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  • Saudi Arabia calls for Syrian reforms

    Saudi Arabia's king has condemned a brutal crackdown on protests in Syria, recalling the country's ambassador to Damascus and calling on the Syrian government to implement political reforms. "What is happening in Syria is not acceptable for Saudi Arabia," King Abdullah said in a written statement on Monday. "Syria should think wisely.. More

  • 'Eight Afghan civilians killed' in air strike

    Afghan civilians may have been caught up in a NATO air strike against suspected Taliban fighters, a foreign military spokesman said Saturday, amid claims up to eight civilians died. A local official said that an imam, his wife and their six children were killed by an air strike in Nad Ali district in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, on Friday. The.. More

  • Libyan opposition forces push towards Az Zawiyah

    Libyan opposition fighters have captured a strategic town in western Libya, as they intensify a push towards the coastal city of Az Zawiyah. Hundreds of fighters fought Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the battle for Bir Ghanem, 85km from the capital, Tripoli, on Saturday morning. "Bir Ghanem is fully under revolutionary control. They are now combing.. More

  • Afghan helicopter crash kills 31 US troops

    A NATO helicopter has crashed in east Afghanistan during an anti-Taliban operation, killing at least 31 members of the US special forces and seven Afghan troops, a statement from the Afghan president's office said. "The president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai expressed condolences over [the] NATO helicopter crash," the.. More

  • Deaths reported in Syria Friday protests

    At least five people have been killed by security forces in Syria, activists say, as protesters take to the streets in support of the flashpoint city of Hama on the first Friday of the month of Ramadan. Security forces fired at demonstrators in Irbin, near Damascus, killing five people and wounding many others, Abdel Karim Rihawi, head of the Syrian.. More

  • Somalia famine has killed '29,000 children'

    US officials say that the famine in Somalia has killed more than 29,000 children in the last 90 days. Separately, the UN has declared that three new regions in Somalia are famine zones, making a total of five regions affected by famine thus far in the Horn of Africa country. The UN had said last month two regions were suffering from famine. The.. More

  • Syrian tanks thrust into Hama, 45 killed

    At least 45 civilians were killed in a tank assault by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces to occupy the center of Hama, an activist said on Thursday, in a sharp escalation of a military campaign aimed at ending an uprising against his rule. Reacting to intensifying assaults on Syrian cities and towns, the U.N. Security Council overcame deep.. More

  • Mubarak pleads 'not guilty' at Cairo trial

    Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's ousted president, has denied charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters at the start of his historic trial in Cairo. At his first court appearance on Wednesday, Mubarak spoke from a hospital stretcher where he lay inside a cage for defendants. "I categorically deny all the charges," Mubarak said. The.. More

  • Gaddafi forces 'launch Zlitan offensive'

    Fighting has broken out in the western Libyan town of Zlitan, after opposition forces say troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi launched an offensive on their positions in the town's suburbs. Several fighters told Al Jazeera that they were taken off guard during the offensive early on Tuesday morning, and that Gaddafi's forces had used tanks.. More

  • Egypt's former president set to go on trial in Cairo

    Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's former president, is set to go on trial for corruption and unlawful killing before and during the revolution that ultimately led to his ousting. Mubarak's appearance in a temporary court in Cairo on Wednesday is to be screened live on Egyptian state television. On Wednesday, state TV said that Mubarak had left the hospital in.. More

  • Protesters across Syria come under fire

    Syrian forces have again fired at demonstrators across the country after nightly Ramadan prayers in intensifying assaults to crush dissent against President Bashar al-Assad during the blessed month of fasting, witnesses and activists said. Tens of people were reportedly wounded when they came under fire on Tuesday in the western Damascus suburb of.. More

  • Radiation levels surge at Japan nuclear plant

    Record levels of radiation have been recorded at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant reactor, just months after the nuclear accident resulting from the earthquake and tsunami in March. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported that Geiger counters [a hand-held device used to measure radiation] registered their highest possible reading at the.. More

  • Israeli and Lebanese troops exchange fire

    Israeli and Lebanese troops have exchanged fire along the countries' border, officials say. The Israeli and Lebanese sides offered different accounts of Monday's incident, which did not appear to have caused casualties. The Israeli military said its army unit was on a routine patrol within Israeli territory when it received fire on Monday morning.. More

  • 'Scores dead' as Syrian tanks storm Hama

    Syrian forces have killed nearly 142 people, including at least 100 when the army stormed the flashpoint protest city of Hama to crush dissent on the eve of Ramadan, political activists say. Rights groups said Thursday was one of deadliest days in Syria since demonstrators first took to the streets on March 15, demanding democratic reforms and the.. More

  • Syrian tanks storm city of Hama

    At least 45 civilians have reportedly been killed and dozens of others wounded after Syrian tanks stormed the city of Hama, shooting indiscriminately, residents said. The attack on Sunday morning came nearly a month after Syrian forces besieged the city, following some of the largest demonstrations against Bashar al-Assad's rule since protests began.. More