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  • Children killed as Israeli jets again bomb Gaza

    Israeli jets bombed Gaza for a third day on Monday, killing several children, amid growing international calls for halt to the violence that has left more than 300 dead. As Israeli tanks massed ahead of an expected ground operation, warplanes staged dozens of bombing raids in the densely-populated Palestinian enclave overnight, killing seven people.. More

  • Many "missing" after jumping boat

    At least 300 people, mostly illegal migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar, are missing after they jumped from a boat near India's Andaman islands. Indian Coastguard officials on Monday said 100 people were rescued from the drifting vessel. "The boat was sailing for over two weeks and it was runningshort of food and drinking water for a couple.. More

  • Somali president steps down

    Somalia's president has stepped down after months of political infighting within the UN-backed transitional government. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed told legislators in Baidoa, where the administration is based, that he would hand in a official resignation letter later on Monday. Yusuf has been under pressure since the parliament last week blocked his attempts.. More

  • Israel in 'all-out war' with Gaza

    Israel's military is in an "all-out war" with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Ehud Barak, the defense minister, says. Palestinian medical sources say at least 345 Gazans have been killed and another 1,450 wounded in three consecutive days of Israeli bombardment in the heavily-populated territory. "We have nothing against Gaza residents,.. More

  • Israel tanks mass near Gaza as jets again pound Gaza

    Israeli tanks massed at the Gaza border on Sunday as warplanes again pounded Hamas targets in the densely populated enclave where raids have killed more than 300 people in less than two days. Dozens of tanks and personnel carriers idled at several points near the border after Israel warned it could launch a ground offensive in addition to its massive.. More

  • Children killed in Afghan attack

    Sixteen people, mostly children, have been killed after a suicide car bomber attacked a district government office in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province, Nato forces say. Afghan police said the bomber was targeting a meeting of local leaders on Sunday, called to discuss security and next year's elections. The bomber reportedly detonated his.. More

  • Arab street angry over Gaza massacres

    Protesters across the Middle East have held a second day of demonstrations against Israel's military assault on the Gaza Strip. In the occupied West Bank, one protester was killed and at least two others critically injured by Israeli fire at a protest near Ramallah on Sunday. In Yemen, tens of thousands of people gathered in and around a.. More

  • Pakistan deaths in poll bombing

    A car bomb at a polling station in northwest Pakistan has killed 20 people and wounded 14 others. The attack on Sunday during a by-election for a provincial assembly seat also killed four children, police and government officials said. About 12 other people were injured in the attack and government officials said that the death toll may rise due to.. More

  • Suicide blast near Sri Lanka capital kills eight

    A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed seven security personnel and a civilian at a base just outside Sri Lanka's capital on Sunday as troops mounted pressure on the rebels in the north, officials said. The male bomber infiltrated the base of the Civil Defense Force near a market in Wattala, a suburb of the capital Colombo, a police official at the scene.. More

  • Israel resumes Gaza bombardment

    Israeli warplanes have resumed their air strikes on Gaza Strip, hitting targets across the territory, including a mosque and a television station. Two bodies were retrieved from the rubble of a mosque near Gaza City's Shifa hospital early on Sunday, witnesses said. The blast, just after midnight, blew out windows at the hospital, hospital officials.. More

  • Pakistan says no war with India amid calls for calm

    Pakistan again said on Saturday that it did not want war with India, as the international community tried to defuse tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors after Islamabad moved troops to the border. The White House called for calm amid a flurry of diplomatic activity in both Islamabad and New Delhi aimed at easing already badly strained ties,.. More

  • Bomb in Baghdad kills 22, wounds 54

    Amassive bomb tore through a crowd gathered near a bus station in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 22 people and wounding 54, security officials said. "The toll in the Kadhimiyah explosion has risen to 22 killed and 54 injured," army spokesman Major General Qassim Atta told AFP. He said the explosion occurred.. More

  • Israeli missiles target Gaza, 195 dead

    Israel has launched air strikes on Hamas installations across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 195 people and causing heavy damage, according to officials and witnesses. At least 30 missiles were fired at targets on Saturday, with the head of emergency services in Gaza saying that at least 200 people were also wounded. Hamas and other affiliated.. More

  • Gaza braces for Israeli offensive

    The specter of a military invasion on Friday hung over Hamas-run Gaza Strip where two children were killed as Palestinian fighters fired more rockets despite Israeli threats of harsh retaliation. Two girls, one aged five and the other 12, were killed when their house in northern Gaza was hit by a rocket which witnesses said was apparently fired by.. More

  • Chinese navy to patrol Somali coast

    Three Chinese naval vessels are to leave for the waters off Somalia to start anti-piracy operations. The two destroyers and a supply ship will have about 70 special operations troops aboard, the state-run Xinhau news agency reported. The destroyers, Haikou and Wuhan, are said to be two of China's most sophisticated warships and will set sail on.. More