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  • Hezbollah warns Israel over future attack threats

    Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel against attack threats. Hezbollah fought against Israel three years ago in a 34-day war after the group captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid. Some 1,200 civilians in Lebanon were killed and 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers, were killed. Israel attacked Lebanon in a 34-day war in the.. More

  • Taliban issues code of conduct

    The Taliban in Afghanistan has issued a book laying down a code of conduct for its fighters. Al Jazeera has obtained a copy of the book, which further indicates that Mullah Omar, the movement's leader, wants to centralize its operations. The book, with 13 chapters and 67 articles, lays out what one of the most secretive organizations in the world.. More

  • N Korea seeks direct talks with US

    North Korea has reiterated that it will not return to six-party talks on its nuclear program, indicating instead that it wants bilateral talks with the US. Pyongyang's foreign ministry on Monday reiterated its criticism of the six-party forum involving China, Japan, two Koreas, Russia and the US, saying the negotiations seek only to "disarm and.. More

  • Afghanistan strikes Taliban truce in remote area

    Afghanistan has struck a ceasefire deal with Taliban fighters in a remote province, a presidential spokesman said on Monday, the first move of its kind amid an escalation of violence ahead of elections next month. The truce was reached on Saturday in northwestern Badghis province, near the border with Turkmenistan, spokesman Seyamak Herawi said. The.. More

  • UK MPs urge talks with Hamas

    British legislators have urged the government to talk to Hamas, saying the West's policy of shunning the Palestinian group was showing little sign of success. Russia is the only member of the Quartet of Middle East peace brokers, which also comprises the United States, the United Nations and the European Union, talking to Hamas. The British parliament's.. More

  • Fighting halted in southern Philippine

    "Effective today, we are suspending our military actions in all areas where our armed units are operating," Mohaqher Iqbal, head of the MILF's peace panel, told Reuters by telephone from a base on the southern island of Mindanao. On Thursday, the government ordered a unilateral truce in the south of country. The two sides are expected.. More

  • Bombs in Iraq's Falluja targets Iraqi Islamic Party

    Two bomb attacks in Iraq's western Anbar province, targeting the Iraqi Islamic Party office, killed one person and wounded 27 others on Saturday, police said. The first bomb exploded in a truck parked near offices of the Iraqi Islamic Party office, an influential Sunni Arab political group, in the city of Falluja, followed by a second bomb that went.. More

  • Violence hits South African town

    Protesters have clashed with police in a South African township in the worst disturbances since Jacob Zuma, the country's president, took office in May. Thousands of people protesting over lack of basic services in Siyathemba township, 90km southeast of Johannesburg, hurled stones at police who fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the demonstrators.. More

  • H1N1 prompts hajj restrictions

    Arab health officials have agreed to restrict certain groups from performing the annual Muslim pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia this year amid growing concerns about the H1N1 flu pandemic. Those considered high-risk such as the elderly, young children and the chronically ill have been advised to avoid making the hajj or the lesser Umrah pilgrimage to the.. More

  • Asia darkens under longest solar eclipse of century

    A total solar eclipse on Wednesday swept across a narrow swathe of Asia, where hundreds of millions of people watched the skies darken, though in some places thick summer clouds blocked the sun. The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century cut through the world's most populous nations, India and China, as it travelled half the globe. It was.. More

  • Arab world lacking 'human security'

    The Arab world is suffering from a lack of "human security", a new report by more than 100 independent Arab intellectuals and scholars has said. According to the Arab Human Development Report 2009, which was released on Tuesday, the Arab world misses "the kind of material and moral foundation that secures lives, livelihoods and an acceptable.. More

  • Disguised Taliban hit Afghan bases

    Taliban fighters, most of them disguised in women's burqas, have killed six people in attacks on government buildings and a military base in Afghanistan, Afghan officials have said. The raids in Gardez, the provincial capital of Paktia province, and Jalalabad on Tuesday came amid a surge in violence ahead of Afghanistan's presidential and provincial.. More

  • Sudan awaits Abyei border ruling

    Sudan is preparing for a court ruling that will settle a border dispute in the oil-rich district of Abyei, which has been a flashpoint for tensions between the Khartoum government and former rebels in the south. The United Nations has deployed extra peacekeepers to the district amid fears that Wednesday's decision could spark a repeat of last year's.. More

  • Bosnian Serb pair jailed for burning Muslims alive

    Bosnian Serb cousins Milan and Sredoje Lukic were convicted by the Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal on Monday of burning dozens of Bosnian Muslims alive in the country's 1992-1995 war. Milan Lukic, 41, who prosecutors said led a Serb paramilitary group known as the "White Eagles" or "Avengers," was sentenced by the tribunal in The.. More

  • US army to get 22,000 more troops

    The US army is to recruit 22,000 new soldiers to help it fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the defense secretary has said. The increased troop strength, which Robert Gates said would only be for three years, will raise the total number of soldiers to 569,000. "The army faces a period where its ability to deploy combat units at acceptable.. More