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  • Saleh 'to sign' Yemen deal amid unrest

    Ali Abdullah Saleh, the embattled Yemeni president, is reportedly preparing to sign a Gulf-led agreement on Saturday to phase him out of power in exchange for immunity from prosecution for him, his family and top aides. However, many anti-government protesters have rejected the deal, which was endorsed by an opposition group. Pro-reform demonstrators.. More

  • Gaddafi offers truce but not exit

    Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said that he will not leave Libya and that he is still prepared to enter a ceasefire but only if all sides are involved. "I'm not leaving my country," he said in a live address on state television in the early hours of Saturday morning. "No one can force me to leave my country and no one can tell me.. More

  • Fighting on Libyan border crossing

    Muammar Gaddafi's forces continued to battle revolution forces for control of the strategically important Dehiba-Wazin Crossing into the night, as Tunisia protests against intrusions into its territory. Revolution forces had taken the crossing a week ago, but on Thursday pro-Gaddafi forces attempted to retake it. They were initially successful,.. More

  • Gaza civilians wounded in Israeli attack

    At least four people, including children, have been injured in an Israeli tank fire in central Gaza, Israeli and Palestinian sources said. Witnesses said the Israeli army fired at least three rounds at an area east of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, wounding several Palestinians. Hamas officials said Israeli forces fired in the direction of a home after.. More

  • UN fails to agree on Syria protests crackdown

    The UN Security Council has failed to agree on a statement condemning Syria's deadly crackdown on peaceful protesters. Envoys attending a special open meeting on Syria in New York on Wednesday said Russia, China and Lebanon opposed the wording of a draft resolution distributed by European nations. France called for "strong measures" if Bashar.. More

  • Severe weather causes havoc in US

    Tornadoes and storms have killed 45 people in Alabama as severe weather lashed the southeastern United States, bringing down power lines, destroying buildings and triggering flooding. Wednesday's storms, were part of a series that have struck half a dozen southern states over the last few days, killing at least 66 people. "State (emergency officials).. More

  • Fatah and Hamas sign reconciliation deal

    Fatah, the Palestinian political organization, has reached an agreement with Hamas on forming an interim government and fixing a date for a general election, Egyptian intelligence has said. In February, Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority and a member of Fatah, called for presidential and legislative elections before September,.. More

  • Opposition forces battle Gaddafi troops in western Libya

    Libya's opposition fighters are battling Gaddafi's forces on the country's western border, while fighting still continues in the besieged city of Misurata. Fierce fighting is ongoing for control of the Misurata port, where three local people have been killed, an opposition spokesman called Reda told the Reuters news agency by phone on Tuesday. "Gaddafi.. More

  • US troops killed in Afghan shootout

    Six American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan after an Afghan army officer opened fire at the air force headquarters at Kabul airport, sources tell Al Jazeera. The Afghan defense ministry said violence broke out between an Afghan air force pilot and US troops following an argument on Wednesday inside a facility used by the Afghan Air Force. General.. More

  • Syria deploys troops in Damascus suburb

    Troops have been deployed overnight in a suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus, witnesses say. White buses brought in hundreds of soldiers in full combat gear into Douma, a witness told Reuters news agency on Wednesday. Pro-democracy protesters have tried to march from the suburb into the centre of the capital in the last two weeks but have been dispersed.. More

  • Some 500 arrested in Syria crackdown: rights group

    'Security' forces have arrested some 500 pro-democracy sympathizers across Syria after the government sent in tanks to try to crush protests in the city of Deraa, the Syrian rights organization Sawasiah said on Tuesday. The independent organization said it had received reports that at least 20 people had been killed in Deraa since tanks moved in on.. More

  • Heavy fighting in Misrata and Libyan mountains

    Gaddafi's forces have pounded Berber towns in Libya's western mountains with artillery, opposition forces and refugees said. Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught, reporting from the Nafusa mountain range, said the opposition forces claim to have gained ground in their fight against Gaddafi's army after NATO air strikes. "A battle raged all day [on Monday]... More

  • Toll rises as army storms Syrian towns

    Syrian troops backed by tanks and heavy armor have stormed the southern town of Deraa and also Douma, a suburb of the capital Damascus, resulting in many deaths and dozens of arrests. Security forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad, the country's president, have also continued a crackdown in the coastal town of Jableh for a second day. An activist said late.. More

  • NATO air strike pounds Gaddafi compound

    NATO forces flattened a building inside Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound early on Monday, in what a press official from Gaddafi's government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader's life. Firefighters were still working to extinguish flames in a part of the ruined building a few hours after the attack, when foreign journalists were brought.. More

  • Hundreds of Taliban in tunnel jail escape

    Some 540 Taliban officers and commanders have escaped from Kandahar prison via a 320 meter-long tunnel, Afghan government officials have confirmed to Al Jazeera. A Taliban official on Monday also confirmed the overnight escape, boasting that the prison break had been "very well-planned" and that it was five months in the making, Al Jazeera's.. More