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  • Indonesian volcano forces flight cancellations

    Indonesia's most dangerous volcano forced international airlines to cancel flights to nearby airports Tuesday, as fiery lava lit the rumbling mountain's cauldron and plumes of smoke blackened the sky. Scientists warned, meanwhile, that the slow but deadly eruption could continue for weeks, like a "marathon, not a sprint." No casualties were.. More

  • US drone strike kills six people in North Waziristan

    A US drone attack killed at least six fighters and injured two others in North Waziristan on Monday, Pakistani security officials said. The attack targeted fighters sleeping in a compound in the Haider Khel village of Mir Ali district in North Waziristan, 25 kilometers east of the region’s main town of Miranshah. More than 150 people have.. More

  • 31 die in Mogadishu clashes

    Heavy clashes between Somali government troops, backed by African Union (AU) forces, and al-Shabab fighters have left at least 31 people dead and 22 others injured in Mogadishu. Sixteen people -- mostly civilians -- lost their lives on Saturday when al-Shabab fighters carried out a bomb attack on a convoy of Burundian soldiers on the Industrial Road.. More

  • Blast hits Istanbul

    At least 15 people have been injured in an attack carried out by a suspected suicide bomber in the Turkish city of Istanbul, media reports say. There were also unconfirmed reports of at least two people being killed in the incident on Sunday. The alleged bomber is said to have blown himself up close to where the police were stationed in Taksim Square.. More

  • Iraqi Shia bloc rejects Saudi offer

    The National Alliance, Iraq's main Shia bloc, has turned down a Saudi offer to host all-party talks to resolve months of deadlock over forming a new Iraqi government. The offer was turned down on Sunday after some politicians voiced fears over 'foreign interference'. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah had a day earlier volunteered to host the talks in November. T.. More

  • Tsunami survivors found on island

    Rescue workers have found 135 people on a remote Indonesian island five days after a devastating tsunami hit the western Mentawai Islands, killing at least 416 people. Amid rough seas and monsoon rain, the group was found hiding on high ground on Saturday, too scared of another wave to return to their shattered villages. The number of missing was.. More

  • Big rally by Islamic Jihad in Gaza

    Tens of thousands of supporters of the Islamic Jihad movement rallied in the streets of Gaza on Friday. Young men and boysbore portraits of fighters killed in combat. Ramadan Shallah, the group's exiled chief in Damascus, sent a recorded message marking the anniversary of the assassination of the group's leader Fathi Shiqaqi in Malta in 1995, by Israeli.. More

  • Indonesia tsunami deaths top 400

    At least 408 people have been confirmed dead after a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake hit Indonesia's western Mentawai Islands earlier this week, but officials say the death toll could be much higher. Harmensyah, the head of the West Sumatra provincial disaster management centre, said on Friday that rescue teams "believe many, many of.. More

  • Koreas exchange gunfire at land border

    North and South Korea exchanged gunfire across their heavily armed land border on Friday, the South's military said, despite an apparent thaw in tensions on the divided peninsula in the past few months. The North Korean frontline guard post fired two shots towards a South Korean guard post across the demilitarized zone and the South returned fire with.. More

  • Indonesia tsunami death toll soars

    The death toll from Indonesia's tsunami has soared to at least 337 with 370 others missing, as questions mount over whether an elaborate tsunami warning system off the country's western coast had failed. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia's president, headed on Thursday to the disaster zone, where fears were growing for hundreds still missing following.. More

  • US blacklists Iran-linked companies

    The US has blacklisted 37 shipping companies in Germany, Malta and Cyprus that Washington says are linked to Iran's nuclear program. The Treasury Department said the "front companies" were facilitating Iran's use of its national maritime carrier to advance its illicit program for developing weapons of mass destruction and for transporting.. More

  • Clashes erupt at extreme Israel march

    Clashes erupted between hundreds of Israeli police and dozens of flag-waving protesters in an Arab town in northern Israel on Wednesday over a planned march by extreme rightwing Jewish group. Israeli police fired tear gas and stun grenades against Arabs. Police, some on horesback, charged about 200 Arabs before retreating, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.. More

  • Deadly tsunami strikes Indonesia

    A tsunami that pounded remote islands in western Indonesia following an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra killed more than 100 people, officials said on Tuesday, and hundreds more were missing. The 7.5 magnitude quake hit 78 km west of South Pagai, one of the Mentawai islands, late on Monday. Local legislator Hendri Dori Satoko told Metro TV the.. More

  • Indonesia volcano death toll soars

    Indonesia's Mount Merapi has begun to erupt, spewing searing clouds of volcanic ash and rocks into the sky, killing at least 26 people. One of those who died on Tuesday was a baby who suffered breathing problems, while dozens more people have been injured. Surono, the government's chief volcanologist, said the mountain, which had been rumbling for.. More

  • UN urges WikiLeaks torture probe

    Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has called on the US and Iraq to investigate allegations of detainee abuse revealed by WikiLeaks. The whistle-blower WikiLeaks website released nearly 400,000 American military documents on Friday. Many of these documents included reports of serious abuse by Iraqi forces and also showed.. More