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  • Palestinians hurt in Gaza raid

    At least seven Palestinians have been injured in a round of Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses said. Witnesses told Al Jazeera that the first strike hit a metal workshop in the al-Tufah district of Gaza city early on Sunday, while the second struck a workshop in al-Burij in central Gaza. The Israeli army confirmed the strikes.. More

  • Karzai sworn in as Afghan president

    Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghanistan's president for a second five-year term, pledging to tackle the "dangerous issue" of corruption. Karzai took the oath of office at the presidential palace in central Kabul on Thursday, in front of 800 guests, including 300 foreign dignitaries. Guests at the inauguration included Hillary Clinton,.. More

  • Deadly blast near Peshawar court

    At least 15 people have been killed in a bomb blast outside the main gate of a court building in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. Officials said about 25 more people were hurt in Thursday's attack. According to witnesses, the blast occurred in a car parked within the court premises on the Khyber Road. "It happened outside the judicial complex,".. More

  • Scores die in South Sudan clashes

    At least 47 people have been killed in tribal clashes that followed an attempted cattle raid in South Sudan. Armed men from the Mundari ethnic group launched attacks on Monday on two villages that belong to the Dinka Aliap tribe, part of the south's largest ethnic group, an army spokesman said on Wednesday. "On the side of the Dinka 10 were.. More

  • Iran protesters sentenced to death

    Iran has sentenced five people to death and 81 others to prison terms of up to 15 years in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that followed June's disputed presidential election, state television says. A statement from the justice department, carried on the state-owned IRIB broadcaster, said on Tuesday that the five.. More

  • Iraqi Kurds threaten poll boycott

    Kurdish political leaders have threatened to boycott Iraq's national elections in January unless Kurdish areas receive more seats in parliament. The office of Masoud Barzani, the Kurdistan regional president, said the way seats were distributed after the passage of a recent election law was unfair to Kurds. "Unless this seat allocation formula.. More

  • Israel moves to expand settlement

    Israel has given the go ahead for the construction of 900 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem, rebuffing a reported US request that it block construction at the Gilo settlement, officials have said. Israeli officials had earlier on Tuesday declined to comment on a report in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper that said George Mitchell , the US envoy.. More

  • Pakistan Taliban airs video denial

    Attacks that have continued across Pakistani towns and cities are being blamed on Tehreek e-Taliban, Pakistan's Taliban. However, the group has issued its first video statement denying involvement in targeting civilians and has blamed external forces for at least two recent blasts. Azam Tariq, a spokesman of the Tehreek e-Taliban, posted the video.. More

  • No firm targets at world food talks

    World leaders at a United Nations summit have drawn criticism for not signing on to a declaration aimed at eradicating hunger by the year 2025. The meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, brought together leaders from more than 200 countries. But many ignored a UN call to commit billions of dollars to a new strategy that.. More

  • Fears grow over Iran nuclear sites

    Iran's belated revelation of a second uranium enrichment site has raised concerns about possible further secret nuclear sites in the country. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) raised its fears in a report obtained by several news agencies on Monday. The UN nuclear watchdog's report said Iran had claimed that work on the second bunkered.. More

  • Yemen says Iran funding rebels

    Yemen has repeated its accusation that Iran is funding Houthi rebel fighters in their war against government forces in the north of the country. General Yahya Salih, Yemen's counter-terrorism chief, told Al Jazeera on Sunday that it would be impossible for the group to be able to wage its campaign without foreign support. "The Houthis cannot.. More

  • Rome hosts global food summit

    The UN Food and Agriculture Organization is holding a three-day summit aimed at tackling hunger around the world. However, many activists have warned that with leaders of the wealthiest nations deciding not to attend, the conference in Rome on Monday is essentially powerless. None of the leaders of the G8 group of industrialized nations will be present,.. More

  • Palestinians to seek UN support

    Palestinian officials are preparing to ask the United Nations to endorse their quest for an independent state after years of failed peace talks, Palestinian authorities have said. Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, said officials plan to ask the UN Security Council to back a set of guidelines for a Palestinian state. But he said there.. More

  • Scores die in China snowstorms

    Scores of people have been killed in China due to heavy snows, some of which were artificially created. The dead included children crushed when the roof of their school canteen fell in under the weight of the snow. Thousands of homes have also collapsed and half a million acres of crops have been blighted. By Saturday, officials put the death toll.. More

  • UK probes new Iraq abuse claims

    Iraqi civilians detained by British troops during the war have lodged at least 33 new allegations of rape and abuse against the troops, the defence ministry said on Saturday. One abuse claim involves a 16-year-old boy who said he was raped by two British soldiers while in custody in 2003. Another man has accused male and female personnel of sexually.. More