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  • Afghans angry at 'civilian deaths'

    One person has been shot dead by police as hundreds of protesters took to the streets in eastern Afghanistan, accusing Nato-led forces of killing civilians during an overnight raid near the city of Jalalabad. Angry Afghans set fire to tires and blocked roads in the Surkh Road district of Nangahar province on Friday, demanding an explanation for the.. More

  • Bakiyev supporters seize city HQ

    Supporters of Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstan's ousted leader, have taken over the local government headquarters in the southern city of Osh. The protesters scuffled with guards and entered the government building on Thursday after holding a demonstration that drew about 1,000 people. The Kyrgyz government responded by saying it would take unspecified.. More

  • Israel slams Medvedev's Hamas call

    Israel's foreign ministry has rejected Russian president Dmitry Medvedev's call for immediate engagement with the Palestinian group Hamas. Medvedev met with Khaled Meshaal, the exiled head of Hamas, in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Wednesday. The Russian president urged Hamas to work on a reconciliation deal with its rival Fatah, and insisted that.. More

  • UK's ruling coalition begins work

    Britain's first coalition government since 1945 has begun setting out its main policy goals, with tackling the country's record budget deficit high on the agenda. David Cameron, the new prime minister, and his coalition partner Nick Clegg said they planned to sort out the country's economy as they hailed their alliance as a new era of politics. Clegg.. More

  • Russia and Turkey sign nuclear deal

    Russia and Turkey have signed a $20bn project for Moscow to build and own a controlling stake in Ankara's first nuclear power plant, as the two Cold War-era rivals try to cement a strategic partnership. Several agreements, including removing visa restrictions and shipping oil products from the Black Sea, were struck during the landmark visit by Dmitry.. More

  • Scores dead in Libya plane crash

    Up to 105 people have been killed in a plane crash in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, according to the news agency AFP. The news agency quoted a security official as saying a Libyan aircraft arriving from South Africa crashed on Wednesday at Tripoli airport. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said 94 passengers and 11 crew members were.. More

  • Egypt's state of emergency extended

    The Egyptian parliament has voted to extend the state of emergency, which restricts constitutional protections and grants police extensive powers, for a further two years. A reported 103 MPs voted against the controversial law, which has been eased by the government for the first time, after 29 years of continuous implementation. The legal restrictions.. More

  • 'US drones' kill Pakistan fighters

    At least 14 people have been killed in an attack by suspected US drone aircraft in Pakistan's North Waziristan region. Up to 18 missiles were fired at targets in Dattakhel village, close to the border with Afghanistan, security officials said on Tuesday morning. It was the third drone attack since US officials said Taliban from the region were behind.. More

  • At Least 126 killed in attacks across Iraq

    At least 111 people were killed yesterday and over 400 others wounded in a series of attacks across Iraq, but mostly in the city of Hillah. The attacks mark the deadliest day so far of 2010 for Iraq, and the latest indication that death tolls are on the rise in the nation. The major attacks came against a textile factory in Hillah, where a pair of.. More

  • Kosovans call for religious freedom after student expelled over headscarf

    Kosovans rallied to demand religious freedom as a girl expelled from school just because she wears headscarf. Hundreds in Kosovo staged a protest against a girl's suspension from school for wearing headscarf. Arlinda Zeka, 15, was suspended from Pjeter Bogdani Technical High School in the town of Ferizaj, south of Pristina. While Kosovo's constitution.. More

  • Kosovo Albanian mass grave discovered in Serbia

    Serbia has uncovered a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of some 250 ethnic Albanians killed during the 1998-1999 conflict in Kosovo, a spokesman for Serbia's war crimes prosecutor said on Monday. The grave was found in a pond at a quarry in the southwestern Serbian town of Raska, near the border with Kosovo. "We can confirm that a mass.. More

  • US drone strike in North Waziristan kills 10

    A US drone fired two missiles into a fighters' compound in Pakistan's tribal area, killing at least 10 people, local security officials said. The strike targeted Inzarkas village, 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of Miramshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal district near the border with Afghanistan. Another security official confirmed.. More

  • Israeli air raids hit southern Gaza

    Israel has carried out two air strikes on positions in the southern Gaza Strip. Monday's attack, in which no casualties were reported, came just hours after Israelis and Palestinians began indirect talks towards direct 'peace negotiations'. Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, made the announcement after a meeting on Sunday between George.. More

  • Baghdad security forces targeted

    At least seven Iraqi soldiers and policemen have been killed, and another 20 injured, in attacks on security checkpoints across the capital Baghdad. Reports said armed men used silenced weapons to fire on six checkpoints early on Monday, in apparently coordinated attacks, while bombs were planted at three others. The attacks - all executed around.. More

  • Assad says Israel does not want settlement with Syria

    Syrian President Bashar al-Asad on Saturday said Israel did not want a settlement with Syria. "Israel is not ready for successful mediation because successful mediation brings peace and peace is something that Israel does not want," al-Asad told reporters in a joint press meeting with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul in Istanbul's Ciragan.. More