Nepal ceasefire monitoring team given formal responsibilities

"More than a week after it was set up, the Nepalese government and Maoist rebels finally gave a ceasefire monitoring committee formal responsibilities to observe a two-month-long ceasefire."

Nepal scraps anti-terrorism law

"The Nepalese government has scrapped a controversial anti-terrorism law which had had been aimed at fighting the country's Maoist rebels. The law was introduced eight years ago and gave the security forces sweeping powers to conduct raids and arrest anyone suspected of...

India troops to Assam state

"Authorities on Monday rushed more troops to parts of northeastern India's restive Assam state, where a series of bomb attacks by suspected rebels has killed six people and wounded 70 others over the past four days, police said."

Rebels attack Iraqi police station

"Reuters - Rebels blasted an Iraqi police station with grenade and mortar fire before dawn on Wednesday, killing four policemen in Madaen, south of Baghdad, police said."