There are 17997 articles

  • Honduras under curfew after coup

    The newly sworn-in acting president of Honduras has imposed a two-day nationwide curfew following a military coup that sent Manuel Zelaya, the president, into exile. Roberto Micheletti, the former parliamentary speaker who was sworn in as Zelaya's replacement on Sunday, told a news conference that the curfew would run from 9pm (03:00 GMT) that day.. More

  • Nato resumes Russia military ties

    Russia and Nato have agreed to resume co-operation on security issues, after nearly a year of difficult relations. The deal came at a meeting in Greece of foreign ministers from the two sides. Ties deteriorated sharply in 2008 after Russia's brief conflict with Georgia. Nato chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said differences over the issue remained. But.. More

  • Iran detains British embassy staff

    Iranian authorities have detained eight employees of the British embassy in Tehran, accusing them of involvement in post-election unrest in Iran, the semi-official Fars News Agency has reported. "Eight local employees at the British embassy who had a considerable role in recent unrest were taken into custody," Fars said on Sunday, without.. More

  • Egypt re-opens Rafah crossing

    Egypt has re-opened the Rafah crossing with Gaza for three days to allow Gazan patients, students and visa-holders to leave the besieged Gaza, an Egyptian official at the crossing has said. Israel has sealed Gaza off from all but vital humanitarian aid and has strictly limited movement into and out of the territory since June 2007. Egypt has occasionally.. More

  • US, Israel, Russia absent at cluster bomb talks

    Delegates from over 80 countries pledging to destroy their cluster bombs started a two-day conference in Berlin to assess progress since a 2008 agreement banning the weapons. Absent however were the United States, Israel, Russia and Georgia -- countries which have used cluster bombs in recent years and which refuse to sign up the agreement. China,.. More

  • Netanyahu rejects settlements plea

    Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has rejected a call by the French president to halt settlement activity in the occupied West Bank. Nicolas Sarkozy had on Wednesday made the plea to impose a "total freeze" on Israeli settlements after holding talks with Netanyahu in Paris, but the Israeli leader signaled that the settlements.. More

  • Baghdad blast leaves scores dead

    Scores of people have been killed by a bomb in Baghdad's Sadr City just days before US combat troops are due to leave Iraq's major cities. Police said that 72 people were killed and more than 100 people were injured in the blast at the popular Mraidi market on Wednesday. The explosion, caused by a motorcycle rickshaw loaded with explosives and covered.. More

  • US 'sending ambassador to Syria'

    The US is to send an ambassador to Syria for the first time in four years, according to US media reports. The US state department informed Imad Mustafa, Syria's ambassador to Washington, of the decision late on Tuesday, a senior administration official told the Washington Post newspaper. By returning a senior US envoy to Damascus, Barack Obama, the.. More

  • Israel releases senior Hamas MP

    Israel has released the Hamas speaker of the Palestinian parliament, Abdul Aziz Dweik, who was jailed for nearly three years. Dweik's release followed an Israeli prosecutor's failure to persuade a military court to extend the prison term, which was due to end in August. Israel detained Dweik, 60, and nearly 40 other Hamas politicians in the occupied.. More

  • 'US drone' hits Pakistan funeral

    At least 45 people have been killed after missiles were fired from a US "drone" at the funeral of a suspected Taliban commander of the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan, Pakistan officials have said. The attack by the unmanned aircraft was carried out in the village of Najmarai in the Makeen district on Tuesday, Pakistani intelligence.. More

  • Deaths in Washington train crash

    Nine people have been killed and scores of others injured after two subway trains collided in Washington DC. Rescue workers were continuing to search for survivors after one train crashed into the rear of another stationary train at about 5pm local time on Monday in the north of the US capital. Fire department officials said 70 people had been treated.. More

  • Iranian protesters defy warning

    Anti-government protesters have continued their demonstrations on the streets of Tehran, the Iranian capital, despite a warning from the country's security forces. Iran's Revolutionary Guard, a military unit, threatened on Monday in a statement on its website to crush further protests over the country's disputed June 12 presidential election. The.. More

  • Canada to consider settlements suit

    A Canadian court is to consider a lawsuit brought by Palestinians from the West Bank town of Bilin who say two Canadian firms have committed war crimes by assisting in construction of Israeli settlements. Activists filed the suit against Green Mount International and Green Park International - two Canadian companies contracted to build in the settlement.. More

  • Spate of bombings target Baghdad

    Three blasts have shaken the Iraqi capital leaving at least six people dead, including a child. Nearly 30 other people were injured in Monday's series of attacks, security and hospital officials said. The blasts appeared to mark a rise in violence in the run up to the planned pullout of US troops from Iraqi towns and cities by the end of June. In.. More

  • Portugal to take Guantanamo inmates

    Portugal will accept "two or three" prisoners for resettlement from the US detention camp in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay, Luis Amado, the country's foreign minister, has said. In December, Portugal became the first country to press publicly for a co-ordinate European Union resettlement plan for Guantanamo prisoners. "We'll receive two or.. More