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  • Security Council gets new members

    India, South Africa and Germany have all won two-year terms that will put them on the UN's Security Council at the same time as Brazil and Nigeria, important players in Latin America and Africa. Colombia and Portugal were also elected in Tuesday's secret ballot. For the first time, the Security Council will include countries that are seeking permanent.. More

  • Palestinians reject Netanyahu terms

    Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has offered to renew a partial settlement construction freeze in exchange for Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. He announced the offer on Monday, just three days after the Palestinians and Arab states gave the US a month to persuade Israel to renew a 10-month moratorium on settlement.. More

  • Rwandan held over DR Congo rapes

    French authorities have arrested the alleged leader of a Rwandan group accused of mass rapes and killings in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Callixte Mbarushimana was arrested in Paris after a sealed warrant was issued for his arrest, the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor said on Monday. Mbarushimana is suspected to be the leader of.. More

  • Pakistan reopens Afghan border to NATO

    Pakistan’s government today reopened the Khyber Pass border crossing to NATO traffic, ending a week and a half of closure that kept hundreds of trucks stranded along the key supply route for troops in Afghanistan. Pakistan closed the border on September 30 in protest after NATO attack helicopters crossed the border and attacked a military post,.. More

  • Israeli army arrests 8 peace activists in Beit Ummar

    Israeli military forces, along with undercover units, arrested 8 participants in a weekly non-violent protest, including four international activists, in Beit Ummar village near Hebron on Saturday. The protest was organized by the National Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, in cooperation with the Palestinian Solidarity Project. Mohammad.. More

  • Israel approves 'loyalty oath'

    The Israeli cabinet has approved a proposal requiring new immigrants to pledge loyalty to the "Jewish and democratic" state. The language has triggered charges of racism from Arab politicians who see it as undermining the rights of the country's Arab minority. It has raised tensions with Palestinians at a time when peace talks are deadlocked.. More

  • US-China clash at climate talks

    US and Chinese delegates at a climate conference have accused each other of blocking progress on reaching a new global treaty aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The world's two biggest greenhouse gas emitters reportedly made "limited progress" throughout the six-day talks, which ended on Saturday, in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin. J.. More

  • NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan

    Four NATO soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, a statement of the alliance released here said. It also did not identify the nationalities of the victims and the exact place of the incident, saying, it is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities. Meantime, a spokesman of NATO-led International.. More

  • Iran 'ready' for nuclear talks

    Iran is ready to hold talks with six major powers over its nuclear program "in late October or early November," Manouchehr Mottaki, the country's foreign minister has said. "We think late October or early November will be an appropriate date for the talks by the representatives of Iran and 5+1 countries," Mottaki told a news conference.. More

  • Toxic mud threatens Hungarian town

    The Hungarian village of Kolontar, which lies close to the deadly sludge spill in the country's west, is being evacuated for fear of a new leak of the dangerous heavy metal waste, officials say. Authorities ordered the evacuation on Saturday morning at 7am local time after further damage was discovered at a burst reservoir that spilled toxic sludge.. More

  • Nato tankers torched in Pakistan

    Suspected Taliban fighters in southwestern Pakistan have set fire to nearly 30 tankers carrying fuel for Nato troops in Afghanistan in the sixth such strike in just over a week, officials said. At least 20 armed men launched the attack on the tankers, which were parked at a roadside restaurant near the town of Sibi on Saturday. "The attackers.. More

  • French court approves veil ban

    France's highest court has approved a law banning full-facial veils in public - with the exception of mosques. Its critics say that the law stigmatizes Muslim women and it is a breach of religious freedom. The decision in favor of the law by the constitutional council came as a surprise to many. The court had warned that the ban – which includes.. More

  • IMF warns of real threat to economy

    The IMF chief has said that a "real threat" exists due to a currency dispute between the world's largest economies which are meeting in Washington. Finance ministers and central bankers from 187 countries will convene for an annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund on Friday, amid warnings that "beggar-thy-neighbor" policies.. More

  • Palestinians killed in Israeli raid

    Deaths reported after overnight military operation in West Bank town of Hebron. At least two Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli military operation in the West Bank town of Hebron. The deaths occurred following an overnight raid in the Old City of Hebron, Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh, reporting from the West Bank city of Ramallah, confirmed. The.. More

  • Israeli army bombs Gaza, 5 wounded

    Palestinian medical sources reported that five Palestinians were wounded on Thursday at dawn after the Israeli air force carried out several airstrikes targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip. One of the bombarded sites is a training camp for the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement. The army also bombarded several security centers.. More