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  • Turkey and Syria forge closer ties

    Officials from Turkey and Syria have held the first meeting of a new cooperation council, aimed at ending years of tension. On Tuesday Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, led a high level cabinet delegation to the Syrian city of Aleppo for the meeting, which took place under a recent strategic agreement designed to improve ties. Among the.. More

  • Warning over Uighur executions

    China's sentencing to death of six ethnic Uighurs over July's unrest will only "further enrage" the Uighur people, an exiled community leader has said. Speaking on a visit to New Zealand, Rebiya Kadeer, who herself was jailed for several years in China before being released into exile in the US, said she did not believe the trials of the.. More

  • US 'bolsters' Afghan troop presence

    The Pentagon is dispatching an additional 13,000 US soldiers to Afghanistan beyond the 21,000 announced publicly by Barack Obama, the US president, in March, according to the Washington Post daily. The additional forces are primarily support forces - such as engineers, medical personnel, intelligence experts and military police - the Washington Post.. More

  • Turkish defense snub worries Israel

    Turkey has said that it banned Israel from an international air exercise due to begin last week because of its offensive against the Gaza Strip last December. The Turkish foreign ministry had earlier said "a technical matter" had prompted a delay in the sixth annual Anatolia Eagle drill. The event was due to take place from October 10-23.. More

  • Palestinian unity deal delayed

    A reconciliation agreement between rival Palestinian parties Fatah and Hamas has been delayed, following a bitter dispute over the Palestinian Authority's decision not to back a UN-sponsored war crimes report. The deal was to be signed on October 25, clearing the way for Hamas and Gaza to cooperate in rebuilding war-damaged Gaza by preparing for Palestinian.. More

  • Turkey rejects Israel military in air exercise

    Turkey has excluded Israel from an air exercise over Turkish territory, leading to its cancellation, the Israeli military said on Sunday. Turkish officials had no immediate comment. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan slammed Israel's three-week offensive that nearly 1500 Palestinians were killed with a third of them was children in the Gaza Strip.. More

  • Iraq hit by triple car bombing

    Three car bombs have exploded in Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's western Anbar province, killing at least 19 people and wounding up to 81 others, in a well-coordinated attack. The blasts took place on Sunday close to Anbar's provincial government building, according to Ahmed Salam, an Iraqi journalist. "The first two bombs went off within minutes.. More

  • Hamas sets new unity talks terms

    A Hamas delegation is meeting Egyptian officials in Cairo to try to set a new date for the signing of a Palestinian unity deal, a spokesman for the Palestinian group has said. Sami Abu-Zuhri told the AFP news agency that the team led by Moussa Abu Marzuk, an exiled senior Hamas official, is to hold talks with Omar Suleiman, Egypt's intelligence chief,.. More

  • Turkey and Armenia sign accord

    Turkey and Armenia have signed a historic accord, agreeing to resume diplomatic ties and reopen borders after a century of hostility. Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, and Edward Nalbandian, his Armenian counterpart signed the Swiss-mediated deal in Zurich on Saturday, after last-minute disagreements delayed the ceremony for three hours. "It.. More

  • Pacific quakes spark tsunami fears

    Two powerful undersea earthquakes in the Pacific triggered a widespread tsunami warning on Thursday but the alert was later cancelled and there appeared to be little damage. With memories of last week's deadly series of quakes and tsunamis in the region, however, residents of several islands fled to higher ground and local authorities closed schools.. More

  • UN to address Gaza war report

    The UN Security Council has agreed to hold a discussion next week on a report that accuses Israel of war crimes during its war against Gaza in December. The council on Wednesday agreed to discuss a request by Libya that an emergency meeting be held on the report, which was authored by a panel chaired by Richard Goldstone, a South African judge. The.. More

  • Israel arrests Palestinian leader Raed Salah in Quds

    Israel arrested on Tuesday a Palestinian leader after clashes with Muslim protesters in East Quds (Jerusalem) as a senior Palestinian official said Israel deliberately created a dangerous situation in the Holy city. Raed Salah, a leader of Islamic Movement, told an Israeli newspaper on Monday that the clashes would last as long as Israel's occupation.. More

  • Desperation grows in India floods

    Anger and desperation are growing in southern India as villages continue to be swamped by floodwaters that have left 2.5 million people homeless and left more than 250 dead. Thousands of soldiers and relief workers have been trying to get much-needed aid to survivors, distributing food, water and medical supplies where they can. Millions of people.. More

  • UN session on Gaza report urged

    The UN Security Council is looking into Libya's request for an emergency session to discuss the Goldstone report that accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza, diplomats say. Libya on Tuesday circulated a letter on behalf of the UN Arab group urgently seeking "an emergency meeting" of the 15-member body to consider the report, Ibrahim Dabbashi,.. More

  • North Korea considers return to nuclear talks

    North Korea's leader is offering to return to multinational disarmament talks in a renewed effort to draw Washington into one-on-one talks that the United States has yet to fully embrace. Kim Jong Il's offer, reported Tuesday by North Korean state media, reflects Pyongyang's desire for direct engagement with Washington. The administration of President.. More