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  • Unrest rocks Bangladesh capital

    Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets on demonstrators trying to prevent authorities from evicting the leader of the opposition from the house where she has lived for 40 years. At least 50 people were injured on Saturday, and more than 20 demonstrators detained in the capital Dhaka, police said. Witnesses and security officials said.. More

  • Iraqiya withdraws from government deal

    Nouri al-Maliki was approved for his second term only yesterday and it seems that his coalition government is already on the verge of collapse following the announcement by Iraqiya leader Ayad Allawi that his bloc will be leaving the coalition. “We think the concept of power-sharing is dead now,” noted Allawi, in an interview, “it’s.. More

  • Taliban launches major attacks

    Attacks in two different Afghan provinces - Nangarhar in the east and Kunduz in the north - have left several people dead, including many of the assailants. In Saturday's first attack, a pre-dawn Taliban raid was thwarted by soldiers at a US military facility - Forward Operating Base Fenty - that is part of the Jalalabad airfield. An Isaf statement.. More

  • Haiti cholera toll at 800, U.S. risk seen low

    The death toll in Haiti's cholera epidemic climbed on Thursday to 800, according to an American medical expert, but U.S. health authorities said the risk of widespread transmission to the United States was low, given good sanitation there. Fatalities from the diarrheal disease have risen steadily since the start of the outbreak more than three weeks.. More

  • Deadly blast in central Karachi

    A car bomb has destroyed a police facility in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi, killing at least 15 people and wounding 100 others. A group of fighters opened fire on the building before detonating a bomb at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) compound, leaving a crater of about 12 meters across and four meters deep in front of the site. Pakistani.. More

  • UN: No change in Gaza despite 'easing' of Israel blockade

    The UN says there has been "no material change" for people in Gaza since Israel announced it was "easing" its economic blockade of the Palestinian territory. In June Israel said it would lift some of its restrictions on Gaza to allow in more food and consumer goods. The move followed international pressure after the deaths of.. More

  • Northernmost mosque in North America opens in Canada

    The northernmost mosque in North America has opened in Inuvik, in Canada's Northwest Territories, where there is a growing Muslim population. After being assembled in the city of Winnipeg, the building travelled some 4,500km (2,800 miles) along both rivers and roads to get to its destination. The mosque, which has been nicknamed "the little mosque.. More

  • Iraqi politicians break deadlock

    Iraqi politicians have broken an eight-month political impasse by agreeing to take part in a new government headed by Nouri al-Maliki, the incumbent prime minister. Officials said on Wednesday that the Sunni-backed Iraqiya coalition that had been opposing the prime minister decided to join his government. Iraqiya joins a Kurdish alliance in supporting.. More

  • Israel arrests top Hamas legislator

    Israeli troops have arrested Mahmoud Ramahi, the secretary-general of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Hamas sources have said. The troops stormed the Hamas legislator's home in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday morning. Mona Mansour, another Hamas legislator, said Ramahi had called her as the troops entered his house.. More

  • Pakistan summons US ambassador over Obama’s support for India

    Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir summoned US Ambassador Cameron Munter today to express their “disappointment” at President Obama’s public support for India as a permanent member of the UN Security Council. According to officials, Bashir complaining that the US was ignoring India’s human rights issues in Kashmir and.. More

  • Biden: US support for Israel must continue ‘forever’

    Speaking at the Jewish Federations of North America meeting, US Vice President Joe Biden vowed eternal support for the Israeli government, insisting US support for the nation would continue no matter what Israel does “forever.” “The ties between our two countries are literally unbreakable” insisted Biden, adding that policy.. More

  • Cholera spreads to Haitian capital

    At least 120 suspected cases of cholera are being examined in Haiti's capital, the most significant warning sign yet that the epidemic has spread from outlying areas to threaten as many as three million people. Health officials said that 15 cases have been confirmed in Port-au-Prince, while the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.. More

  • Israel permits new settlement homes

    Israel has given the go-ahead for the construction of more than one thousand new settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem. The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee on Monday published details of a program that allows 978 housing units to be built in Har Homa, an illegal Jewish settlement south of the city centre. An additional 320 units.. More

  • Deaths in Western Sahara camp raid

    At least four people have been killed and 70 injured in a raid by Moroccan forces on a protest camp in the disputed region of Western Sahara, sources on both rival sides have said. The Gdaim Izik camp, which houses 12,000 Saharawi refugees, had sprung up outside Laayoune, the main town in Western Sahara, four weeks ago, in protest against the deterioration.. More

  • Clashes erupt in eastern Myanmar

    At least three people have been killed in clashes between ethnic Karen fighters and government soldiers in eastern Myanmar, a day after the country held its first elections in 20 years. Eleven more people were injured when gun and mortar fire hit the town of Myawaddy in Karen State on Monday, government officials told AFP news agency. Al Jazeera's.. More