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12 Afghan troops killed while sleeping in 'insider attack' INTERNATIONAL

12 Afghan troops killed while sleeping in 'insider attack'

Two Afghan soldiers with suspected Taliban links killed at least 12 of their comrades as they slept in the volatile northern province of Kunduz, officials said...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey welcomes Russia-US Syria truce plan ASIA

Turkey welcomes Russia-US Syria truce plan

Turkey, which has sent dozens of tanks and hundreds of troops into Syria in an unprecedented incursion, on Saturday welcomed a deal between the United States and Russia for a ceasefire in its conflict-torn neighbour.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Russia deploys troops as Nato standoff deepens INTERNATIONAL

Russia deploys troops as Nato standoff deepens

Russia is building an army base near its border with Ukraine, the latest in a chain of new military sites along what the Kremlin sees as its frontline in a growing confrontation with Nato.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Belgium deploys troops as prison guards strike over budget cuts INTERNATIONAL

Belgium deploys troops as prison guards strike over budget cuts

Belgium has called up the military to assist in prisons where guards have been on strike for two weeks ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Yemeni, UAE troops enter Qaeda-held city ASIA

Yemeni, UAE troops enter Qaeda-held city

Yemeni and Emirati troops advanced into the southern port city of Mukalla yesterday, officials and residents said

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Algerian security forces kill 12 jihadists in a week ASIA

Algerian security forces kill 12 jihadists in a week

Algerian troops killed a jihadist east of the capital, the defence ministry said, bringing to 12 the number of gunmen killed by security forces in a week.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syrian army retakes Palmyra, as IS suffers double setback ASIA

Syrian army retakes Palmyra, as IS suffers double setback

The Islamic State group suffered a double setback in Syria as army troops recaptured the ancient citadel in Palmyra and the Pentagon said the jihadists' second-in-command was killed in a US raid.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US quadruples troops for South Korea drill INTERNATIONAL

US quadruples troops for South Korea drill

Four times as many US troops as originally planned are to take part in a joint military exercise with South Korea next month following nuclear and missile tests by the North, Seoul said yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
S Sudan troops suffocated 50 people in container INTERNATIONAL

S Sudan troops suffocated 50 people in container

South Sudan government troops killed some 50 people by stuffing them into a shipping container in baking heat, ceasefire monitors have said in a report noting the latest atrocities in two years of war.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US soldier killed in Afghan mission, two more wounded INTERNATIONAL

US soldier killed in Afghan mission, two more wounded

A US soldier has become the first American killed in Afghanistan in 2016 while two more were wounded in an operation in Helmand province, where Afghan troops are battling Taliban insurgents.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Man who drove car at troops ‘not linked to terrorist group’ INTERNATIONAL

Man who drove car at troops ‘not linked to terrorist group’

French investigators have found no evidence that a man who drove his car into troops guarding a mosque in southern France on New Year's Day was linked to a terrorist group, a local prosecutor said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bayern knock Dortmund off top with Darmstadt win CULTURE

Bayern knock Dortmund off top with Darmstadt win

Bayern Munich knocked Borussia Dortmund off top spot in the German league yesterday with a 3-0 win at Darmstadt in the Bundesliga’s David verses Goliath clash.

4:45 AM November 25 2016