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  • Pakistan air strikes kill scores

    A Pakistani air strike targeting fighters has killed between 40 to 45 people in a northwestern the country. Government sources say that the armed men belonged to the Lashkar-e-Islam group and included fighters who fled last year's offensive by the Pakistani military in the northwestern Swat valley. 'Civilian victims' Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder said.. More

  • Four Israelis killed in West Bank

    The military wing of Hamas has claimed responsibility for a shooting that killed four Israelis near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. At least one gunman opened fire on a car driving on Highway 60 near the Kiryat Arba settlement on Tuesday. The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, claimed responsibility for the attack in a short.. More

  • Biden pays surprise visit to Iraq

    Joe Biden, the US vice president, has landed in Iraq for a surprise visit on the eve of the official end of US combat operations in the country. Biden will meet with several senior Iraqi officials, including president Jalal Talabani and prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, according to a statement from the White House. He will also meet Iyad Allawi, the.. More

  • Deadly shooting in Slovak capital

    An armed man has killed seven people and wounded at least 14 others in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The assailant was believed to be a 50-year-old man, although his identity is unconfirmed. Police said he killed himself after the shooting. "He was alone. He fired at everything that moved during his escape bid, the policemen surrounded.. More

  • Chechen shootout leaves 19 dead

    At least 19 people have been killed after anti-government fighters launched an attack on the house of Chechnya's president, local media sources say. The exchange of fire between Ramzan Kadyroz's personal security guards and fighters occurred in the president's home village of Tsentoroi on Sunday morning. The clashes left 12 fighters and two officers.. More

  • Muslim states vow $1bn Pakistan aid

    Muslim countries and organizations have pledged nearly $1bn in cash and supplies to relief efforts for flood victims in Pakistan, the head of a group of Islamic states has said. The announcement came as rising waters inundated the city of Thatta in the southern Sindh province and threatened the nearby town of Sujawal, home to 250,000 people. "They.. More

  • Thousands flee south Pakistan city

    More than 175,000 people have fled Pakistan's southern city of Thatta, leaving it virtually empty, as flood waters threatened to submerge the city's outskirts. Troops and workers were struggling on Sunday to protect the city after floodwaters broke through levees on the Indus River. "The water is still two kilometers away from Thatta where the.. More

  • Thousands flee Indonesian volcano

    Indonesia has issued a red alert after the Sinabung volcano on the western island of Sumatra erupted for the first time in 400 years. The volcano spewed smoke and ash 1,500 meters into the air, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people from the Karo district in North Sumatra on Sunday. "Initially we thought the ash and smoke were triggered.. More

  • Deaths in Pakistan missile strike

    At least four people have been killed in a suspected US missile strike in northwest Pakistan, intelligence officials said. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said on Saturday that the strike targeted suspected anti-government fighters in vehicles travelling in the Kurram tribal region. The identity of those killed was not immediately.. More

  • Taliban attacks Nato Afghan bases

    Up to 30 Taliban fighters have attacked two US bases in Afghanistan's east. At least 13 Taliban fighters were killed and several Nato soldiers wounded in the pre-dawn attacks on Saturday, officials told Al Jazeera. The Taliban launched the first attack on the Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province near the southeastern border with Pakistan.. More

  • Evacuations ordered in Pakistan

    As Pakistan's floods continue to sweep southward, the government has warned residents of three towns to evacuate after floodwaters breached an embankment. Hadi Bakhsh Kalhoro, a senior official in the local Thatta district government, told the AFP news agency that floods had caused a breach in one of the embankments at the village of Surjani, close.. More

  • Somali fighters attack capital

    Somalia's al-Shabab fighters say they have called in 11 truckloads of their armed forces to reinforce newly acquired positions in the capital, Mogadishu. The call for reinforcements comes less than a week after the group declared a "final, massive war" to take over the Somali capital. But government forces have said they are still in control.. More

  • Pakistan floods threaten 3 towns as levee fails

    Pakistani officials urged anyone left in three southern towns Thursday to evacuate immediately as floodwaters broke through a levee, endangering areas previously untouched by the country's almost monthlong disaster. The swollen Indus River broke through the Sur Jani embankment in southern Sindh province late Wednesday, threatening the towns of Sujawal,.. More

  • Israel PM avoids meeting with UN atomic watchdog chief

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has avoided a meeting with UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano who is on his first visit to nuclear-armed Israel, the Haaretz newspaper reported on Tuesday. Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), had asked to meet with Netanyahu months ago, but the scheduled meeting was abruptly cancelled last.. More

  • Pakistan recovery 'to take years'

    Pakistan will need at least three years to recover from the devastating floods that have swept across the country for more than three weeks, the country's president has said. Asif Ali Zardari warned that the displacement and economic hardship caused by the floods could spark widespread unrest. He also defended his government's response, saying no country.. More