DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Militants attacked an isolated army checkpoint in Pakistan's restive northwest on Saturday, with at least 31 people killed in the initial assault, subsequent crossfire and a rocket attack on a house, offici... [Full Article]
Syrian rebels killed 78 soldiers on Thursday, about half of them in attacks on military checkpoints in the north just hours after a wave of bombings hit the Damascus area, activists said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
The Afghan government says 10 Afghan soldiers have been killed in an attack on a checkpoint in the south and five have either been kidnapped or joined their assailants. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Three attacks on separate checkpoints north of Baghdad on Thursday killed eight people, including four policemen and three anti-Qaeda militiamen, Iraqi officials said. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - People look at the scene of an accident near the Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah February 16, 2012. At least five Palestinian children were killed on Thursday when their school bus overturned and caught fire af... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A Libyan soldier mans a checkpoint in the western entrance (Janzour) of the city of Tripoli February 14, 2012. Libya celebrates the first anniversary of their revolution on Friday. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNRE... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - An armed fighter mans a checkpoint in downtown Tripoli February 13, 2012. REUTERS/Anis Mili (LIBYA)
- Tags: MILITARY SOCIETY)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Brazil's federal policemen monitor a checkpoint in Inapari, Peru's border with Brazil February 3, 2012. Over 250 Haitian immigrants hoping to enter Brazil have been stuck in Inapari , a remote border town some 1620 km (1005 miles)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A Syrian soldier secures a checkpoint in Homs January 23, 2012. Syria on Monday rebuffed as a "conspiracy" an Arab League call for President Bashar al-Assad to step down in favour of a unity government to calm a 10-month-old rev... [Full Article]