Iran's Revolutionary Guards test fired three new models of missiles in the ongoing military exercises in the Gulf region, the state-run television reported on Friday.

Philippine government security forces and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels clashed anew in the southern town of Shariff Aguak in Maguindanao, the military said on Friday.

The Sri Lankan Air Force raided three targets of the Tamil Tigers in the north and east Friday morning, causing heavy damages to the targets, said the military.

As talks aimed at averting a looming war in Somalia stalled, the United States has swiftly voiced concern over the danger of a wider conflict in the Horn of Africa region.

The Sri Lankan military said the rebel Tamil Tigers are keeping attacks on the government troops in the east from Thursday night to Friday morning but caused no casualties.

Unknown gunmen shot dead six policemen including their officer in the relatively peaceful Herat province in west Afghanistan, a Kabul-based broadcasting center reported Friday.

A U.S. Marine died on Thursday due to wounds sustained in combat actions in the volatile province of Anbar in western Iraq, the military said on Friday.

The Tanzania National Assembly has elected the country's share of nine representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), according to reports on Friday.

The Sri Lankan air force bombed some naval bases of the rebel Tamil Tigers on Friday, the military said. But casualties or damages were not immediately known.

Three U.S. soldiers were killed Thursday in a bomb attack in eastern Baghdad, the military said on Friday.