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  • Turkey clashes leave many dead

    Clashes between Kurdish separatist fighters and Turkish soldiers in the country's southeast have left at least 13 people dead, local security officials said. Violence erupted overnight as fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fired at a military post in Hakkari province, near the Iraqi border. Three soldiers and 10 fighters were killed in.. More

  • Israel's Barak meets Palestinian PM

    Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime minister, has held talks with Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, in their first meeting since February. The two men met at the King David hotel in Jerusalem on Monday before Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, set off for a visit to the United States. Officials said they would not discuss issues.. More

  • Hundreds die in DRC tanker fire

    At least 220 people have been killed after a lorry carrying fuel overturned on a highway and leaked oil that triggered an explosion in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say. As many residents of Sange crowded around the overturned vehicle on Friday, fire rapidly engulfed homes and cinemas packed with people watching a World.. More

  • US and Poland sign defence pact

    Poland and the US have signed a deal for a future US anti-missile shield to be stationed in Poland, despite Russian objections. Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, witnessed the signing of the pact in the Polish city of Krakow, which purportedly is aimed at defending Europe against potential threats from Iran and elsewhere. "The United.. More

  • Deadly blasts hit Lahore shrine

    At least 42 people have been killed and 180 injured after suicide attacks struck a busy shrine in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. Police have confirmed that at least two suicide bombers blew themselves up on Thursday evening at a Sufi shrine in the centre of the city. Officials said the cause of a third blast was still being investigated. Sajjad.. More

  • Taliban attacks Afghan aid office

    At least five people have been killed in an attack by Taliban fighters on the office of a US aid contractor in northern Afghanistan. Armed men stormed the offices of Development Alternatives Inc (DAI) in Kunduz province early Friday morning. The gunmen battled with Afghan police for more than five hours before police could secure the building and.. More

  • Obama signs 'tough' Iran sanctions

    The US president has signed a bill imposing the toughest sanctions on Iran to date, in a move designed to strike at the Islamic republic's financial and scientific establishment over its alleged nuclear weapons program. The legislation, signed by Barack Obama on Thursday, aims to choke off Iran's access to refined petroleum imports including gasoline.. More

  • Sudan opposition leader freed

    A Sudanese opposition leader arrested after criticizing the country's election earlier this year has been released from jail in the capital Khartoum. Hassan al-Turabi was arrested in May in the capital Khartoum, a month after national elections which returned president Omar al-Bashir to power. Speaking to the AFP news agency after his release late.. More

  • US House panel blocks Afghan aid

    Reports of corruption in Afghanistan have led a US house panel to block $3.9 billion in aid that the Obama administration had sought. The US House of Representatives subcommittee chairwoman, Nita Lowey, said the aid could be reconsidered once the panel holds hearings to review Kabul's actions to fight corruption. Military operations funded through.. More

  • Israel arrests Hamas MP

    Israeli police have arrested a Hamas MP for refusing to comply with an order expelling him from Jerusalem, police said. Mohammed Abu Teir was one of four senior Hamas officials that Israel has been trying to expel in recent weeks, sparking concern among Arabs in the city about their rights as residents. "We arrested him; he has broken the law.. More

  • US-Saudi talks pledge Mideast ties

    The US and Saudi Arabia share "common ground" on the Middle East peace process, Barack Obama has said following talks in Washington with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah. Speaking to reporters after talks at the White House on Tuesday, the US president said the two had agreed on the need to make progress on the issue in a "significant and.. More

  • Troops fire at Kashmir protesters

    At least two peope have been killed after troops opened fire at a group of protesters in Indian-administered Kashmir amid worsening unrest. Officials said the two were killed on Monday when security forces opened fire in "self-defence". They said security personnel opened fire as an angry crowd tried to demolish a military bunker near Sopore.. More

  • Iran postpones nuclear talks

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has said that talks over his country's nuclear programme will be postponed until late August. The current talks involve Tehran and the so-called "P5+1" countries - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany. Ahmadinejad also called for new negotiating partners and said.. More

  • Deaths in Pakistan 'explosion'

    At least 18 people have been killed and 40 others injured in a blast in the southern Pakistani city of Hyderabad. Police said Monday's explosion was accidental. Mohammad Ali Baloch, a police official, said a lorry exploded at a depot in Hyderabad city after gas pressure built up in a storage tank. Nawaz Abbasi, a medical superintendent at the Liaqat.. More

  • New Kyrgyz constitution approved

    Voters in Kyrgyzstan have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution to create a parliamentary democracy, according to preliminary results from a referendum held on Sunday. Early returns showed that 90 per cent of voters approved the measure, the county's election commission has said. Final results are expected on Monday. Voter turnout was unexpectedly.. More