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  • Malaysia's Anwar trial adjourned

    The trial of Anwar Ibrahim, the Malaysian opposition leader, for alleged sodomy has been postponed to next week following a defense bid to quash the case. A Kuala Lumpur high court judge adjourned the case on Monday after defense lawyers applied to end the trial over allegations of an affair between Saiful Bukhari Azlan, the star witness, and a prosecutor. .. More

  • US: Afghan pullout to be limited

    Large numbers of American troops will remain in Afghanistan after a "limited" drawdown beginning in July 2011, the US defence secretary has said. Speaking in a television interview on Sunday, Robert Gates said that the deadline did not mark the date that the US would leave Afghanistan. "I think we need to re-emphasise the message that.. More

  • Rockets strike Israel and Jordan

    Several rockets have struck southern port cities in Israel and Jordan, wounding at least four people. One rocket exploded in the street in front of the InterContinental Hotel in Aqaba on Monday morning, wounding four Jordanian men, one of them critically, the government there said. No casualties were reported in the neighbouring Israeli city of Eilat,.. More

  • Deaths in renewed Kashmir violence

    A teenage boy and a protester have been killed in clashes in Indian Kashmir, bringing to six the number of people shot dead by security forces in two days. The unidentified boy was killed on Saturday in the latest bout of violence, Mohammad Usman, a doctor at a north Kashmir hospital, said without giving further details. The latest casualties marked.. More

  • Floods trap thousands in Pakistan

    Eight hundred people are now known to have been killed in the worst floods in Pakistan's history as rescue workers attempted to reach thousands of people stranded by torrential monsoon rains. More than a million people had been affected by the floods on Saturday. Bloated rivers have washed away villages and triggered devastating landslides throughout.. More

  • UN extends Darfur force mandate

    The United Nations Security Council has extended its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's western Darfur region for another year. The 15-nation council agreed unanimously on Friday to the mission's extension, telling Unamid, the joint African Union/UN peacekeeping force, to focus primarily on protecting civilians and aid deliveries. It also condemned a.. More

  • Hamas rocket maker killed in raid

    Israeli air raids have killed a Hamas rocket maker and wounded 13 other people in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian faction that rules the territory told Al Jazeera. Issa Batran, a commander of Hamas' armed wing, was killed overnight after a missile hit his trailer in central Gaza. A Hamas training camp in Gaza City and smuggling tunnels along Gaza's.. More

  • China flood death toll nears 1,000

    China's worst flooding in more than a decade has killed nearly 1,000 people across the country and stranded tens of thousands in the northeast without power. The state-run flood control office said 928 people have been killed since the rainy season began in May and 477 others are missing. More heavy rains were expected for the southeast, southwest.. More

  • US hopes for Iran nuclear talks

    The United States has said it hopes to hold talks with Iran soon and would be prepared to follow up on a plan to provide fuel for Iran's research reactor in exchange for low-enriched uranium. The plan was mooted in Geneva last October at a meeting between Iranian officials and senior diplomats from the five permanent UN Security Council members - Britain,.. More

  • Pakistan plane crashes in Islamabad

    A passenger plane carrying at least 150 people has crashed into the Margalla Hills near the Pakistani capital Islamabad, officials have said. The accident occurred as the plane was attempting to land on Wednesday morning in bad weather. Six passengers have been found alive and airlifted by helicopter to hospital, Haji Taj Gul, a police officer, said. ".. More

  • US hunts Afghan war files leaker

    The US defense department has launched an investigation to identify who leaked tens of thousands of classified documents on the war in Afghanistan to whistleblower website. Officials said on Monday that whoever handed over the about 91,000 documents to Wikileaks appeared to have security clearance and access to sensitive documents. "We will do.. More

  • Iran hit with new EU sanctions

    The European Union has adopted a new packageof sanctions against Iran, targeting the Islamic Republic's foreign trade, banking and energy sectors. The sanctions, which were agreed to in principle by EU leaders in June, are the latest in a series of measures taken by the international community in an effort to disrupt Tehran's nuclear program. Iran,.. More

  • Rebels capture northern Yemen base

    Shia rebels in northern Yemen have captured a strategic army post and several soldiers in clashes that killed 10 people and threatened a fragile truce in the area, army officials and rebels have said. Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Monday accused the rebels, known as Houthis after the name of their leaders' clan, of trying to ignite a new.. More

  • AU chief condemns Bashir warrants

    The African Union president has criticized International Criminal Court (ICC) indictments against Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, saying they were "undermining African solidarity and African peace and security". Bingu wa Mutharika, who is also the Malawian president, urged African leaders at the opening session of a summit in the Ugandan.. More

  • Baghdad attack destroys TV office

    A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside the Baghdad bureau of Al Arabiya television channel, killing at least four people, injuring another 10 and destroying their offices. "There was a huge explosion that shook the building - all the rooms were damaged," Tareq Maher, a journalist for Al Arabiya, told the channel.. More