Alexandria, the eve of the final round of a referendum on a divisive new constitution drafted by an Islamist-dominated panel.Riot police, with orders to act “decisively,” formed a ...

CAIRO  - Stone-throwing clashes broke out Friday in the Egyptian city of Alexandria between Islamists and opposition protesters, on the eve of a highly charged referendum on a new constitution, witnesses and state media said.Police in riot gear quickly moved to restore order in the city, ...

DAMASCUS - Syria’s army sent reinforcements to a rebel town near Damascus and clashes raged south of the city on Friday, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged a “concerted push” to end the conflict after talks with her Russian counterpart.The world’s chemical ...

CAIRO - Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi clashed with his supporters on Tuesday in the central province of Minya, as protests erupted across the country against his expanded powers.Protesters marched to the headquarters of Mursi’s Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of ...

DHAKA  - Bangladeshi garment workers clashed with police on Monday as some 10,000 protested over the deaths of 110 people in the country’s worst clothing factory fire, with demonstrations entering a second week.Industrial police deputy director Moktar Ali said a false rumour about ...

DAMASCUS - Fighting raged around Damascus on Friday and Internet and phone links in Syria remained cut for a second day, as the capital’s international airport reopened to flights after heavy clashes in the area.Delegates from more than 60 countries, meanwhile, were gathering in Tokyo to find ...

SILIANA - Clashes erupted Thursday between Tunisian police and anti-government protesters in the central town of Siliana as unrest raged into a third day and spread to other parts of the deprived region.Security forces fired warning shots and tear gas at hundreds of protesters trying to storm a ...

MADRID (AFP) - Riot police and anti-austerity protesters clashed in Spain and Italy on Wednesday as anger boiled over on a day of Europe-wide strikes and mass demonstrations that drew tens of thousands of people and paralysed transport and industry.“Europe is waking up today - from Rome to ...

DAMASCUS - Outbursts of fighting threatened to undermine a fragile ceasefire that took effect in Syria on Friday after President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the main rebel force agreed to down arms for a four-day Eidul Azha holiday.But the violence was still at unusually low levels even ...

ATHENS  - Police and masked youths clashed in Athens on Wednesday during a nationwide strike in protest at a new round of austerity cuts introduced in return for crucial EU-IMF loans.Gangs of youths threw firebombs, smashed windows and set fire to garbage on the sidelines of the demonstration ...

SRINAGAR  - Hundreds of protesters clashed with security forces and burnt a police vehicle Tuesday during angry demonstrations over an anti-Islam movie made in the United States.All shops and businesses were shut in the restive Muslim-majority Himalayan region by a strike called to protest ...

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - Kurdish rebels wielding rocket launchers and machine-guns attacked a security base in southeast Turkey, triggering a firefight that left 30 people dead, local officials said Monday.Ten soldiers were killed and seven wounded in the attack in the province of Sirnak, the local ...

NAIROBI - At least 48 Kenyans were hacked or burnt to death in ethnic clashes between two rival groups, the worst single attack since deadly post-election violence four years ago, police said Wednesday. “It is a very bad incident.... They include 31 women, 11 children and six men,” ...

BEITUNIA CHECKPOINT, Palestinian Territories - Israeli forces faced off with Palestinian stone-throwers in the West Bank on Tuesday during the annual Nakba Day protests over the "catastrophe" that befell the Palestinians in 1948.At Beitunia checkpoint near Ramallah, youths hurled stones at troops, ...

JERUSALEM  - Clashes broke out on Friday when some 150 Palestinians and Israelis demonstrated in east Jerusalem to protest against Jewish settlers taking over two houses there, an AFP reporter said.  As protesters brandished signs saying "Stop the occupation" and "Stop stealing ...

DHAKA  - Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at hundreds of opposition activists in Bangladesh on Sunday as a nationwide strike over the disappearance of a senior politician brought daily life to a halt.More than a dozen people were injured, four of them seriously, police said, as ...

    MIRANSHAH  - At least eight people were killed and 15 others wounded in clashes between troops and militants in North Waziristan, officials said Monday.Four militants and one soldier were killed when militants stormed a security forces checkpoint late Sunday in Miranshah, ...

AUCKLAND - All-rounder Jacob Oram has been ruled out of New Zealand's Twenty20 and one-day international series against South Africa with a calf injury. "Although it's a relatively minor calf injury, the congested nature of the series means Jake won't be available for the ODIs," New Zealand Cricket ...