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  • Karadzic 'ordered ethnic cleansing'

    Prosecutorshave branded Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader, as "supreme commander" of ethnic cleansing during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. ButKaradzic, who faces 11 charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, was notin the court in The Hagueon Tuesday to hear the prosecutionbegin to outline its case. Karadzic.. More

  • UN staff killed in Kabul attack

    A spokesman for the Taliban in Afghanistan has told Al Jazeera that they carried out an attack on a guest house used by United Nations staff in the heart of the capital, Kabul. The UN has said five of its staff were killed in the attack on the Bakhtar guest house, although no other details have been released. Police officials have told Al Jazeera.. More

  • Houses demolished in east Jerusalem

    Israeli authorities have torn down several Palestinian houses in occupied east Jerusalem on grounds that the structures were built illegally. Gidi Schmerling, a Jerusalem municipality spokesman, said the affected houses and structures were in the neighborhoods of Shuafat, Zur Baher, Silwan and Jabel Mukabar. "All the houses were demolished.. More

  • Pakistan frees Iranian guards

    Pakistani authorities have released 11 Iranian Revolutionary Guards detained a day earlier for trespassing into Pakistani territory, officials have said. The guards were arrested in the Mashkhel area on the border with Iran eight days after a suicide bomber killed 42 people in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province. Iranian TV reported that.. More

  • Iraq seeks UN inquiry into blasts

    Iraq's foreign minister has called for a UN inquiry into Sunday's twin suicide bombings in Baghdad which left at least 155 people dead and hundreds more injured. The attacks were the deadliest seen in Iraq in two years, targeting the justice ministry and the Baghdad provincial administration and raising fears about Iraq's ability to protect itself.. More

  • German on trial over Muslim murder

    A man accused of killing a pregnant Egyptian woman in court in a frenzied anti-Islamic attack has gone on trial in Germany in a case that inflamed tempers throughout the Muslim world. Prosecutors say the defendant, identified as Alex W, stabbed Marwa el-Sherbini, who was wearing a hijab, at least 16 times on July 1, in the same courthouse in the eastern.. More

  • US soldiers die in Afghan crash

    Four US soldiers have been killed and two others injured when two helicopters collided in southern Afghanistan. Hostile fire has been ruled out in the crash on Monday, a military statement said. In an unrelated incident, another helicopter went down on the same day during an operation by international forces against fighters in western Afghanistan.. More

  • US soldiers die in Afghan crash

    Four US soldiers have been killed and two others injured when two helicopters collided in southern Afghanistan. Hostile fire has been ruled out in the crash on Monday, a military statement said. In an unrelated incident, another helicopter went down on the same day during an operation by international forces against fighters in western Afghanistan.. More

  • Karadzic war crimes trial to begin

    The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is set to begin in The Hague on Monday, although without the defendant himself present in court. Karadzic has said he will boycott the opening of his trial in protest at what says is a "rush to justice" by the UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He.. More

  • Many dead in Iraq car bombing

    Two car bombs have killed at least 62 people and wounded 150 others in central Baghdad, police say. The blasts went off less than a minute apart near two prominent government institutions - the ministry of justice and the headquarters of the Baghdad provincial administration. "They are targeting the government and the political process in the.. More

  • Activists demand climate action

    Thousands of people have gathered for protests in more than 180 countries, calling for international action to curb the emissions causing global warming. The International Day of Climate Action focused on the number 350, referring to 350 parts per million (ppm) of CO2 in the atmosphere which some scientists say must not be exceeded to avoid runaway.. More

  • UN nuclear team arrives in Iran

    A team of UNinspectors has arrived in Iran tovisit a controversial uranium enrichment plant near the town of Qom. Thefour scientists were due toinspect the facility on Sunday, asWestern powers waited for Iran's reply to a UN-backed proposal whichcould see itsuranium shipped overseas for enrichment. Barack Obama, the US president, contactedhis.. More

  • Abbas sets Palestinian poll date

    Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has announced presidential and legislative elections will be held on January 24. The announcement on Friday said elections will be held across the Palestinian territories including the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Hamas officials quickly branded the election decree "illegal" and said the move strikes.. More

  • Asean to study free trade pact

    Leaders of East Asian countries are set to work on a feasibility study for a huge free trade zone as part of a broad agenda of a major summit that opened at a Thai beach resort of Hua Hin on Friday. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) conference is being attended by leaders from China, Japan and South Korea, who will be joined.. More

  • Deadly clashes shake Somali capital

    At least 19 people have been killed and 58 injured in a battle between anti-government fighters and African peacekeepers in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, medical workers say. According to witnesses, clashes broke out on Thursday after fighters launched mortar bombs at the city's international airport, as Sharif Ahmed, the country's president, flew.. More