COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Sri Lankan military, claiming more victories against the Tamil Tigers, said it breached the rebels' first defense line in the northern Jaffna peninsula.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Thirty-seven Afghan civilians died during fighting last week between U.S. forces and Taliban militants near Kandahar, officials acknowledged.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A new report of Afghanistan civilian deaths in a U.S. airstrike fanned more furor Thursday, officials said.
BOGOTA, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Gen. Mario Montoya quit as commander of Colombia's army Tuesday after a probe linked military troops to the slayings of civilians.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Sudanese forces and government-backed militias this month have attacked more than a dozen villages, targeting rebel forces, Human Rights Watch said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- A Pentagon investigation into U.S. airstrikes in western Afghanistan is said to have concluded that more civilians died than field commanders acknowledged.
BAGHDAD, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. soldier was killed Tuesday in Baghdad, while elsewhere in the city at least three civilians were killed by a car bomb, officials said.
BAGHDAD, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Explosions in scattered areas of Baghdad injured 10 Iraqis Thursday, authorities say.
TBILISI, Georgia, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The European Union must give its mission to Georgia the responsibility and resources to protect civilians, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. military officials say five civilians died in an airstrike in Afghanistan two weeks ago -- not at least 90 as claimed in a report by the United Nations.
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan rebels say the country's military is responsible for the deaths of five civilians at a refugee camp in the northern town of Kilinochchi.
MANILA, Philippines, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Resisting calls to engage in a full military assault, the president of the Philippines has promised to protect civilians during a conflict with rebels.
ISSERS, Algeria, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Car bombings at a military barracks and a hotel in eastern Algeria killed at least 11 people Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said.
LASKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- British defense sources contend Taliban forces in Afghanistan caused the deaths of several civilians by placing them at risk.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- At least 33 people, including eight civilians, died in a coalition airstrike in southern Afghanistan, military officials said Monday.
