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  • Bomb attack kills Afghan MP

    Dad Mohammad Khan, a prominent Afghan politician, has been killed by a roadside bomb, Afghan officials say. Four other Afghans died alongside Khan when a bomb blew up their vehicle on Thursday. The group was travelling on the main road to Lashkar Gah, the capital of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province. Khan, a member of the Afghan parliament,.. More

  • No unity deal in Palestinian talks

    Talks between rival Palestinian factions have concluded with no agreement on the formation of a government of national unity, Al Jazeera reports. Negotiations between Hamas and Fatah representatives, mediated by Egypt, have been taking place in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, for weeks, with reports on Thursday suggesting that a deal was close. Talks,.. More

  • Abu Sayyaf 'to free hostage'

    Fighters holding three Red Cross workers hostage in the southern Philippines have agreed to release one of their captives in return for the military pulling back its forces, officials have said. The army said on Thursday it had agreed to the move in exchange for a pledge from a commander of the Abu Sayyaf group to free one of the aid workers it kidnapped.. More

  • New Madagascar leader sets agenda

    Madagascar's new leader has laid out his priorities after seizing power in an army-backed overthrow of the president. Addressing 15,000 supporters in the capital, Antananarivo, on Wednesday, Andry Rajoelina promised to reverse some of the policies that had fuelled anger against Marc Ravalomanana, the ousted president. Rajoelina - who is six years.. More

  • Israel detains at least 7 Hamas members in the West Bank

    Israeli soldiers rounded up at least seven of the Islamic group's political leaders in the West Bank in a pre-dawn arrest sweep Thursday, Hamas officials and relatives said. The detentions come after the failure of recent efforts to win the release of an Israeli soldier Hamas is holding in Gaza. The Israeli military, which routinely detains Palestinians.. More

  • Sudan urges rebels to lay down arms

    The president of Sudan has returned to Darfur for a second time since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for his arrest over alleged war crimes in the region. Omar al-Bashir, who declared that no international court can touch even an "eyelash" on him, called for Darfur rebels to lay down their arms on Wednesday. Vowing.. More

  • Bomber targets S Koreans in Yemen

    A delegation of South Korean officials investigating a fatal bombing has come under attack near the Yemeni capital. Yemeni security officials said a suicide bomber targeted the delegation's convoy while it was en route to the airport in Sanaa on Wednesday. The South Koreans had been in the country to investigate a bombing on Sunday that killed four.. More

  • Israel rejects Hamas prisoner swap

    Ehud Olmert, Israel's outgoing prime minister, has rejected a prisoner swap with Hamas for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who has been held in Gaza for three years. Olmert said in a national broadcast on Tuesday night that his government had gone as far as it could in its bid to win Shalit's freedom. He said Israel had agreed to free hundreds of.. More

  • Israeli army kidnap 16 Palestinians in Ramallah and Hebron

    Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday at night sixteen Palestinians in Ramallah district, in the central West Bank, and in Hebron district in the southern part of the West Bank. Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers invaded the village of Rantis and Silwad, near Ramallah, broke into and searched dozens of homes before taking nine residents as prisoners... More

  • Military handed power in Madagascar

    Madagascar's president has handed over power to the military after months of pressure from the opposition. "After deep reflection, I have decided to dissolve the government and give up power so that a military directorate can be established,'' Marc Ravalomanana said in a radio address on Sunday. "This decision was very difficult and.. More

  • Russia announces rearmament plan

    Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, has ordered a large-scale rearmament of the country's military forces in response to Nato plans for expansion into former Soviet states. At a meeting with top defense ministry officials in Moscow on Tuesday, Medvedev said "a large-scale rearmament of the army and navy will begin" from 2011, adding that.. More

  • Pakistan suicide bomber kills 14

    A suicide bomber blew up his car outside a restaurant in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi, killing 14 people and wounding 18 others, police said Tuesday. Officials said the bomber had probably been targeting a mass protest which was scheduled for Monday in Rawalpindi and the capital Islamabad but was then called off after the government vowed.. More

  • Madagascan president vows to fight

    Madagascar's president, under mounting pressure from troops who have occupied one of his palaces, has vowed to fight to the death. Marc Ravalomanana's spokesman, Andry Ralijaona, said the president had no intention of fleeing. "The president plans to stay in Madagascar. He said this to the presidential guard, who told him he should be placed.. More

  • Protests mark water forum in Turkey

    A world water forum has opened in Istanbul, the capital of Turkey, amid violent protests. Anti-riot police used teargas on Monday to disperse some 300 demonstrators who accused the forum of helping big companies to promote privatization. The protesters responded by hurling rocks and beating officers with sticks. Police held at least 15 people for.. More

  • Palestinians agree January election

    Rival Palestinian factions have agreed to hold elections by January next year after holding negotiations in Cairo over a unity government. However, at the conclusion of the Egyptian-mediated talks late on Sunday, Fatah and Hamas - the biggest Palestinian groups - continued to differ over a few points, including who would be in the new government. Some.. More