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  • Deaths in Pakistan Taliban attack

    At least 70 people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured in a major battle between Taliban fighters and another tribal group in Pakistan. The fighting in South Waziristan erupted when fighters loyal to Baitullah Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban chief, attacked the followers of Turkistan Bittani, who allied with the government after defecting.. More

  • Yemen targets northern rebels

    Yemeni troops, backed by tanks and fighter aircraft, have launched a major offensive on the stronghold of Shia rebels in northern Yemen. A second day of clashes on Wednesday came a day after the government vowed it would strike at the north's Houthi rebels with an "iron fist". Government forces fired missiles on the headquarters of Abdul-Malik.. More

  • Wreck of capsized ferry found in Tonga

    Searchers located the wreck Wednesday of a ferry that capsized off Tonga a week earlier and found no immediate signs of the 93 people on board who are still missing and presumed dead. The Princess Ashika flipped over and sank Aug. 5 in a tragedy that has reverberated throughout the tiny South Pacific kingdom and triggered accusations that the government.. More

  • Taliban attacks Afghan poll office

    At least two civilians and three Afghan police officers have been killed after the Taliban attacked a governors' compound and election office near Kabul, just 10 days before the country's elections. Taliban bombers detonated themselves and fighters fired rocket-propelled grenades during the attack on Monday on the buildings in Pule Alam, 60km from.. More

  • Race to aid Taiwan storm survivors

    Taiwan authorities have launched a massive operation to find tens of thousands of people unaccounted for in the wake of floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Morakot. Large parts of the south of the island have been devastated, with roads, bridges and entire villages being washed away or buried in mud. The government has confirmed 38 deaths but.. More

  • Deadly blasts hit Iraqi cities

    At least 41 people have been killed in separate bomb attacks near the northern city of Mosul and in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials have said. In the deadliest attack, two lorries packed with explosives blew up in the predominantly Shia village of Khazna, 20km north of Mosul, killing 25 people and wounding 70 others, police said. The blast.. More

  • Sporadic clashes rock Mogadishu

    At least eight people have been killed and 17 others injured in the Somali capital after the al-Shabab anti-government fighter group fired mortars at the airport and presidential palace. The attack on Saturday prompted a response from African peacekeepers. The assault took place as Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the Somali president, arrived from the Kenyan.. More

  • Scores killed in Iraq attacks

    At least 40 people have been killed in an attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police have said. The bomb on Friday hit a Shia mosque used by members of the Turkmen minority in a village just outside Mosul. A police said worshippers were walking to an annex of the mosque during a condolence ceremony on Friday when the explosives, hidden in.. More

  • Hiroshima marks nuclear anniversary

    Hiroshima has marked the 64th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the Japanese city by backing calls by American President Barack Obama for a nuclear-free world. Tadatoshi Akiba, Hiroshima's mayor, welcomed the commitment at Thursday's ceremony to commemorate the victims of the attack on August 6, 1945. Up to 50,000 people, including officials.. More

  • Deaths in Afghan wedding blast

    Women and children were among 21 people killed by a roadside bomb as they were travelling to a wedding in the south of Afghanistan, officials have said. At least six other people were injured in the attack in the district of Garmser, south of Helmand, officials reported on Thursday. Al Jazeera's James Bays, reporting from Kabul, said: "The Afghan.. More

  • Many missing as Tonga ferry sinks

    Air force search and rescue planes from New Zealand have joined a search for 27 people missing after a ferry sank off the Pacific island nation of Tonga. The aircraft are working with local vessels at the scene of the sinking, about 86km northeast of the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa, after a distress call was received at about 11pm (1100 GMT) on Wednesday,.. More

  • Deaths in Iraq city blast

    At least five policemen have been killed and another 10 wounded in a bomb blast in the south of Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. The bombing on Wednesday targeted a police patrol in the district of al-Doura, officials said. The bomb was planted on a road in the al-Athouriyeen neighborhood in al-Doura, the Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported. Security forces.. More

  • Palau deal close for Uighur Guantanamo detainees

    Some Uighur Muslims still detained at Guantanamo Bay have overcome reservations about being sent to the remote Pacific nation of Palau, and a final deal on their relocation was close, a lawyer for two of them said Wednesday. The Uighur detainees met with U.S. State Department officials on Monday and told the diplomats they are now willing to move to.. More

  • Iran swears in Ahmadinejad

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been sworn in for a second term as Iran's president, nearly eight weeks after a landslide election victory disputed by opposition candidates. Ahmadinejad took the oath of office before parliament on Wednesday, as opposition protesters attempted to gather on the streets of Tehran, the capital. "The June 12 epic is the start.. More

  • MPs urge UK torture claims inquiry

    The British government is hiding behind a "wall of secrecy" over claims its agents were complicit in the torture of "terrorism" suspects, a parliamentary committee has said. The MPs said that the British government had not sufficiently addressed its alleged involvement in the torture of suspects held overseas, and called for an.. More