Venezuela's Hugo Chavez sends helicopters to​ Colombia to pick up three hostages to be freed by​ Farc rebels.

Sri Lanka's military says it has sunk several​ boats and killed rebels in a clash with the Tamil​ Tigers.

Turkish forces have killed hundreds of Kurdish​ rebels in northern Iraq in the past 10 days,​ Turkey's military says.

Nepal's government agrees to abolish the​ monarchy in a bid to persuade Maoist ex-rebels to​ rejoin the administration.

Turkish warplanes again bomb Kurdish rebels across​ the border in Northern Iraq, according to local​ officials.

Turkey has launched fresh air strikes across the​ border into northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels,​ the army says.

Ivory Coast rebels and government troops start the​ process of disarmament, five years after civil​ war began.

Ivory Coast rebels and government troops start the​ process of disarmament, five years after civil​ war broke out.

The second-in-command of the Ugandan rebel LRA was​ killed by fellow fighters, a diplomatic briefing​ claims.