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  • Many dead in Pakistan market blast

    An explosion has ripped through a market in the Pakistani city of Dera Ismail Khan in the North West Frontier Province, killing at least eight people and wounding about 50, a government official has said. Shortly after the blast on Sunday, one person was arrested on suspicion of involvement. The explosion occurred as fighting between the Pakistani.. More

  • Poll results prompt Iran protests

    Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets of Tehran in protest against the outcome of the country's elections, in the biggest unrest since the 1979 revolution. Riot police were deployed in the capital on Saturday after about 3,000 supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi, a reformist candidate, rioted following the announcement of his defeat by Mahmoud.. More

  • Many dead in Philippines fighting

    At least eight people have been killed in heavy fighting in the southern Philippines, the military has said. Two soldiers and six members of a group holding an Italian Red Cross hostage were said to be killed on Thursday. There was no immediate confirmation on the physical state of Eugenio Vagni, the 62-year-old Italian who was abducted by the Abu.. More

  • UN set to expand N Korea sanctions

    The UN Security Council is set to vote on a draft resolution expanding sanctions on North Korea after it carried out a second nuclear test. According to a draft leaked on Wednesday, the UN resolution would extend an arms embargo on Pyongyang, further limit its financial dealings and authorize searches of ships suspected of carrying weapons and nuclear.. More

  • Deaths in Iraq car bomb attack

    At least 30 people have been killed and 70 others injured after a car bomb ripped through a market in a town in southern Iraq. Ali Fahad, the mayor of al-Bathaa, said that children and women were among those killed in the attack on Wednesday. "We are now transporting the casualties to the general hospital in Nasiriya." Al-Bathaa is situated.. More

  • US: support for Israel 'unshakable'

    The US envoy to the Middle East has reaffirmed Washington's "unshakable" support for Israel despite public differences over the continued building of Israeli settlements. George Mitchell, who met Israeli leaders on Tuesday, sought to reassure them that "we are two allies, two friends, and our commitment to Israel's security is unshakeable".. More

  • Many dead in Pakistan hotel bombing

    At least 15 people have been killed and scores wounded after a gun and suicide truck bomb attack on a five-star hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. Armed men entered the Pearl Continental hotel in the northwestern city on Tuesday, firing at security personnel before detonating explosives, government and security officials said. "It was a.. More

  • Hamas: Fatah raids disrupting talks

    Efforts by Egypt to mediate between rival Palestinian factions are being disrupted by raids against Hamas in the West Bank by Fatah security forces, Hamas's leader has said. "What is happening in the West Bank cannot be accepted," Khaled Meshaal said on Tuesday after meeting Omar Suleiman, the Egyptian intelligence chief. "We will pursue.. More

  • Blast near U.S. convoy wounds 49 Afghans

    A blast near a U.S. troop convoy in Afghanistan killed at least one child and wounded 49 civilians on Tuesday, officials said, and witnesses blamed a U.S. soldier for throwing a grenade into a crowd. Abdul Jalal Jalal, chief of police in Kunar province, said officials were investigating whether the blast in the provincial capital Asadabad was caused.. More

  • Shell settles Nigeria killings suit

    Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the firm of complicity in the executions of human rights activists in Nigeria for $15.5m, the families of those killed have said. The settlement agreement came on Monday as the more than decade-long dispute was due to go to trial in a district court in New York. The lawsuit accused.. More

  • Several die in Thai mosque attack

    At least 10 people have been killed and 19 injured after armed men opened fire on a mosque in southern Thailand. Men armed with assault rifles entered the mosque in the Cho-ai-rong district of Narathiwat province during evening prayers on Monday and opened fire, the army and police said. "They opened fire indiscriminately at about 50 worshippers.. More

  • Deadly Baghdad blast strikes bus

    A bomb explosion on a minibus has killed seven people and wounded dozens more at a bus terminal in southern Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. The attack took place on Monday in a majority Shia neighborhood of Dora. "Seven people were killed and 24 wounded after an IED (improvised explosive device) was attached to the bus," an interior ministry.. More

  • Search teams find Air France bodies

    The total number of bodies recovered of people on board Air France Flight 447 which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last week has risen to 17. Brazilian and French ships searching the waters where the airliner is believed to have come down, found 15 bodies on Sunday. Two male bodies and personal items had been recovered the previous day. Captain.. More

  • Israeli soldiers, settlers, attack peace activists near Hebron

    The Maan News Agency reported Saturday that Israeli soldiers and settlers attacked dozens of International, Israeli and Palestinian peace activists who were protesting against the settlers of Susia illegal settlement outpost, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The protest was carried out after the settlers expanded their outpost by annexing.. More

  • Lebanon votes in general election

    Lebanon's citizens have gone to the polls in a general election that will decide the shape of the government for the next four years and could see a Hezbollah-led coalition win a majority. Polls opened at 7am local time (04:00 GMT), with security tight across the country and more than 200 international observers on hand to oversee the vote. The build-up.. More