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  • Fierce fighting erupts in western Libya

    Intense fighting has erupted between forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and opposition fighters near the western town of Zintan. Al Jazeera's James Bays, reporting from the frontlines, said Sunday's fighting began as opposition fighters seeking to end Gaddafi's four-decades-long rule launched an offensive to seize a town that lay in between.. More

  • Polls open in Turkish parliamentary elections

    Polls have opened in Turkey where more than 50 million Turks are eligible to cast their ballots to elect a new 550-seat parliament. Voting started at 7am (0400 GMT) on Sunday in eastern Turkey and will begin at 8am (0500 GMT) in the west. All polling stations are expected to close at 5pm (1400 GMT). Abdullah Gul, Turkey's president, on Friday urged.. More

  • UN Security Council weighs Syria resolution

    A European resolution demanding Syria end its violent crackdown against pro-democracy protesters could be put to a vote in the coming days at the United Nations despite the threat of a Russian veto, the British UN envoy said. The UN Security Council debated a draft resolution on Wednesday condemning Syria's actions. The draft was submitted by France.. More

  • Israeli settlers 'desecrate' West Bank mosque

    Israeli settlers have been accused of attacking a mosque in the occupied West Bank, setting alight carpets and spraying Hebrew graffiti on its walls. Palestinian residents of al-Mughayyir village awoke for dawn prayers to find smoke billowing from the mosque, Darwish Haj Mohammed, the mosque imam, said on Tuesday. "There are slogans which show.. More

  • Gaddafi forces shell Misurata

    Thousands of troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, have advanced on the western city of Misurata, shelling it from two sides, in attacks that have reportedly killed at least 12 people. "He has sent thousands of troops from all sides and they are trying to enter the city. They are still outside, though," Hassan al-Misrati, an.. More

  • 'Naksa' deaths spark Palestinian violence

    A funeral for activists shot dead by Israeli forces as they sought to storm the occupied Golan Heights turned into violent protests against a Palestinian faction in a Syrian refugee camp, witnesses and officials say. The violence broke out on Monday at the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, a day after the shootings by Israeli forces. Mourners.. More

  • Revolution forces 'wrest town from Gaddafi forces'

    Reports say Libyan opposition have entered the northwestern town of Yafran, previously held by Gaddafi forces, as the NATO chief says he is confident that people across Libya can start preparing for a future without Muammar Gaddafi, the country's long-time leader. Youssef Boudlal, a Reuters photographer in Yafran, on Monday said the town had been wrested.. More

  • Five US troops killed in Iraq attack

    Five US soldiers have been killed in central Iraq, marking the deadliest day for US forces there in more than two years. "Five US service members were killed Monday in central Iraq," a US army statement said, without giving further details. An Iraqi interior ministry official and an Iraqi police officer said five rockets struck the sprawling.. More

  • NATO air raids shake Libyan capital

    Six powerful explosions have been heard in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as warplanes flew over the city. A powerful but distant blast was felt in the centre of the city at around 9:00pm (1900 GMT) on Sunday, followed by stronger explosions a few minutes later, an AFP correspondent said, unable to immediately determine the targets. NATO fighter jets.. More

  • Twin US drone strikes kill many in Pakistan

    Two US missile strikes have killed at least 14 people in Pakistan's tribal areas along the Afghan border, local security officials have said. The strikes on Monday came a day after at least 24 people were killed in an explosion in the northwestern town of Nowshera and another bombing at a bus stop near Peshawar. The missile strikes took place near.. More

  • Syria security forces 'kill dozens' in north

    The death toll in a government security crackdown in northern Syrian town has risen to 38, with 28 people dead on Sunday alone, according to the AFP news agency. The operation is part of a crackdown that has been continuing since Saturday, when 10 people died, said a human rights group. Rami Abdul-Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,.. More

  • Wounded Yemeni president in Saudi Arabia

    Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh is in Riyadh for medical treatment, after he was injured in an attack on his compound on Friday, the Saudi royal court said in a statement. "The Yemeni president has arrived along with officials and citizens who had received different injuries for treatment in Saudi Arabia," the royal court said on Sunday. Sale.. More

  • Israeli forces fire at protesters

    Israeli forces have opened fire along the Syrian frontier to disperse a large crowd of pro-Palestinian demonstrators. At least two were killed and several protesters appear to have been wounded, Syrian state TV said. The crowd had approached the border on Sunday, a day observed as "Naksa (setback) day", marking the Arab defeat in the 1967.. More

  • NATO air raids rock Libyan capital

    NATO warplanes have launched intensive air raids on Tripoli and its eastern suburbs, where several explosions were heard, an AFP reporter and witnesses said. Four blasts shook the Libyan capital at around 2:30 am (0030 GMT) on Sunday, according to an AFP journalist who was unable to identify the targets. Earlier, two powerful but distant blasts were.. More

  • Syrian security forces fire on mourners

    Syrian security forces have killed at least three demonstrators in the country's northwest on a day more than 100,000 mourners turned out for the funerals of protesters killed in the city of Hama, rights groups say. Security forces opened fire to scatter demonstrators in Jesr al-Shoughour on Saturday who were protesting after the funeral of a civilian.. More