Emerging Threats

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Taliban militants in the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan claimed responsibility for a suicide attack Tuesday that left at least 25 dead, officials said.

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Officials have named Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico as the likely site for a new unmanned aircraft system formal training unit.

SINGAPORE, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy is taking part in an annual multinational exercise designed to test maritime counter-terrorism readiness in Southeast Asia.

N'DJAMENA, Chad, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A first group of police officers recruited especially to protect refugees in Chad has completed training with the United Nations.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The ongoing U.N. campaign to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is showing signs of progress.

NEW DELHI, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- An alleged accomplice in the coordinated attacks in Ahmedabad, India, that left 55 dead may have been linked to an early May bombing, police said Tuesday.

TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A Taliban commander and improvised explosive device facilitator in Afghanistan's volatile Uruzgan province was killed during an Australian forces raid.

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- British defense officials say despite the danger from suicide bombers, troops specially trained to speak Pashto have become a major asset in Afghanistan.

Terrorism has been the main topic of concern in countries throughout the world. The media, as well as government policy in most countries, thoroughly discuss the term, its causes, effects and ways to combat the threat.

BAQUBA, Iraq, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Kurdish officials praised the role of the Peshmerga forces in restive Diyala province as Iraqi troops arrested a Sunni provincial council leader there.

BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The status of the ethnically diverse city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq may be best settled by a public vote on the matter, analysts said.

BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The long-term security pact set to replace the expiring U.N. mandate for Iraq must meet constitutional and parliamentary requirements, an official said Tuesday.

BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Iraqi lawmakers Tuesday called on legislators to place all military forces, including the Kurdish Peshmerga, under national authority.

MOSUL, Iraq, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The Iraqi Ministry of Industry and Minerals established a new branch to boost the pharmaceutical industry in northern Nineveh province.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Once the West stood tall against the great Bear. NATO vs. the Warsaw Pact. More than 1 million U.S. and Soviet troops faced each other in a divided Germany. Then communism fell. The Bush administration has forgotten all the United States learned and knew since.