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Obama eyes Guantanamo envoy but closure path thorny President Barack Obama may name a new envoy as a first step toward honoring his renewed pledge to close Guantanamo Bay, but the path to shuttering the "war on terror" camp seems as intractable as ever.

02 May 2013

Fear and anger follow Sudanese rebel strike Fear and anger on Sunday followed a Sudanese rebel strike on a major town residents said had been left unguarded and was hit during coordinated attacks in the insurgents' most audacious act in years.

29 April 2013

Half of Guantanamo on hunger strike: US official More than half of the 166 detainees held at the US-run Guantanamo military prison have joined a rapidly growing hunger strike to protest their indefinite detention.

22 April 2013

Guantanamo hunger strike grows to 52: official More Guantanamo detainees have joined a growing hunger strike at the reviled US military prison, with nearly a third of the 166 war-on-terror suspects participating.

18 April 2013

Obama speaks to Karzai, days after strike kills civilians US President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, for what officials said were regular consultations, three days after a NATO air strike killed 11 Afghan children.

10 April 2013

NATO strike kills 11 children in Afghanistan: officials A NATO air attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed 11 children, officials said Sunday, the latest case of civilian casualties which provoke great anger in the war-torn country.

08 April 2013

US boosts missile defence, N. Korea warns of nuclear strike The United States has scrambled to reinforce its Pacific missile defences, preparing to send ground-based interceptors to Guam.

04 April 2013

Cyprus bank workers to strike over pension fears Cyprus bank workers are to go on strike Thursday over fears pensions may be at risk under the country's crippling bailout, after the new finance minister vowed to do "whatever it takes" to right the economy.

04 April 2013

Israeli aircraft hit Gaza in first strikes since November Israeli aircraft carried out apparent warning strikes in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, hitting empty fields after a militant rocket earlier struck waste ground in southern Israel.

03 April 2013

US destroyer sent to S. Korea coast: official The United States has positioned a destroyer off the coast of South Korea to defend against a possible missile strike.

02 April 2013

Guatanamo hunger strikers ready for death - lawyer His body ravaged and weakened by a 50-day hunger strike staged in protest at alleged mistreatment of Korans at Guantanamo jail, Abd al-Malik Abd al-Wahab has a message for his loved ones.

30 March 2013

North Korea puts rockets on standby for US strike North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ordered preparations Friday for strategic rocket strikes on the US mainland and military bases after US stealth bombers flew training runs over South Korea.

29 March 2013

Lawyers demand US show steps toward closing Guantanamo Lawyers for detainees at Guantanamo prison called for the US to show concrete steps towards closing the facility on Tuesday, citing a "humanitarian crisis" at the controversial jail.

14 March 2013

Hunger strike at Guantanamo after Koran searches Detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp have launched a hunger strike to protest interference with their personal effects, including Korans.

12 March 2013

Obama admin refuses to rule out drone strikes on US soil American forces could launch a deadly drone strike against a target on US soil if there was an "extraordinary circumstance".

06 March 2013

Malaysia launches attack to clear out militants Malaysian fighter jets launched air strikes on a defiant group of Filipino intruders Tuesday as security forces sought to end a three-week incursion that has already killed 27 people.

05 March 2013

Rocket fired from Gaza Strip hits southern Israel: police A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed early Tuesday near Ashkelon in southern Israel, police said, in the first such strike since a November truce.

26 February 2013

Over 150 employees of Keppel Kazakhstan on strike in Aktau Over 150 employees of Keppel Kazakhstan went on strike in Aktau requesting a salaries raise.

20 February 2013

Pakistan protesters demand end to killing of Shiites Thousands of women refused Monday to bury victims of a bloody bombing and a strike shut down Pakistan's biggest city Karachi as protesters across the country demanded protection for Shiite Muslims.

18 February 2013

Obama's choice to run CIA defends US drone war President Barack Obama's choice to run the CIA defended drone strikes as a vital "last resort" against Al-Qaeda militants, despite criticism from senators about the veil of secrecy surrounding the raids.

08 February 2013

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