1. Hundreds more US troops have landed in Haiti determined to help the homeless caused by the massive earthquake. The forces hoping to bring a lot of jammed supplies, which have been donated there but the jets may be distributed. 2. More UN forces we...
Ehud Barak said to have received dozens of threats from Jewish militants who oppose partial freeze on West Bank settlement construction Robert Berger | Jerusalem 06 January 2010 Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaking after a meeting with his A...
Hello, I'm Catherine Callaway at the CNN center in Atlanta, with a look at what's happening Now in The News. At least four people are dead in a suspected US drone attack in Pakistan. It happened in north Waziristan, a Taliban stronghold near the Afgh...
The U.S. military in Afghanistan says troops conducting several raids targeting al-Qaida, Taliban and Haqqani militant networks have killed 19 fighters. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from neighboring Pakistan that there are also news reports that the...
Nigeria's most prominent militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or 'MEND', has claimed responsibility for a third day of violence in the southern oil producing region. Sarah Simpson reports from Lagos the militants say...
Pakistani officials say security forces have killed at least 460 al-Qaida-linked militants in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan. VOA's Ayaz Gul reports, the week-long clashes also have left 22 troops dead and forced more than 200,000 people to f...
Nigeria's main militant group says it has blown up two more oil pipelines in an overnight attack. Militant attacks repeatedly force oil companies to cut production in Nigeria, pushing up oil prices on international markets. Sarah Simpson has more fr...
Nigeria's main militant group says it has blown up two more oil pipelines in an overnight attack. Militant attacks repeatedly force oil companies to cut production in Nigeria, pushing up oil prices on international markets. Sarah Simpson has more fr...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 17 May 2008 Pakistani officials say militants have released the country's ambassador to Afghanistan after holding him for more than three months. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad the release came during ongoing...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 14 March 2008 In a fresh sign that militant Muslim fighters in Somalia have adopted tactics used by the al-Qaida terror network, Somalia's radical Islamist Shabab group has beheaded three government soldiers guarding a road nort...
