Pakistan port attack kills two soldiers, eight militants, say officials
By Saleem Ahmed QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces on Wednesday repulsed a gun and bomb attack by militants on a complex outside the …
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In China’s eyes we’re all separatists, Taiwan presidential frontrunner says
By Ben Blanchard and Angie Teo TAIPEI (Reuters) – In China’s eyes all three Taiwan presidential candidates are separatists, the frontrunner to be the island’s …
India requests FBI to share intel on Sikh separatists – source
By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has requested the United States to share intelligence on Sikh separatists living there amid investigations into an …
Analysis-After amnesty deal, Catalan separatists must rekindle momentum at home
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Spain in recent weeks to protest against the pledge …
China says drills near Taiwan target ‘arrogance’ of separatists
By Bernard Orr and Roger Tung BEIJING/TAPEI (Reuters) -China said on Wednesday its recent series of drills near Taiwan aimed at combating the “arrogance” of …
Indonesia vows restraint as troops surround separatists holding NZ pilot
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Security forces in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have surrounded separatists holding captive a New Zealand pilot, but will exercise restraint while negotiations …
Yemeni southern separatists launch military campaign in Abyan
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s main southern separatist group said it had launched a military operation in Abyan province “to cleanse it of terrorist organisations”, a …
Ukraine strikes administration headquarters in Donetsk, Russia-installed separatists say
(Reuters) -Ukrainian forces shelled a building housing the local administration headquarters in the centre of separatist-controlled Donetsk on Tuesday with Western-supplied weapons, the TASS news …
‘I didn’t fire a shot’, says American held by separatists in eastern Ukraine
(Reuters) – A former U.S. soldier captured in eastern Ukraine said he did not fire a single shot while fighting for the Ukrainian side, in …
Separatists in Indonesia’s Papua kill 8 workers at telecom tower
JAKARTA – Separatists in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua have killed eight technicians who were working on fixing a telecommunications tower in a mountainous area, …
Ukraine separatists seek Russian help as U.S. says attack is ready
By Pavel Polityuk and Polina Nikolskaya KYIV/DONETSK – Separatists in Ukraine asked Moscow to help repel “aggression” on Wednesday and explosions rocked the breakaway eastern …
Russian military will only enter Ukraine’s Donbass if separatists ask – official
DONETSK – Andrey Turchak, a senior member of Russia’s ruling party, said on Wednesday that the Russian military would only enter two breakaway regions in …
REPORT: Russian-Backed Separatists Order Evacuation From Ukraine, Claim They Are About To Be Attacked
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine ordered women, children and elderly civilians to evacuate to Russia on Friday, claiming the Ukrainian government was preparing to launch …
Separatists say they don’t see imminent all-out war in east Ukraine
By Anton Zverev DONETSK, Ukraine – Politicians and military sources in Russian-backed breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine say they do not see an imminent risk …