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  • Indonesians vote for new parliament

    Indonesians have begun voting for a new parliament in elections that will also decide who qualifies to run in the country's presidential race in July. Despite tight security as polls opened at 7am on Thursday (22:00 GMT Wednesday) in the eastern province of Papua, violence left at least six people dead, Indonesian police said. Thursday's parliamentary.. More

  • Settlers attack West Bank village

    At least two people have been injured in a rampage by Jewish settlers through an Arab village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, residents have said. The settlers from Bat Ayin, where a Palestinian killed a young settler last week, attacked cars and homes in the village of Safa on Wednesday. The Israeli account is that the settlers, who were armed,.. More

  • Thai opposition mounts huge protest

    Security forces in Thailand are bracing for violence amid a massive anti-government protest in Bangkok in the biggest attempt yet to force Abhisit Vejjajiva, the prime minister, from office. Al Jazeera's Divya Gopalan, reporting from Bangkok, said the protesters had gathered at Government House and many of them were marching towards the home of General.. More

  • Big aftershock hits battered Italy

    A strong aftershock has struck L'Aquila, a day after 235 people died in a devastating earthquake in the medieval Italian town. Al Jazeera's Nazinine Moshiri, reporting from L'Aquila, said Tuesday's aftershock killed a fireman, who died of a stroke, and brought fear back to the quake-battered town. The 5.6 magnitude aftershock caused two churches to.. More

  • Rwanda marks genocide anniversary

    Rwandan police have increased security for a national ceremony commemorating the 15th anniversary of a genocide in which more than one million people died. The ceremony on Tuesday was held in Nyanza, a hill in the capital of Kigali, where thousands of people were slaughtered during the 1994 massacre. Paul Kigame, the president of Rwanda, led the ceremony.. More

  • Indonesian military plane crashes; 24 killed

    An Indonesian military plane carrying 24 people crashed into an airport hangar during heavy rains Monday and burst into flames, killing everyone on board, an air force spokesman said. Fire trucks and ambulances rushed to the scene, pulling bodies from the debris. Emergency workers carried charred parts of the downed Fokker 27 from the smoking building. Air.. More

  • Baghdad car bombings kill dozens

    Six car bombs have exploded across Baghdad, killing at least 34 people and wounding scores more. A blast at a popular market in the Shia neighborhood of Sadr City in east Baghdad killed at least 10 people and wounded 65 others in Monday's attack. Another car bomb blew up next to a group of people waiting for work, killing six people and wounding 16.. More

  • Obama to hold talks in Turkey

    Barack Obama, the US president, is set to hold talks with senior Turkish officials aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between Washington and Ankara. Obama, who is in Ankara on the last leg of an eight-day European tour, is also scheduled to address the Turkish parliament. Obama's two-day visit to Turkey is his first trip to a Muslim country.. More

  • Settlers attack Palestinian homes, residents in Jerusalem

    A group of extremist Israeli settlers attacked on Sunday evening several residents and homes in Al Sa’diyya neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, and occupied the home of Nasser Jaber for the second time, as they claim purchasing it. On Saturday afternoon, an Israeli court examining an appeal filed by the family, delayed deliberations on the home.. More

  • Deadly earthquake hits Italy

    At least 27 people, including four children, have been reported killed after a strong earthquake hit central Italy. The magnitude 6.3 quake struck near the city of l'Aquila, in the mountainous Abruzzo region east of Rome, early on Monday morning. Part of a university residence, a church tower and several houses collapsed in l'Aquila, officials said. The.. More

  • Deadly blast in Pakistani mosque

    At least 30 people have been killed and 150 others injured after a bomb exploded inside a Shia mosque, 60km south of the Pakistani capital Islamabad, officials say. Sunday's blast in the city of Chakwal came a day after eight paramilitary soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in Islamabad. Rescue authorities are still searching through the wreckage.. More

  • North Korea 'launches rocket'

    North Korea has reportedly launched a long-range rocket, defying calls from world leaders. Japanese television broadcaster NHK and South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported the launch on Sunday. The US later confirmed the launch. The UN Security Council is to hold an emergency session on the development later in the day. "We have had a launch... More

  • Afghan 'smuggling bid' youths die

    More than 60 Afghans, mainly children and youths, have been found dead after suffocating inside a shipping container in southwestern Pakistan in an apparent human smuggling attempt. More than 100 illegal immigrants were discovered inside the container, which had been locked from the outside, 20km from the border town of Quetta on Saturday. Kamal Hyder,.. More

  • Soldiers killed in Islamabad attack

    Six people have been killed and seven others wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a police checkpoint in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. Kamal Hyder, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Islamabad, said paramilitary forces opened fire after the attack on the post in an upmarket residential area close to some of the capital's most prestigious addresses. Witn.. More

  • Israel kills two more Palestinians in Gaza

    Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians near a border fence in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian medics said. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed troops had shot at several Palestinians in northern Gaza, and hit two of them. Hamas and Israel declared separate ceasefires on Jan. 18 but acts of Israeli air attacks and Palestinian.. More