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Army airstrike kills 15 militants in NW Pakistan

At least 15 militants were killed when Pakistani army launched missile strikes in the country' s northwest tribal area of North Waziristan on Tuesday, the military said.

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Militants kill 9 tribal policemen, destroy girls' school in NW Pakistan

At least nine tribal policemen were killed in two separate attacks by militants who also destroyed a girls'school in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Mohmand Agency on Thursday, local media reported.

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7 militants killed in clash with police in east Pakistan

At least seven militants were killed and five others fled during an armed encounter with police in Pakistan's east Punjab province early Wednesday morning, local media reported.

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Indonesia on alert for cyanide attack

Indonesia is anticipating all forms of terror attacks, including the use of cyanide to poison military and police personnel, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Luhut Pandjaitan, has said.

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Afghan conflicts claim 27 lives, 11 militants hand in weapons

Afghan conflicts have claimed the lives of 27 armed militants from both Taliban and Islamic State (IS) groups; while 11 others laid down arms in the militancy-hit country since Tuesday, officials said Wednesday.

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Gaza health ministry denies treating IS militants injured in Egypt' s Sinai

​The Hamas-run Health Ministry denied on Monday media reports that hospitals in the Gaza Strip are providing medical treatment to Islamic State (IS) militants who are wounded in Sinai of Egypt.

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37 killed in fresh military operations in Afghanistan: gov't

​About 34 Taliban insurgents and three Afghan army personnel have been killed during military operations on Sunday, the country's Defense Ministry said on Monday.

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2 Turkish security soldiers killed in clashes with PKK

One soldier and one policeman were killed on Sunday in clashes with Kurdistan workers' Party ( PKK) in the district of Cizre in Sirnak province, the Turkish General Staff stated on Sunday.

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Indian troops kill 3 militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir gunfight

​A militant commander belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and his two associates were killed Saturday in a gunfight with troops in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.

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Turkey detains 23 IS suspects along Syrian border

Turkey detained 23 suspected Islamic State (IS) militants trying to enter Turkey through Syria, according to the Turkish General Staff's released statement Sunday.

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8 militants killed in military airstrike in NW Pakistan

​At least eight militants were killed when Pakistani military launched an airstrike in the country's northwest tribal area of Khyber Agency on Friday, local media reported.

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42 IS militants killed in clashes, air strikes in western Iraq

​A total of 42 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed and 28 were wounded on Sunday in clashes with Iraqi security forces and air strikes by Iraqi and U. S.-led coalition aircraft in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security and medical sources told Xinhua.

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IS miltants capture positions after series of attacks in Iraq's Salahudin

​Hundreds of Islamic State (IS) militants on Sunday carried out a series of attacks on Iraqi security forces and captured some positions near the oil refinery town Baiji in Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin, a provincial security source told Xinhua.

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Security forces retake areas in IS-held Ramadi, 54 killed in battles with IS in Iraq

​Iraqi security forces on Monday fought fierce clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants and retook control of two areas in and near the IS-held city of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, while a total of 54 people were killed in clashes with IS militants in Anbar and Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin, security sources said.

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10 Taliban killed in N. Afghan province: police

​Up to 10 Taliban militants have been killed in Baghlan province, as clash flared up on Wednesday night, deputy to provincial police chief Abdul Rashid Bashir said Thursday.

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Afghan forces kill 20 Taliban militants, recapture Khamab district

"The security forces after killing 20 Taliban rebels and arresting 10 others over the past four days recaptured Khamab district and Taliban fighters fled to jungles around the area," Azizi told reporters at a press conference.