Russian security forces kill four militants

MAKHACHKALA - Four militants were killed Saturday in a counter-terrorist operation on the outskirts of Makhachkala, the capital of Russias North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, a police spokesman said.

Al Qaeda ‘coordinator’ killed in Russia

MAKHACHKALA/MOSCOW - One of the two militants killed in a shootout with the security forces in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan was an Algerian-born member of Al Qaeda, an official said Monday.

2 police killed in North Caucusus shootings amid rise in regional violence

MAKHACHKALA, Russia — Two policemen were killed in separate sniper attacks in Russia’s violent republic of Dagestan on Saturday, authorities said, the latest in three days of bloodshed that has claimed more than 20 lives in the North Caucasus.

Militants kill 4 police officers, 7 civilians in Russia’s volatile Caucasus province

MAKHACHKALA, Russia — Gunmen shot and killed four police officers and seven civilians in a restive Russian province near Chechnya on Thursday, officials said.

Six killed in Russia police post attack

MAKHACHKALA - Six people, including four police personnel and two civilians, were killed in an attack on a police post in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan Thursday, an interior ministry official said.

Militants kill police officer, 3 government workers in southern Russia

MAKHACHKALA, Russia — The Interior Ministry says militants shot and killed a police officer and three government workers in two separate attacks in Russia’s restive southern provinces.

Russian authorities move to close newspaper critical of police in volatile Caucasus province

MAKHACHKALA, Russia — An independent newspaper in a Russian province near Chechnya is facing closure on charges of carrying extremist statements — an accusation its editor denounced as an attempt to stifle criticism of police brutality.

Russian minister shot dead

MAKHACHKALA - The interior minister of the southern Russian republic of Daghestan was shot dead Friday afternoon at a wedding reception here.