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  • Dozens killed in raid on Pakistan troops

    At least 24 Pakistani security forces and three civilians have been killed in fighting in northwest Pakistan after about 200 armed men crossed over from Afghanistan and attacked a security checkpoint, a government official said. Around 40 fighters have also been killed in the gun battles, which have been going on for 24 hours in a village in the Dir.. More

  • Blast rocks hotel in Libya's Benghazi

    A huge car bomb has rocked a major hotel in Benghazi, the Libyan rebels' city in the east of the country, but caused no casualties, witnesses and police say. Two cars were destroyed in the explosion, which occurred in the parking lot of the Tibesti hotel, used by the opposition leaders, journalists and senior officials of the National Transitional.. More

  • Syria's opposition dismisses amnesty gesture

    Syrian opposition members have rejected an amnesty offer by President Bashar al Assad as a token concession in order to contain a crisis that has called the legitimacy of the current leadership into question. The deal and the leadership has been "rejected and revoked", Ammar Abdulhamid, a Syrian pro-democracy activist, said. Exiled opposition.. More

  • Tribesmen seize government buildings in Sanaa

    Tribal fighters in Yemen have taken over government buildings in the capital, Sanaa, including the headquarters of the ruling party, sources tell Al Jazeera. Fighters were also said to be surrounding the building of the interior ministry, Aljazeera correspondents reported on Tuesday. "[The buildings are] very close to the house of the [Hashed].. More

  • Serbia extradites Ratko Mladic

    Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander, has been extradited from Serbia to stand trial on charges of war crimes and genocide in The Hague. The 69-year-old former military commander on Tuesday arrived at the detention unit of the UN-backed court where he will stand trial. "Mladic, who was arrested by Serbian authorities on Thursday.. More

  • Pakistani warplanes target Taliban

    Pakistani warplanes have attacked Taliban positions in the northwestern Orakzai tribal region, killing 11 fighters, a senior regional government official has said. Tuesday's strike came a day after a local newspaper reported that Pakistan would launch an offensive in North Waziristan. Orakzai is one of the tribal regions along the Afghan border where.. More

  • UN rights chief decries Syrian 'brutality'

    The United Nations has condemned the "shocking" brutality of Bashar al-Assad's government, with activists saying that at least 15 people have been killed in the latest crackdown on pro-government protesters. Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, criticized on Monday the government's conduct, saying the actions were shocking.. More

  • 70 killed as Yemen violence soars

    Official death tolls have varied wildly yesterday, but as violence erupted across Yemen and a massive crackdown on protesters was launched in the capital city of Sanaa, indications are that at least 70 people were slain. This included security forces bulldozing protest tents in Sanaa and reports of sporadic gunfire and massive explosions across the.. More

  • Deadly attack on Afghan foreign base

    At least four people have been killed in an attack on a foreign military base in western Afghanistan, officials say. Al Jazeera's Qais Azimy, reporting from Kabul, said "four men attacked the provincial reconstruction team of the ISAF building" in Herat on Monday. He said hospital sources confirmed that at least four were killed and 33 others.. More

  • Deaths reported in southern Yemeni city

    Up to six people are reported to have died in Yemen's southern city of Taiz after security forces there fired at protesters and tried to storm the Liberty Square, where hundreds of anti-government demonstrators have been camped for days. The security forces storming the area also set fire to some tents of the protesters and fired water cannons and.. More

  • Syrian tanks attack three central towns

    Opposition groups in Syria say the army has moved into towns and villages in the centre of the country, killing protesters. Residents said on Sunday that troops have stormed the town of Talbiseh, where five people are said to have been killed. Tanks have also pushed into Rastan, where it is claimed two people have been shot dead. Meanwhile, in Homs,.. More

  • Egypt opens Rafah border with Gaza

    Egypt has reopened its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, allowing the coastal territory's Palestinian residents to cross freely for the first time in four years - a sharp departure from the policies of Hosni Mubarak, the deposed president. The opening on Saturday morning provided long-awaited relief for Palestinians. The move was ushered in.. More

  • Tenuous ceasefire eases unrest in Yemen

    An informal ceasefire in Yemen between security forces loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president, and a tribal group has brought a pause in political unrest. However, Al Jazeera's sources said that despite the truce, explosions were heard in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, on Saturday. Fighting this week has killed at least 120 people, prompted thousands.. More

  • Shelling shakes Yemeni capital

    Heavy explosions have rocked the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, as fighting to topple president Ali Abdullah Saleh threatened to pitch the country into civil war. Residents reported heavy shelling from outside the city in the early hours on Thursday, targeting residential areas. The crackle of heavy gunfire could be heard in different parts of the city. "The.. More

  • Egypt to open Rafah border permanently

    Egypt will permanently open its Rafah border crossing starting from Saturday, the country's official news agency reported, easing a four-year blockade on the Gaza Strip. The news agency MENA said on Wednesday that Egypt's new military rulers had set the date for the opening of the crossing as part of efforts "to end the status of the Palestinian.. More