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  • Deadly clashes in South Sudan

    More than 185 people are reported to have been killed in heavily armed clashes between two rival groups in South Sudan, the latest in a series of bloody ethnic clashes. Sudanese officials said on Monday that tribal fighters from the Murle ethnic group attacked a camp in the Akobo area of the region's swampy Jonglei state, where oil exploration is under.. More

  • Rockets strike at heart of Kabul

    At least seven rockets have been fired into the heart of the Afghan capital, Kabul, in a rare attack that comes less than three weeks before presidential elections. Police said that at least one child was injured in Tuesday's attack on what is thought of as one of the safest parts of the country. Said Abdul Ghafar, the Kabul police chief, said that.. More

  • Iran leader endorses Ahmadinejad

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, has officially endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the winner of the country's June presidential election. Monday's endorsement of Ahamdinejad's victory comes ahead of his swearing-in before parliament for his second term on Wednesday, despite the president suffering a string of setbacks amid an apparent rift.. More

  • Outrage at East Jerusalem evictions

    The United States and the UN have "condemned" Israel's forcible eviction of two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem. Washington sent a letter to the Israeli foreign ministry in Jerusalem, stressing the move went "against the country's obligations" under the so-called "road map" to resolve the Israel-Palestini.. More

  • Deaths in Afghan city blast

    At least 12 people, including a child, have been killed and another 26 wounded in a bomb blast in western Afghanistan. Police officials said that the blast in the province of Herat on Monday had targeted a police convoy. Raouf Ahmedi, a police spokesman, said the bomb was detonated by remote control. One woman and a child were among those killed.. More

  • Scores held after Malaysia protest

    Scores of demonstrators who demanded an end to Malaysia's decades-old security law are still being held by police, a day after authorities put down the country's biggest protest in nearly two years. Ismail Omar, Malaysia's deputy inspector general of police, told Al Jazeera on Sunday that many would likely be charged with holding an "illegal procession&.. More

  • Douri urges unity of Iraqi groups

    An audio message, attributed to Izzat al-Douri, the leader of Iraq's Socialist Baath Party, has urged Iraqi resistance groups to engage in the country's political life. The audio recording was posted on websites on Saturday. Al-Douri called for a unified leadership to "develop the principles for dealing with the enemy," in reference to.. More

  • Israel evicts Palestinian families

    Israeli security forces have forcibly evicted two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem after a court rejected an appeal against their eviction. The al Ghawi and al Hanoun families who were evicted on Sunday have been living in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood since 1956. Israel has reportedly set aside the land their houses were built.. More

  • Troops 'killed' in Algeria ambush

    At least 11 soldiers have been killed in an ambush by attackers, local media has reported. According to El Watan newspaper, the soldiers were killed when their convoy was attacked in the Tipaza province of western Algeria on Wednesday. The paper said the convoy was first hit by roadside bombs, after which gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons. Algerian.. More

  • Thousands flee Nigeria violence

    Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands have been forced to flee their homes in northern Nigeria amid continued fighting between government forces and fighters seeking Islamic law across the country. Apollus Jediel, a relief official, said that at least 1,000 people ran from their homes in the northern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday, as army.. More

  • Deaths in Iraq raid on Iranian camp

    A raid by Iraqi troops on a camp housing members of an exiled Iranian opposition group has left four people dead and more than 400 wounded. The Iraqi army had stormed Camp Ashraf to the north of Baghdad on Tuesday, but was forced to call in riot police to quell the violence when residents tried to resist. Iraq's defense ministry said the offensive.. More

  • Scores missing as Haiti boat sinks

    At least 15 Haitian migrants have drowned and at least 65 more are missing after their boat capsized off the Turks and Caicos islands, local police and the US coast guard have said. The authorities rescued 122 people from reefs southeast of West Caicos island after the boat sank late on Monday, Sergeant Calvin Chase, a spokesman for Turks and Caicos.. More

  • Somali refugees flee to Yemen

    Thousands of Somalis are preparing to cross the perilous waters of the Gulf of Aden to Yemen to escape the heavy fighting in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, the UN refugee agency has said. About 12,000 civilians have taken shelter in the northern Somali town of Bossasso since early May as they prepare to make the crossing, Ron Redmond, a UNHCR spokesman,.. More

  • Deadly Nigeria fighting rages

    Nigeria soldiers and fighters demanding Islamic law across the country have engaged in more gun battles despite claims by the president that the country is "under control". Three days of fighting across four states has left more than 100 people dead and several thousand displaced. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the president, said on Tuesday that.. More

  • Deaths in Iraq bank robbery

    Gunmen have killed eight security guards during a break-in at a bank in central Baghdad, Iraqi police have said. The robbery on Tuesday was the second in a week in Baghdad's commercial Karradah district. The gunmen broke into the state-run Rafidain Bank at about 4am, killing three on-duty guards and five others on the premises before making off with.. More