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  • Israel's flotilla probe criticized

    Turkey and Palestinians have attacked Israel's announcement that it is creating an internal committee to probe its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month, saying it did not comply with UN demands. Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, said Israel was incapable of conducting an "impartial investigation," while Hamas,.. More

  • Thousands of Uzbeks flee Kyrgyzstan

    Tens of thousands of ethnic Uzbeks have fled fighting which has killed at least 100 people in the south of Kyrgyzstan. Up to 80,000 ethnic Uzbeks, mostly women and children, have crossed the border into neighboring Uzbekistan and were being housed in hastily-set up camps along the border. Kyrgyz authorities sent five planes of soldiers from the capital.. More

  • Karzai appeals for Kandahar support

    Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, has called on community leaders in the southern city of Kandahar to support a Nato campaign to bolster security in the Taliban stronghold. Karzai, accompanied by US General Stanley McChrystal, the top Nato commander, called on representatives and residents of the province to work with his government to "bring.. More

  • Multiple bomb blasts rock Baghdad

    At least 16 people have been killed and 45 others wounded after gunmen exploded a series of bombs in rapid succession across Baghdad, the interior ministry has said. Security officials said that at least five bombs rocked Iraq's central bank in the capital within one hour on Sunday, as employees were leaving. The first bomb blast caused a local electricity.. More

  • 'Israeli spy' arrested in Poland

    Polish authorities have arrested a suspected Israeli agent in connection with the murder of a Hamas operative in Dubai in January. Officials say the agent was arrested in early June. Media reports named him as Uri Brodsky. Germany is seeking his extradition over a forged German passport used by one of the killers, the prosecutors say. Mahmoud.. More

  • Russia turns down Kyrgyz troop plea

    Russia has ruled out a military intervention in Kyrgyzstan "for now", after theCentral Asian nation'sinterim government appealed for help to stop ethnic violence. A spokesman for the Russian president has said that the unrest, which has left at least75 people dead and 900 more injured in Kyrgyzstan's south, is an internal conflict. "It.. More

  • Obama and Cameron to discuss spill

    David Cameron will discuss the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster with President Barack Obama later. The prime minister has said he is "frustrated and concerned" about the environmental damage caused by the leaking well - owned by BP. But Downing Street says the telephone conversation with the US president will be "statesmanlike and workmanlike&.. More

  • Iran marks poll anniversary

    There is a huge security presence in Tehran and other Iranian cities, as the country marks the first anniversary of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election. Opposition leaders have called off planned protests, saying they want to avoid the loss of innocent lives. The government says Mr Ahmadinejad was re-elected by a landslide. It says.. More

  • Violence rocks Kyrgyz city of Osh

    At least23 people have been killed and300 wounded in an outbreak ofviolence in the southern Kyrgyzstan city of Osh, forcing the government to impose a state of emergency in the region. The interim government, led by Roza Otunbayeva, said that the violence was a "local conflict" possibly sparked by an argument, but the unrest in the southern.. More

  • Pope begs forgiveness for abuse

    Pope Benedict XVI has begged forgiveness from victims of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests and promised the Church would "do everything possible" to ensure it never happened again. Benedict made the vow during a homily on Friday in St Peter's Square, the Vatican, to end the Roman Catholic Church's "Year of the Priest".. More

  • Obama pledges aid to Palestinians

    The US president has said his nation will provide a $400m aid package for the Palestinians, as he called the situation in the Gaza Strip "unsustainable." Barack Obama made his pledge on Wednesday after meeting Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, at the White House. He said the money would go to both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Abbas'.. More

  • UN approves new Iran sanctions

    The United Nations Security Council has overwhelmingly agreed to a new package of economic sanctions against Iran. 12 of the council's 15 members voted on Wednesday to approve the sanctions resolution. Turkey and Brazil both voted against the resolution, while Lebanon abstained. Barack Obama, the US president, called the resolution "the toughest.. More

  • Nato troops killed in Afghanistan

    A group of four foreign soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan after their helicopter was shot down in the south of the country. Nato said in a statement that its International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) members were killed at noon in Helmand province on Wednesday. It said theirhelicopter was brought down by hostile fire in the province's.. More

  • Israel condemned at Turkey summit

    Nearly two dozen nations have condemned Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla at the conclusion of a regional summit in Istanbul. Abdullah Gul, the Turkish president, released a statement agreed to by 21 of the 22 participants in the conference. Israel was the 22nd participant, and it refused to sign the document. The summit was a meeting.. More

  • Iran warns against fresh sanctions

    Imposing fresh sanctions on Iran will end any prospect of negotiations over the country's controversial nuclear program, the Iranian president has said. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told reporters in Istanbul on Tuesday thatany future participation in nuclear talks is contingent on the attitude of Western countries whoaccuse Iranof seeking to develop nuclear.. More