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  • US 'regrets' Afghan deaths

    Barack Obama has expressed "regret" for civilian deaths in Afghanistan, vowing to "make every effort" to avoid them as US-led forces step up their fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda. The US president's comments on Wednesday came in the wake of reports that a US-led air raid in Afghanistan this week had killed as many as 100.. More

  • Israelis kidnap five civilians from West Bank

    Five Palestinian civilians were kidnapped during pre-dawn Israeli military invasions which targeted several parts of the west Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian sources reported. The invasions were reported in the southern West Bank city of Hebron and nearby villages, in addition to Nablus city in the northern west Bank. Witnesses said that troops ransacked.. More

  • Bomber strikes in Baghdad market

    At least 11 people are feared dead after a bomb went off in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The explosion near a fruit and vegetable market in the southern Dura neighborhood on Wednesday wounded 30 other people, the authorities said. Workers in the al-Rasheed market, one of Baghdad's largest co-operative produce markets, told the AFP news agency that.. More

  • Truckloads of dead civilians after Afghan battle

    Villagers brought truckloads of bodies to the capital of a province in Western Afghanistan on Tuesday to prove that scores of civilians had been killed by U.S. air strikes in a battle with the Taliban. The governor of Farah Province, Rohul Amin, said about 30 bodies had been trucked to his office, most of them women and children. Other officials said.. More

  • Pakistan war displaces thousands

    A senior Pakistani government official has urged residents to flee the Swat valley in the northwest where a peace deal with Taliban appears to be crumbling amid intense fighting. Khushal Khan also said on Tuesday that the provincial government in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) was pleading for help to house tens of thousands refugees.. More

  • Chad and Sudan agree to end feud

    Chad and Sudan have agreed to end hostilities against each other and normalize relations after reconciliation talks in the Qatari capital, Doha. Officials from the two African nations signed the agreement on Sunday at the end of the talks that Qatar helped to mediate. "The agreement stipulates the halting of hostilities, and everyone is now looking.. More

  • Dozens killed at Turkey wedding

    At least 45 people have been killed in an attack on a wedding party in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, local media has reported. Turkey's NTV television, citing authorities, said masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked the ceremony in the village of Bilge about 20km from the city of Mardin on Monday. Besir Atalay, the Turkish.. More

  • Mayor killed in Afghan explosion

    A suicide bomber has killed the mayor of a provincial capital in eastern Afghanistan along with five other people. The Taliban claimed responsibility for Monday's attack, which targeted the mayor of Mehterlam, the capital of Laghman province. The mayor's nephew, two bodyguards and two villagers were also killed in the attack. Edayutullah Qalanderzai,.. More

  • Iraq: No extension of US pullback date from cities

    The Iraqi government says the June 30 deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from urban areas in Iraq is "non-extendable." A rise in violence has prompted concern about whether Iraqi forces are prepared to take over security responsibilities. In particular, U.S. commanders have pointed to the northern city of Mosul as a possible exception to.. More

  • Swine flu outbreak 'declining' in Mexico

    The Mexican government has said it believes the country's PN1 flu epidemic has "passed its peak", even as reports emerged that the virus has spread deeper into the United States, Europe and Latin America. The World Health Organization (WHO) said more cases were confirmed in Europe and North America, with at least 787 people suspected to have.. More

  • Sri Lanka - at least 64 dead as 'army shells' hospital

    Artillery shells hit a makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka's northern war zone yesterday, killing at least 64 civilians, according to a government doctor and a website linked to the Tamil Tiger separatists, amid growing international pressure to safeguard thousands of civilians trapped in the area. Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara denied.. More

  • Iraqi kills US soldiers in Mosul

    A man wearing an Iraqi army uniform has shot dead two US soldiers and injured three others in the northern city of Mosul, US military officials say. Reports said the man, who was killed after the attack, opened fire on a group of soldiers at a combat outpost south of the city. Saturday's casualties bring the US death toll in Iraq up to 20 for the.. More

  • Two die in air raid on Gaza tunnels

    The bodies of two Palestinians have been recovered from a tunnel in Gaza bombed by Israeli aircraft, medical workers say. The air raids, which targeted several tunnels each running between Gaza and Egypt, took place on Saturday near the border town of Rafah, the Israeli military said. The bombing came shortly after three mortar rounds were launched.. More

  • Swine flu nears pandemic level

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its pandemic alert for swine flu to the second highest level, warning that "all countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans". The move to a phase 5 alert means there is sustained human-to-human spread in at least two countries and WHO believes a global outbreak.. More

  • 48 killed as bombs rip through Baghdad

    A wave of near-simultaneous bombs ripped through crowded Baghdad markets and a packed minibus on Wednesday, killing 48 people including women and children, and making April the deadliest month of the year in Iraq. "Forty-one people were killed and 68 wounded in three car bombs in market places," an interior ministry official told AFP. "The.. More