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Armed militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying more than 400 passengers and taken a number of them hostage, military sources said. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)…

Armed militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers and taken several hostages, military sources. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fired at the Jaffar Express…

Syria’s defence ministry says it has completed a military operation in the country’s western coastal region, after days of violence in which hundreds of people have been killed. Security forces…

Gunmen and security forces linked to Syria’s new Islamist rulers have killed more than 340 people, including women and children from the Alawite minority, in the country’s coastal region since…

Gunmen loyal to Syria’s Bashar al-Assad killed 48 security personnel, in attacks it described as the “most violent” since the longtime president’s ouster. The fighting took place in the Mediterranean…

Pakistan said Saturday that counterterrorism operations in two volatile northwestern districts resulted in the deaths of four soldiers, including an officer, and 15 insurgents during the ensuing clashes. A military…

Clashes between Pakistani security forces and supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan killed at least a dozen people, including law enforcement personnel. They injured many more in the…