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  • Riots in Pakistan turn deadly

    At least 17 people were killed in firing incidents in the Pakistani commercial hub of Karachi, as unidentified attackers torched at least three vehicles, police said. Reporting for Al Jazeera from Islamabad, Kamal Hyder said that Monday's attacks spread over a large area of the city over "tensions boiling over ethnic as well as sectarian issues." .. More

  • Gul will not meet Israeli president

    Abdullah Gul, the Turkish president, has said he will not meet Shimon Peres, his Israeli counterpart, on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York due to his busy schedule. Speaking to journalists in the US, Gul cited a scheduling problem over talks with Peres but said he would have time to meet with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president,.. More

  • China suspends contacts with Japan

    China has suspended high-level contacts with Japan in response to the arrest of a Chinese captain for allegedly ramming his boat against Japanese patrol vessels in disputed waters. The move came after Japan extended the captain's detention, Chinese state media said on Sunday. "China has already suspended bilateral exchanges at and above the provincial.. More

  • UN calls for urgent aid to Pakistan

    The UN chief has called for an urgent global response to the Pakistan flood crisis, calling it the most complex natural disaster in the history of the world organization. Ban Ki-moon made the comments seeking extra resources for the South Asian country during a ministerial meeting on the disaster at the UN headquarters in New York on Sunday. "We.. More

  • Deaths in India train collision

    Two trains have collided in bad weather in central India in an early morning accident, leaving at least 10 people dead and 30 others injured, railway and police officials say. The crash occurred on Monday in the Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh, about 350km from state capital Bhopal, when a goods train hit a passenger train waiting at a station. "Th.. More

  • Five US soldiers charged with murdering Afghan civilians for sport

    Five U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Kandahar province have been charged with murdering three Afghan civilians for sport, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. In its early edition, the Post cited Army charging documents as saying the infantry personnel, including one staff Sergeant, murdered the civilians between January and May of this year. The.. More

  • Afghans tally vote amid fraud fears

    Election officials in Afghanistan are tallying votes following a parliamentary poll marred by violence and allegations of widespread fraud. Afghan officials said the security situation did have an impact on the polls, prompting many Afghans to stay away from polling stations. So far, electoral officials say only 3.6 million votes were cast in an election.. More

  • Pope 'ashamed' of child abuse cases

    Pope Benedict XVI has said he is deeply ashamed of the "unspeakable" sexual abuse of children by priests in the Catholic Church. During a mass at Westminster Cathedral in London on Saturday, he told British worshippers that he "hoped the church's humiliation would help victims heal." Benedict also said he hoped that the church.. More

  • Biggest international aid convoy to Gaza sets off from London

    London-based activists, including two survivors of deadly Israeli raid on a flotilla on May 31, have organized biggest international aid convoy to Gaza scheduled to Saturday. Two other convoys were being organized at the same time from Casablanca, Morocco, and Doha, Qatar, his group said. Two survivors of the Mavi Marmara massacre, Nicci Enchmarch.. More

  • Kashmir protests claim more lives

    At least three more people have been killed in continuing violence in Indian-administered Kashmir, bringing the number of civilian deaths in the region during the ongoing unrest to over 100. Saturday's deaths came as thousands of Kashmiris poured onto the streets shouting "Go back India" and "We want freedom", defying curfews imposed.. More

  • Pope admits church lacked vigilance

    Pope Benedict XVI has criticized his church for being "insufficiently vigilant" over child sex abuse allegations, in what amounts to his strongest criticism of the raging scandal so far. As he flew to the UK for a historic visit on Thursday, he said that he was shocked by what he called "a perversion" of the priesthood. "It.. More

  • Deadly blast hits southeast Turkey

    At least nine people have been killed in a blast on board a minibus in southeast Turkey, local officials have said. At least three others were injured. The incident occurred on Thursday near the village of Gecitli in Hakkari province, bordering Iran and Iraq. Security officials said a remote-controlled explosive device hid on the road had caused the.. More

  • US drones attacks kill 14 people in Pakistan

    At least 14 people have been killed in a US drone attack in northwest Pakistan, the third strike in less than 24 hours, according to officials. The pre-dawn raid on the village of Dargah Mandi on Wednesday was directed at the Haqqani network, a Pakistani group that has targeted NATO and US forces inside Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan, sources.. More

  • France faces legal threat over Roma

    The European Union may take legal action against France for its expulsion of hundreds of Roma, the bloc's justice commissioner has said. Viviane Reding described last month's deportations as a "disgrace" on Tuesday and said that France had been duplicitous in how it dealt with European authorities over the issue. "This is not a minor.. More

  • US imam weighs mosque solution

    The imam leading the effort to build an Islamic centre near the site of the September 11, 2001, attacks says he is working on a solution to resolve the debate on whether it should move. Feisal Abdul Rauf, the executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, a multicultural and multifaith group, said on Monday that all options are being explored towards.. More