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  • Iran to consider uranium proposal

    The UN's atomic watchdog says Iran has agreed to consider a deal on its nuclear program, which could see it ship out most of its enriched uranium to Russia. The move would strip Iran of most of the material it would need to build a nuclear weapon, diplomats said on Wednesday, helping to allay Western fears over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Mohamed.. More

  • Israel push to change laws of war

    Israel's prime minister has instructed his government to draw up plans for a "world wide campaign" to lobby for changes in the international laws of war. The order from Binyamin Netanyahu follows a special cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss Israel's response to the UN's Goldstone report, which condemned Israel's actions during the 22-day.. More

  • Deaths in Pakistan campus bombing

    At least seven people have been killed and 29 others injured in twin bomb blasts at a university in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, police and witnesses say. The explosions occurred within minutes of each other at the International Islamic University in the eastern part of the city on Tuesday. The Pakistani Taliban has denied responsibility for.. More

  • Somali groups urged to join talks

    Somalia's president has called on armed groups in the country to enter into a dialogue with the government for ending decades of fighting in the African nation. Speaking at a press conference, Sharif Ahmed said his government welcomed dialogue with any party willing to hold talks. "We regret there is war in southern Somalia with those who have.. More

  • Fraud pushes Karzai to poll runoff

    Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's president, is under pressure to accept a runoff vote after a UN-backed election watchdog recommended that nearly a third of ballots apparently cast in his favor be scrapped, diplomatic sources have told Al Jazeera. The Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) published the findings of its long-awaited investigation into voting.. More

  • Iran promises "crushing" response as attack toll rises

    Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards promised a "crushing" response to an attack that killed several senior commanders, state television said on Monday, as the death toll from the deadliest such incident in years rose to 42. Stepping up accusations of Western backing for those behind Sunday's suicide bombing in volatile southeastern Iran, one.. More

  • Sri Lankan hunger strike fails

    A groups of about 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, whose boat was intercepted on the way to Australia, have ended their hunger strike in the Indonesian port where they are being held. The refugees announced their decision on Saturday, two days after their crowded wooden boat was detained by the Indonesian navy. However, the refugees are refusing to.. More

  • Iran commanders killed

    At least five senior commanders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' are among about 20 people who have been killed in an attack in southeastern Iran. The suicide bombing, which occurred early on Sunday morning in the city of Pisheen, in Sistan-Baluchestan province, wounded another 40 people, according to the state news agency. General Nourali Shoushtari,.. More

  • Pakistan army strikes Taliban bases

    The Pakistani military says it has seized Taliban bases during the first day of a ground offensive in South Waziristan. At least five soldiers and 11 fighters were killed in the fighting, Pakistani officials said on Sunday. As many as 150,000 civilians have left the area in recent months after the army made clear it was planning an assault. But there.. More

  • Maldives cabinet sends climate SOS

    The Maldives government is holding a cabinet meeting underwater in a bid to attract international attention to the dangers of global warming. President Muhammad Nasheed, dressed in full scuba gear, held Saturday's 30 minute meeting at a depth of six meters just north of the capital Male. Reporting from Male, the Maldives capital, Al Jazeera correspondent.. More

  • UN backs Gaza war crimes report

    The UN human rights council has endorsed the Goldstone report on Israel's war on Gaza, which accuses the military of using disproportionate force as well as laying charges of war crimes on Israeli occupation forces. Thecouncil's resolution adopting the report was passed in Genevaby 25 votestosix with 11 countries abstaining and five declining.. More

  • Pakistani security offices attacked

    Four attacks have taken place on Pakistani police and intelligence buildings, killing at least 26 people. In the eastern city of Lahore, four gunmen broke into a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) building and opened fire, with at least two assailants, four state employees and one bystander being killed on Thursday morning. "Reportedly, four.. More

  • Rights council to debate Gaza war

    The UN Human Rights Council is set to reopen a debate on the Goldstone report on the conduct of the Gaza war late last year. Thursday's session comes at the request of the Palestinian Authority, which had initially agreed to defer a vote on the UN-sanctioned Goldstone report but later backtracked after coming under heavy criticism. The debate in Geneva.. More

  • Six more to die over China riots

    A court in the western Chinese city of Urumqi has sentenced another six people to death over July's deadly ethnic riots in the city. The convictions bring to 12 the number facing execution over the unrest, after six other defendants were sentenced to death on Monday. Three others were given sentences of life in jail for their role in the July 5 unrest,.. More

  • Indian Ocean tsunami drill held

    More than a dozen countries bordering the Indian Ocean have joined a test of a regional tsunami warning system, nearly five years after the 2004 Asian tsunami killed nearly a quarter of a million people. The UN-backed initiative on Wednesday dubbed the "Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 09" aimed to simulate a tsunami similar to the 2004 wave, testing.. More