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  • Angry protests over Gaza offensive

    People across several continents have staged rallies to protest against Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza. Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, after calls by Hamas for a "day of wrath". "We will sacrifice our soul and our blood for Gaza," chanted the demonstrators, shouting.. More

  • Fears grow of Gaza ground assault

    Speculation is mounting that Israel is preparing to step up its assault on Gaza with a ground invasion, after it announced it would briefly open Erez border crossing to allow around 440 foreign residents to leave the territory. Friday saw continuing raids on targets in Gaza, a day after the Israeli army began clearing landmines along the border in.. More

  • Israel kills senior Hamas figure

    A senior leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Nizar Rayyan, has been killed in the latest air assault by the Israeli military in Gaza. Rayyan is the most senior Hamas official killed since Israel unleashed its massive bombardment on Gaza, in what Israel argues is a response to persistent rocket fire from the enclave. Medics say 10 people,.. More

  • Gaza death toll reaches 400 on sixth day of Israeli raids

    The New Year in Gaza began Thursday with air strikes as Israeli jets pounded Gaza for a sixth day, while the Islamists vowed to fight to the end and the death toll from the blitz hit 400. Israeli warplanes carried out some 20 strikes in the battered enclave overnight, the army said, after the Jewish state's security cabinet rejected international proposals.. More

  • U.S. troops under Iraq's authority for first time

    The U.S. military in Iraq came under Iraqi authority on Thursday for the first time since the U.S.-led occupation in 2003. The U.S. force in Iraq, now more than 140,000 strong, had operated since 2003 under a U.N. Security Council resolution which expired at midnight on New Year's Eve. Starting January 1, troops are operating with authority granted.. More

  • UN divided on Gaza resolution

    With Israeli jets continuing to pound the Gaza Strip, members of the UN Security Council have ended an emergency meeting on the crisis after failing to agree on the wording of a draft resolution. The meeting at UN headquarters in New York late on Wednesday came as Israel's assault on Gaza entered a sixth day, with the death toll nearing 400 and much.. More

  • Iran urges Arabs to act on Gaza

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, has told the Arab League it should take action "quickly" to end the Israeli attacks on Gaza. Speaking on Wednesday as Arab ministers met in Cairo, Ahmadinejad warned that setting up committees and making speeches would not be an adequate response to the offensive that has killed nearly 400 Palestinians... More

  • Israel rules out immediate truce

    Israel has rejected calls for an immediate temporary ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip after five consecutive days of aerial assault. Yigal Palmor, a foreign ministry spokesman, said it was unrealistic to expect Israel to agree to a plan "with no mechanism to enforce the cessation of shooting and terror from Hamas". Israel's.. More

  • "Obama on holiday" protested as Israel kills more Palestinians each day

    Demonstrators gathered near U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's vacation retreat in Hawaii on Tuesday to protest against the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. Obama has made no public comment on the strikes, which Israel launched on Saturday. Aides have repeatedly said he is "monitoring" the situation and continues to receive intelligence briefings.. More

  • Gulf states agree on monetary union

    Gulf Arab states will maintain their 2010 deadline for a single currency, the secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has said. Leaders of GCC countries (Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain) approved a final draft of an accord on a monetary union agreement in their annual summit in Muscat, the capital.. More

  • Hamas vows to hit Israel harder

    The armed wing of Hamas has vowed to send rockets deeper into Israel than ever before if the latter continued its deadly bombardment of the Gaza Strip. "We tell the leaders of the enemy - if you continue with your assault, we will hit with our rockets further than the cities wehave hit so far," a masked spokesman for Ezzedine al-Qassam.. More

  • Indonesians rally for Gaza

    More than 1,000 people have rallied in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, to voice their opposition to Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip. Demonstrators waved Palestinian and Indonesian flags while some carried banners with slogans such as "Zionist Israel Go To Hell" and "Move Israel outside Palestine land." Indonesia is the world's.. More

  • Israel vows to continue war on Gaza

    Israel has warned that the onslaught in the Gaza Strip could last for "weeks" as the fourth consecutive day of aerial attacks targeted several Hamas government buildings. Around 360 people have been killed, many of them civilians, and local hospitals have warned they are unable to cope with any more casualties. Palestinian medical workers.. More

  • Israeli naval ship shoots Gaza aid boat

    An Israeli naval ship shot on Tuesday a small boat carrying international activists with aid destined for Gaza under Israel siege, agencies said. There were no reported casualties from the shooting involving the small cabin cruiser "Dignity" that sailed from Cyprus late on Monday. One passenger said nobody was hurt. Free Gaza Movement told.. More

  • Pakistan urges "de-escalation" with India

    Pakistan and India should reduce tension inflamed by last month's militant attacks in Mumbai and resume a peace dialogue, Pakistani military chiefs told a visiting Chinese official on Monday. India has blamed Pakistan-based militants for the assault on Mumbai in which 179 people were killed, reviving old hostilities between the nuclear-armed rivals.. More