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  • Gazan dies in Israeli shelling

    A Palestinian man has been killed and two others injured following an Israeli tank shelling in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources have said. An Israeli military spokesman told the AFP news agency that he had no reports of any Israeli army shooting in the area. Injured civilians Medics said the injured civilians were sifting through rubble.. More

  • Algeria democracy rally broken up

    At least 19 people have been injured after Algerian police broke up a banned pro-democracy demonstration in Algiers aimed at pressing the government to overturn a law banning public gatherings, government officials said. Hundreds of Algerians defied the ban in an attempt to hold the demonstration on Saturday but were confronted by dozens of police.. More

  • Yemen protests urge leader's exit

    Thousands of Yemeni students, activists and opposition groups have held protests at Sanaa University, demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh's ouster in what appeared to be the first large-scale challenge to the strongman. Around 2,500 students, activists and opposition groups chanted slogans against the president, comparing him to Tunisia's ousted.. More

  • Obama urged to condemn settlements

    Several US policy practitioners, academics, former government officials and journalists have in a letter to Barack Obama urged the US president to support the upcoming United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution condemning illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. "The time has come for a clear signal from the United States.. More

  • Four shot dead at Albania anti-government protest

    Four men were shot dead as protesters battled police at an anti-government rally in the Albanian capital on Friday Supporters of the opposition Socialist Party, which refuses to accept the result of a 2009 election, protested outside Berisha's office against what they see as official corruption and electoral fraud. Some pelted the building and police.. More

  • Tunisia protesters press for change

    Hundreds of demonstrators, including around 400 police officers, have taken to the streets of Tunisia's capital in another day of upheaval in the North African country. While many protesters are continuing to demand the dissolution of the interim government, police who have also joined the protests are seeking better working conditions and an improvement.. More

  • PA bans West Bank Tunisia rally

    Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces have scuttled a rally in the West Bank, planned to show solidarity for the uprising in Tunisia, the French daily Le Monde has reported. The rally on Wednesday was denied permission by the security forces. Le Monde reported that a few dozen Palestinians who arrived nevertheless in the square in Ramallah, where.. More

  • Blair faces Iraq inquiry again

    Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, is appearing before an inquiry into the Iraq war to face further interrogation over his decision to join the US-led invasion in 2003. Blair is appearing before a five-member inquiry panel in London on Friday to clarify his earlier evidence detailing the reasons for joining the war. There have been widespread.. More

  • Turkey hosts Iran nuclear talks

    Iran and six world powers have begun talks in Turkey on Tehran's controversial nuclear program, but diplomats say hopes of a breakthrough are slim. "No one is expecting any big breakthrough, but Iran needs to show that it is interested in engaging in a wider process," said one diplomat as the opening session began on Friday. "There.. More

  • Tunisia protesters demand change, prisoners freed

    Street protesters in Tunisia kept up pressure for a government free of ties with the old guard while a prominent dissident said he would run for president to sweep the former leadership from power. The country's interim leaders said they had freed the last of its political prisoners and promised a "complete break with the past" on Wednesday.. More

  • At least 207 missing in Brazil floods, 741 dead

    At least 207 people are still missing after Brazil's worst landslides in decades, authorities said on Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster in a scenic mountain region reached 741. The list of missing people released by the Rio de Janeiro state prosecutor's office -- the first official estimate of the number of missing since the catastrophe.. More

  • Troops held over DR Congo mass rape

    Seven soldiers and a commander in the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been arrested over allegations that they were involved in a mass rape, according to the United Nations. Fifty women have told the UN that they were raped in the eastern town of Fizi on the night of January 1 this year. Madnodge Mounoubai, a spokesman for MONUSCO,.. More

  • Meaning of extreme weather conditions

    Question: What does it mean when there is a storm rain, snow, tornado, hurricane, are these signs of anger from Allah? Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger. Allah, the Glorified and.. More

  • Israeli tank attack kills Gaza resident

    An Israeli tank shell killed a Palestinian and wounded two others close to the border fence in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, medical officials at a Gaza hospital said. Residents of the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern part of the Gaza Strip said the three men had been scouring a field for scrap near the border and had been hit by shell fragments. Medics.. More

  • Quake rocks southwest Pakistan

    A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has struck a remote area of Pakistan's Baluchistan province, the US Geological Survey said. Several people were injured in Dalbandin when the roofs of their houses collapsed, Amanullah Notizai, the provincial transport minister, told the Reuters news agency on Tuesday. Television footage showed panicked people rushing out.. More