Tag: Terrorism
N Korea nuclear talks expected to resume soon
South Korea's nuclear envoy said he expected six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear programs would resume soon after the communist state was taken off a US terrorism blacklist.[MORE]
Bali bombing memorial service
Friends and family of the victims of the 2002 Bali bombings gathered in Kings Park this morning for a memorial service. [MORE]
Hundreds gather to remember Bali bombings victims
Hundreds of people have gathered in Bali and Sydney to mark the sixth anniversary of the Bali bombings. [MORE]
US strikes N Korea from terrorism blacklist
The US has struck North Korea from a terrorism blacklist.[MORE]
Failed London bombers made getaway on rickshaws, trial hears
Two doctors accused of plotting failed car bombings in London and Glasgow last year escaped the scene of their first botched attack on cycle rickshaws, their trial has heard. [MORE]
Sadr MP dies after attack in Baghdad
A member of parliament from anti-American cleric Moqtada al Sadr's bloc died after a bomb blast struck his car in Baghdad, fellow politicians and a health ministry official said.[MORE]
Failed bombers planned 'wholesale' murders, UK court hears
A British court has been told two men who plotted failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow last year wanted to commit indiscriminate and "wholesale" murder.[MORE]
Pakistan blasts kill 10, injure 8: officials
A roadside bomb has exploded near a prison van and a school bus in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 10 people, a local mayor and a police official said.[MORE]
Car bomb blast wounds eight in Islamabad
A car bomb attack on the police headquarters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad has wounded at least eight people, a senior police official says.[MORE]
US inquiry finds 33 civilians killed in Afghan raid
A new inquiry by the US military has concluded that its air strikes on an Afghan village in August killed 33 civilians, defence officials said, far more than US commanders have acknowledged.[MORE]
Pakistani gunships kill 20 Al Qaeda militants
At least 20 Al Qaeda-linked militants, eight of them foreigners, were killed when Pakistani helicopter gunships hit rebel hideouts in a tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.[MORE]
Judge, White House clash over Guantanamo release order
A federal judge, in a rebuke to the Bush administration, has ordered the prompt release in the United States of 17 Chinese Muslims held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.[MORE]
Nearly 60 militants killed in Afghanistan: military
Afghan and international forces announced they had killed nearly 60 militants in two days as the battle against Talban-led extremists continued.[MORE]
Bombings outside Baghdad Green Zone as US official visits
Two powerful bombs exploded just outside Baghdad's tightly-guarded Green Zone as US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was due to address reporters inside, an AFP correspondent said.[MORE]
Bail hearing delay for terror suspect
The bail application for 31 year old Shane Kent, who is facing charges of being a member of a terrorist organisation, has been delayed until next week.[MORE]
Death toll rises in Pakistani suicide bombing
A suicide bomber in central Pakistan has killed 17 people and wounded a Pakistani opposition politician.[MORE]
Suicide blast at Pakistan MP's house kills 12: police
A suicide bomber killed 12 people and wounded a Pakistani opposition politician on Monday (local time) in the latest attack to underscore the threat posed by Taliban and Al Qaeda militants.[MORE]
Radical settler influx sparks more violence on West Bank
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There is growing concern in Israel that a radical fringe group of the settler movement is getting bigger, and more violent.[MORE]
Suicide bombing kills 11 in Iraq
A suicide bomber has killed 11 people in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.[MORE]
Aust forces confident of Taliban shutdown in Uruzgan
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Australian forces in south Afghanistan say they have succeeded in driving out insurgents from many areas.[MORE]
Afghanistan needs more than military action: defence minister
Military action alone will not solve Afghanistan's conflict, the country's defence minister says.[MORE]
Afghan war can't be won, says UK commander
Britain's top military commander in Afghanistan says the public should not expect a "decisive military victory" there.[MORE]
US court overturns terror convictions of two Yemenis
A US federal appeals court in New York has overturned the convictions of two Yemenis who were tried on charges of supporting Al Qaeda, officials have said.[MORE]
Medvedev orders security revamp after Georgia blast
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a tightening of security in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region after a bomb blamed by Moscow on Georgian special forces killed eight Russian troops.[MORE]
Top Al Qaeda planner slain: US
US forces have killed an Al Qaeda militant who planned some of the biggest bombings in Baghdad and who killed a group of Russian diplomats in 2006, the US military has said.[MORE]
