04/12/2012 | World

NATO warns Syria not to use chemical weapons

NATO told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today that any use of chemical weapons in his fight against encroaching rebel forces would be met by an immediate international response.

08/01/2013 | World

US does not rule out complete pullout from Afghanistan after 2014

The Obama administration does not rule out a complete withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan after 2014, the White House said today, just days before President Barack Obama is due to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

10/01/2013 | World

NATO official says more missiles launched in Syria

A short-range ballistic missile was fired inside Syria, following similar launches last week, a NATO official said.

03/10/2012 | World

NATO demands halt to Syria aggression against Turkey

NATO demanded an immediate halt to "aggressive acts" against alliance member Turkey after a mortar strike launched from Syria killed five Turkish civilians.

23/10/2012 | World

NATO kills four children in Afghan East: Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned a NATO operation that he said killed four children in the country's east, a claim the coalition said was possible.

02/12/2012 | World

Suicide bombers attack US base in Afghanistan

Suicide attackers detonated bombs and fired rockets outside a major US base in Afghanistan today, killing five people in a brazen operation that highlighted the country's security challenges ahead of the 2014 NATO combat troop pullout.

08/09/2012 | World

Teenage bomber kills six near NATO HQ in Kabul

A 14-year-old suicide bomber detonated explosives near the heavily barricaded NATO headquarters in Kabul on Saturday, killing six civilians including children, NATO and local officials said.

15/09/2012 | World

Afghan policeman kills two NATO soldiers

An Afghan policeman killed two soldiers from the NATO-led force in southern Afghanistan on Saturday before he was himself shot dead, security and coalition officials said.

01/10/2012 | World

At least 14 killed in suicide attack on NATO patrol in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed 14 people, including three NATO soldiers and four police, and wounded 37 in Afghanistan's volatile eastern Khost province today, NATO spokeswoman and local officials said.

18/05/2012 | World

Thousands protest in Chicago ahead of NATO summit

An estimated 2,500 people, including hundreds of nurses, protested peacefully in a downtown Chicago plaza under the watchful eye of police, chanting mostly about economic issues that have little to do with the summit of the NATO military alliance starting this weekend.

20/05/2012 | World

Police, protesters clash in Chicago as NATO summit opens

Baton-swinging police officers clashed with anti-war protesters at the start of the NATO summit, beating some and dragging others away.

06/06/2012 | World

Twin suicide bombings in Afghanistan's Kandahar kill 20 civilians

A pair of suicide bombers struck outside NATO's biggest base in southern Afghanistan today killing 20 civilians and wounding 50, officials said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in recent weeks.

25/02/2012 | World

US officers killed in Afghan Interior Ministry

Two US officers were shot dead at close range in Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Saturday, a US official said, as rage gripped the country for a fifth day over the burning of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base.

26/02/2012 | World

Seven US soldiers wounded after Afghan NATO base attacked

Seven US military trainers were wounded on Sunday when a grenade was thrown at their base in northern Afghanistan, police said, as anti-Western fury deepened over the burning of the Koran at a NATO base.

15/03/2012 | World

Karzai calls for NATO to leave villages

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages after 16 civilians died in a shooting rampage by a US soldier, underscoring Afghan fury over the massacre and clouding US exit plans.

29/12/2011 | World

Two French servicemen shot dead by Afghan soldier

Two French servicemen were killed today when an Afghan army soldier shot at them deliberately while their unit was engaged in a support mission for Afghanistan's forces in the Tagab valley, President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said.

16/01/2012 | World

Brazil's Embraer eyes NATO buyers for Super Tucano

Brazil's Embraer expects to sell its Super Tucano light attack aircraft to more NATO nations after clinching an order from the United States that lifted the company into the upper echelons of global defense contractors, a top executive told report

20/01/2012 | World

Afghan soldier kills four foreign troops in East, says NATO

A rogue Afghan army soldier killed four foreign troops in eastern Afghanistan today, a NATO coalition spokesman said, adding to a string of similar shootings which have eroded trust between Afghan security forces and their Western allies.

30/11/2011 | World

US denies NATO attack on Pakistani troops deliberate

The top US military officer denied allegations by a senior army official in Islamabad that a NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers was a deliberate act of aggression.

02/12/2011 | World

After NATO strike, Pakistan adjusts rules of engagement

Pakistan's commanders in the Afghan border region can return fire if under attack without waiting for permission, the army chief said, a policy change that could stoke tensions after Saturday's NATO strike killed 24 Pakistani troops.

21/12/2011 | World

Bomb kills 5 NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan

A roadside bomb killed five foreign soldiers in eastern Afghanistan, NATO-led forces said in a statement, one of the deadliest such attacks in months.

26/11/2011 | World

Pakistan stops NATO supplies after raid kills up to 28

NATO helicopters and fighter jets attacked two military outposts in northwest Pakistan, killing as many as 28 troops and plunging US-Pakistan relations deeper into crisis.

27/11/2011 | World

Rage grips Pakistan over NATO attack

Fury spread in Pakistan over a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and could undermine the US effort to wind up the war in Afghanistan.

28/11/2011 | World

Pakistan PM: No more 'business as usual with US'

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ruled out "business as usual" with the United States after a NATO attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, and the army threatened to drastically curtail cooperation with Washington on Afghanistan.

27/10/2011 | World

UN ends mandate for NATO military operations in Libya

The UN Security Council today canceled its authorization for a seven-month-old NATO military operation in Libya that led to the ouster and death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

28/10/2011 | World

NATO to leave Libya on Monday

NATO confirmed it would end its Libyan mission next week, seven months after launching air and sea operations that helped bring the overthrow and death of Muammar Gaddafi.

31/10/2011 | World

NATO concludes Libya mission after seven months

NATO ends its military operation in Libya today, seven months after launching an air and sea campaign that helped bring the overthrow and death of Muammar Gaddafi.

05/10/2011 | World

NATO says kills senior Haqqani commander in Afghanistan

NATO-led forces fighting in Afghanistan said today that an airstrike had killed a senior commander of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network and two of his associates in eastern Khost province, near the Pakistan border.

07/10/2011 | World

Obama marks the 10th anniversary of Afghan incursion with written statement

President Barack Obama, marking the 10th anniversary of the US military campaign in Afghanistan, praised the US troops and pled to follow through on plans to turn over the nation's control and security to the Afghani people by 2014.

21/10/2011 | World

NATO plans to end Libya mission at end of October

NATO plans to end its seven-month air and sea campaign in Libya at the end of October, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, the day after the death of Muammar Gaddafi.

20/09/2011 | World

Fugitive Gaddafi taunts NATO in audio broadcast

Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi taunted NATO in a speech broadcast by a Syria-based television station, but the station gave no new clues as to his whereabouts or when the recording was made.

22/09/2011 | World

NATO strikes, NTC kill 151 in Lybia, says Gaddafi spokesman

Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's spokesman told reporters that a NATO air strikes and shelling of Sirte by interim government forces yesterday and today killed 151 people.

24/09/2011 | World

Libyans fight for control of Gaddafi stronghold Sirte

Libyan provisional government forces backed by NATO warplanes swarmed into the city of Sirte but weathered heavy sniper fire as they tried to win control of one of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi's last bastions of support.

13/09/2011 | World

Taliban attack across Kabul, target US embassy

Taliban suicide fighters launched a multi-pronged attack in Kabul today, firing rockets toward the US and other embassies in central Kabul, and sending two suicide bombers to the city's West later in the afternoon.

14/09/2011 | World

Kabul siege ends after 20 hours, 11 killed

A marathon siege in Kabul's diplomatic enclave ended with the death of the last two of a group of gunmen who had held off Western and Afghan security forces for nearly 20 hours, showering rockets on Western embassies in a dramatic show of insurgent strength.

17/09/2011 | World

Gaddafi loyalists resist, say NATO kills 354 Libyans

Libyan interim government forces licked their wounds after a failed assault on the town of Bani Walid, and a spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi accused NATO of killing 354 people in overnight air strikes on the city of Sirte.

23/08/2011 | World

NATO: can't confirm air strike on Gaddafi compound

NATO has aircraft operating over Tripoli today but an official could not confirm it had launched an air strike against the compound of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

31/08/2011 | World

Nigerian authorities suspect al Qaeda-link behind UN attack

Nigerian authorities investigating last week's fatal bombing of the UN headquarters arrested two members of Islamist sect Boko Haram a week before the attack and said they suspect a third member with an al Qaeda connection led the plot.

08/09/2011 | World

Fugitive Gaddafi vows to stay in Libya

Muammar Gaddafi vowed to remain on Libyan soil battling NATO and the country's new leaders, dismissing reports that he had secretly fled toward bordering African states as part of a military convoy.

16/08/2011 | World

Afghan cleaner shot and killed inside NATO headquarters

An Afghan cleaner who worked for NATO-led forces in Afghanistan was shot and killed inside the coalition's headquarters, his family and the coalition said today, with investigations underway to determine if he was shot by a NATO service member.

19/08/2011 | World

Taliban attack on British office in Kabul kills at least nine

Five Taliban attackers laid siege to a British cultural center in the Afghan capital today, killing at least nine people during an hours-long assault on the 92nd anniversary of Afghanistan's independence from British rule.

19/08/2011 | World

Libya: foreigners’ evacuation planned from Tripoli

Thousands of foreigners trapped in Tripoli by rebel advances that have cut off the capital will be evacuated in a massive international rescue, probably by sea, an international body said today. After months of stalemate, rebels have transformed the battlefield this week by seizing Zawiyah west of the capital and cutting Tripoli off from the outside world, putting unprecedented pressure on the leader's 41-year rule.

06/08/2011 | World

NATO helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 31 US troops

A NATO helicopter crashed in central Afghanistan overnight killing 31 US soldiers and 7 Afghan troops, the Afghan president said on Saturday, a devastating death toll and easily the worst single incident for foreign troops in 10 years of war.

09/08/2011 | World

Libyan state media: NATO strike kills dozens of civilians

Libyan state media said today dozens of civilians had been killed in a NATO strike on a village about 150 km (90 miles) east of Tripoli, and the alliance said it was looking into the reports.

11/08/2011 | World

Five US troops killed in Afghanistan

A roadside bomb killed five American troops in southern Afghanistan today, the US military said, less than a week after American forces suffered their worst single loss of the Afghan war when Taliban insurgents shot down a helicopter.

09/07/2011 | World

Afghan agent kills civilian and NATO soldier

An agent from Afghanistan's intelligence unit opened fire at a foreign base today, killing a soldier and a civilian from the NATO-led coalition and wounding a third, NATO and the police chief of normally peaceful northern Panjshir province said.

12/07/2011 | World

France to withdraw 1,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said during a visit to Afghanistan today that France would pull out 1,000 troops by the end of 2012, as it speeds up its withdrawal alongside the United States. In a surprise five-hour trip, Sarkozy met Afghan President Hamid Karzai, had a working lunch with General David Petraeus, the top US commander in the country, and visited French troops in the region of Surobi, east of Kabul.

26/07/2011 | World

Karzai: Long-term deal with US must be on Afghan terms

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that Afghanistan will only sign a long-term "strategic partnership" deal with Washington if the United States meets Afghan conditions including an end to controversial night raids on homes.

07/07/2011 | World

Afghanis accuse NATO for civilian deaths

The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said today it was looking into allegations by Afghan residents an air strike it carried out southwest of Kabul had killed two civilians.The statement came after hundreds of people gathered in restive Ghazni province on yesterday to protest about the deaths of two young shepherds.

07/07/2011 | World

Italy’s Berlusconi opposes military intervention in Libya

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said today he was against NATO intervention in Libya but had to go along with it, an admission that exposed the fragility of the alliance trying to unseat Muammar Gaddafi.

08/07/2011 | World

Gaddafi threatens Europe with martyr attacks

Muammar Gaddafi threatened today to send hundreds of Libyans to launch attacks in Europe in revenge for the NATO-led military campaign against him. The speech, to a crowd of about 50,000 people, appeared designed to show that Gaddafi still enjoys support in areas of Libya he still controls.

22/06/2011 | World

NATO split over Libyan military action

A split opened within the NATO-led air campaign against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi today as France and Britain rejected an Italian call for a halt to military action to allow aid access.

30/06/2011 | World

NATO says not involved in arms aid to Libya rebels

NATO was not involved in a French airlift of weapons to Libyan rebels, the alliance's chief said today, sharpening differences over how far Western powers should go to oust Muammar Gaddafi.

05/07/2011 | World

NATO and European Union to receive Libyan rebels

Libyan rebel leaders are expected to visit Brussels next week for talks with NATO and European Union officials, diplomats said today

17/06/2011 | World

Heavy exchanges near key Libyan western town

Libyan rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces exchanged heavy artillery fire near the western city of Zlitan today as the rebels tried to push deeper into government-held territory east of the capital.

19/06/2011 | World

Libyan officials say NATO hits civilian house

Libyan officials said a NATO strike had hit a civilian house in the capital and killed several residents, an allegation which, if confirmed, could sow new doubts inside the alliance about its mission in Libya.

20/06/2011 | World

NATO admits Libya air strike led to civilian deaths

NATO has admitted it destroyed a house in Tripoli in which Libyan officials said nine civilians were killed, an incident likely to sow new doubts inside the alliance about its mission in Libya.

07/06/2011 | World

Libya's Gaddafi vows to fight to the death

Muammar Gaddafi vowed today in an audio speech broadcast live on state television to fight to the end after NATO intensified air strikes on Tripoli.It is just a matter of time before Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is ousted, US President Barack Obama said today.

08/06/2011 | World

NATO calls for greater support in Libya as bombings intensify

NATO, its air power stretched by the heaviest strikes to date on Tripoli, sought broader support for its bombing campaign in Libya today but won no immediate new public commitments from allies.

09/06/2011 | World

Libya accuses NATO of war crimes

Libya accused rebels of butchery and cannibalism, and NATO forces of war crimes, while firmly denying a United Nations report which found that its own troops had carried out murders, torture and abductions.

23/05/2011 | World

Four NATO soldiers killed in roadside bomb in Afghanistan

A roadside bomb killed four service members from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan's volatile east, the coalition said in a statement, one of the worst attacks on foreign troops in recent weeks.

23/05/2011 | World

West to deploy helicopters in Libya

Western forces plan to use attack helicopters in Libya to help break a military stalemate with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, a French diplomatic source said.

07/06/2011 | World

Blasts in Tripoli, Libya says military compounds hit

Explosions shook Tripoli today in what the Libyan government said were NATO air strikes on military compounds in the capital, a day after rebels drove Muammar Gaddafi's forces out of a western town.

19/05/2011 | World

NATO says sinks eight Libyan warships

NATO aircraft sank eight warships belonging to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces in overnight attacks, the alliance said.

20/05/2011 | World

Libya airstrikes weaken Gaddafi's forces, NATO says

NATO's bombing campaign in Libya has crippled the government's ability to attack rebels fighting to topple Muammar Gaddafi and effectively forced the leader into hiding, the alliance said.

21/05/2011 | World

Sixteen killed in NATO fuel truck blast in Pakistan

At least 16 people were killed in northwest Pakistan today after a bomb attack claimed by a militant group hit a truck carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, the latest attack in an upsurge in violence since Osama bin Laden was killed.

13/05/2011 | World

Gaddafi possibly wounded

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has likely been wounded in western airstrikes and has probably left Tripoli, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said. A Libyan government spokesman immediately denied that Gaddafi had been harmed.

13/05/2011 | World

Gaddafi says at a place where NATO cannot kill him

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said in an audio recording broadcast on state television that he was in a place where NATO cannot reach and kill him.

14/05/2011 | World

Libya buries imams it says NATO killed in air strike

Tears, chants and volleys of gunfire fired into the air punctuated the funeral for nine imams Libya said NATO killed in an air strike, but the alliance said the building it struck was a command-and-control centre.

12/04/2011 | World

Libya campaign continues until Gaddafi goes

Leaders of Britain, France and the United States vowed on to keep up their military campaign in Libya until Muammar Gaddafi leaves power, and rebels said his forces pounded the city of Misrata with missiles.

19/04/2011 | World

NATO missiles strike Tripoli, Sirte; Russia says war violates UN mandate

NATO warplanes launched air strikes on the Libyan capital Tripoli and Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte to the east, state television reported.

02/05/2011 | World

Fighting rages in Libya's Western Mountains

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi stepped up their onslaught on rebel areas of Libya's Western Mountains, rebels said, and refugees said towns in the isolated region were on the brink of starvation

28/03/2011 | World

Obama seeks to define Libya goals and exit plan

07/04/2011 | World

Libyan rebels blame deadly strike on NATO mistake

Rebels fighting to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi said five of their fighters were killed when NATO planes mistakenly bombed a rebel tank column near the contested port of Brega in eastern Libya.

09/04/2011 | World

Libyan rebels suffer losses in Misrata attack

Troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi launched a heavy assault on the coastal city of Misrata, killing at least 30 rebel fighters, a rebel spokesman said citing comrades and medics.

09/03/2011 | World

Italy says will back UN, EU, NATO decisions on Libya

Italy, whose bases are likely to play a key role in any military action regarding Libya, will back any decisions taken by the United Nations, the European Union or NATO, the president's office said.

23/03/2011 | World

Gaddafi tanks move in again on besieged Libyan city

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces resumed their attack on the rebel-held town of Misrata, moving back onto the offensive just hours after Western strikes silenced their guns.

27/03/2011 | World

NATO to take full command of Libya operations