There are 17998 articles

  • Top Yemen politician dies of wounds

    The speaker of Yemen's appointed upper house of parliament has died in Saudi Arabia frominjuries suffered in a June assassination attempt on President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Abdul Aziz Abdul-Ghani, thechairman of Yemen's Shura (Consultative Council) is the first senior political figure to have died from the explosion in Saleh's palace mosque which forced.. More

  • Libyan revolution forces in Tripoli's central square

    Euphoric Libyan opposition fighters have moved into the centre of the capital, Tripoli,as Muammar Gaddafi's defenders melted away and thousands of jubilant civilians rushed out of their homes to cheer the long convoys of pickup trucks packed withfighters shooting in the air. Thesurprising and speedy leap forward, after six months of largely deadlocked.. More

  • Arab League blasts Israel for Egyptian deaths

    Representatives of Arab League states have condemned "the Israeli attack on the Egyptian forces" saying that Israel bears "full responsibility for this crime". Permanent members of the league issued the statement blasting Israel on Sunday after holding an urgent meeting in the Egyptian capital of Cairo to discuss what it called.. More

  • Gaddafi sons in custody; Senussi at large

    The two eldest sons of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are in opposition custody, but questions remain about the whereabouts of other senior Gaddafi officials, and whether the opposition will hand over any prisoners to the International Criminal Court. Gaddafi's second son, Saif al-Islam, was detained by opposition on Sunday night, according to.. More

  • 'Syrian tanks enter Homs' after protests

    Tanks have entered the central Syrian city of Homs, according to activists, in a sign that President Bashar al-Assad remains willing to put down ongoing protests with force despite the impending arrival of a UN humanitarian mission. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said troops wounded at least eight people on Saturday in Homs,.. More

  • Egypt says Israel's regret is not enough

    Egypt's cabinet has said that an Israeli statement expressing regret for the border deaths of five policemen was not enough, but stopped short of saying if it would recall its ambassador to Israel. "The Israeli statement was positive on the surface, but it was not in keeping with the magnitude of the incident and the state of Egyptian anger toward.. More

  • Hamas armed wing ends truce with Israel

    The Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that they were no longer committed to its de facto ceasefire with Israel in effect since more than two years ago. "There is no longer any truce with the enemy," said the statement broadcast over a Hamas radio station early on Saturday. At least eleven Palestinians have been killed.. More

  • Libyan opposition forces take control of Az Zawiyah

    Libyan opposition fighters have wrested control of the strategic cities of Az Zawiyah and Zlitan as they pushed closer to the stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi. "Az Zawiyah is free," opposition forces said on Friday as they took up positions in its hospital hours after securing the centre of the town. Fighting continued late on Friday as Gaddafi.. More

  • Egypt protests to Israel over killings

    Egypt has lodged an official protest to Israel demanding an investigation into the killings of three security officials during an Israeli military operation near the border, Egyptian state media reported. "Egypt filed an official complaint with Israel following yesterday's deaths at the border between Israel and Egypt," the official MENA.. More

  • Turkish jets pound Kurdish targets

    Turkish fighter jets have attacked Kurdish targets in northern Iraq, in retaliation for an ambush by separatist fighters in southeast Turkey which killed eight soldiers. The planes took off from a base in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir and struck targets in the mountainous Kandil and Zap areas of Iraq where the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) operate.. More

  • Several killed in Afghanistan blasts

    Several people have been killed in two separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan, one in the east and one in the west of the country. On Thursday, a roadside bomb tore through a minibus in Herat in western Afghanistan, killing 14 people and wounding others, local officials said. The bus, packed with passengers, was travelling between the district of Obe.. More

  • 23 Yemeni tribesmen killed as Saleh vows return

    Violence is once again on the rise in northern Yemen, as at last 23 tribesmen were killed by troops just north of the capital city of Sanaa. The troops were members of the pro-Saleh “Republican Guard” which had installed a new checkpoint near the entrance to the city. According to tribesmen from the area, the checkpoint was used to harass.. More

  • Details to be revealed on Hariri murder

    The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is set to lift confidentiality restrictions on evidence in the investigation into the killing of Rafiq al-Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister blown up by a car bomb in 2005. A source told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that a judicial order has been made lifting the confidentiality restrictions on the indictment, as.. More

  • Libyan opposition forces tighten grip around Tripoli

    Libyan opposition forces have pushed further to isolate Tripoli, moving toward a western town that links the capital and Sirte -- Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's hometown and a stronghold for his military. "The scouting teams of the revolutionaries reached the outskirts of Al-Heisha after expelling Gaddafi forces," the opposition military.. More

  • Israeli air strikes hit Gaza Strip

    One person has been killed and five others have been wounded in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian medical sources. The first raid, early on Tuesday, targeted Zeitun, east of Gaza City and injured three men involved in firing rockets at Israel, the medical sources told the Reuters news agency. One among them later died. The.. More