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  • Israel blocks 'siege-busting' ship

    Special security forces have been deployed in and around Jaffa's streets and port in order to stop a ship carrying medical and food supplies reaching Gaza. Elias Karram, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Jaffa, said on Sunday that the ship had been prevented from docking at the small city port where it was due to pick up supplies before sailing on to.. More

  • Jewish settlers set fire to Palestinian home

    Jewish settlers torched a rooftop enclosure of a Palestinian man's home in the West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday, a Palestinian police spokesman said. The United Nations as well as Palestinian and Israeli officials have condemned violence by settlers since tensions rose on Thursday in the occupied territory after Israel's eviction of settler families.. More

  • Afghanistan-bound lorries torched

    A policeman was killed and scores of lorries set on fire in an attack on a Pakistani supply terminal used by Nato and US forces in Afghanistan. Kashaf Alam, a police official, said around 30 suspected Taliban fighters attacked the terminal with rockets and guns early on Sunday near Peshawar city in the country's northwest. Fire engulfed at least.. More

  • Over 3 million Muslims flood Mecca, spend Tarwiyah Day

    In line with the Sunnah (teachings) of the Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, the pilgrims moved early Saturday to Mina. They spend there the day and night hours prior to moving to 'Arafat early Sunday morning. Today, the eighth of the lunar month of Thul-Hijjah is called the Tarwiyah (watering) day, because in the ancient times the pilgrims used.. More

  • Mudslide hits Malaysian capital

    Four people have been killed and one more is missing after a landslide in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital. Up to 5,000 residents are expected to be asked to leave their homes because the ground is still unstable. The landslide was on Bukit Antarabangsa, a hillside housing estate, and occurred just before dawn on Saturday. A.. More

  • Many dead in Philippine shootout

    Police say at least 17 people have been killed in a fierce clash between officers and a group of suspected robbers in a Manila suburb. Leopoldo Bataoil, Metropolitan Manila Police chief, said that officers were trailing the suspects in two cars late on Friday when the men sensed the surveillance and fired on the police. Speaking on Saturday, Bataoil.. More

  • 'Ethiopian troops shell' Mogadishu

    At least 16 people have been killed and dozens injured from suspected shelling by Ethiopian troops in the north of Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, witnesses say. Residents said they believed Friday's shelling had been aimed at a stronghold for anti-government fighters but instead fell on a crowded market. Omar Mohamed, a Mogadishu resident, said:.. More

  • UN condemns Israeli settler clashes

    The UN Security Council has condemned a rampage by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in Hebron, which came after they were evicted from a disputed building in the West Bank city. The 15-member council issued a non-binding statement on Friday that "welcomed Israel's evacuation of settlers from the compound in Hebron on December 4" but.. More

  • Russia and India seal nuclear deal

    Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, has arrived in New Delhi for talks on joint defense and civil nuclear projects. The two countries signed an agreement on Friday allowing Russia to build four nuclear reactors in southern India. Both are expected to approve other defense deals during the Russian leader's three-day visit. Before arriving.. More

  • Bomb rips through Peshawar market

    At least 20 people have been killed and at least 80 injured by a bomb placed near a Shia mosque in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province. It was the second bomb attack in a Shia area in the northwest of the country on Friday. Al Jazeera's correspondent Kamal Hyder said the Peshawar attack was in a shopping area crowded.. More

  • Record numbers expected for Hajj

    Saudi Arabia is preparing for a record turnout at the annual Hajj pilgrimage. More than 100,000 security guards have been deployed to cope with the three million people expected in the city of Mecca, when the Islamic pilgrimage gets under way on Saturday. Sami Zeidan, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Mecca, said that people were making last minute.. More

  • U.S. military frets over Iraqi prisoners

    They have outraged Iraqis and been condemned by human rights groups, but next year the prisons in which U.S. forces hold thousands of Iraqis will be flung open under a U.S.-Iraq security pact. That worries both the U.S. military, which fears hardened fighters could again roam the streets, and rights campaigners who fear the opposite: that Iraqi authorities.. More

  • Blasts hit Iraqi city of Falluja

    At least 15 people have been killed and over 145 people, including school children, injured in two suicide car-bomb attacks in the western Iraqi city of Falluja. A senior police officer said that the blasts on Thursday were caused by explosives-laden lorries that were detonated near the concrete barriers surrounding two separate police stations. The.. More

  • Zimbabwe declares cholera emergency

    Zimbabwe has declared a cholera outbreak blamed for killing more than 560 people, a "national emergency" and appealed for international aid to tackle the epidemic. The state-run Herald daily reported the appeal on Thursday and quoted David Parirenyatwa, the health minister, as saying there was a critical shortage of resources for dealing.. More

  • Afghan intelligence office attacked

    A suicide bomber has detonated explosives in front of Afghanistan's intelligence headquarters in southeast Khost province. Eight men disguised as army soldiers reportedly attacked the base after the bomber blew himself up on Thursday morning. US forces moved quickly to seal the area as helicopters circled over head. Taher Khan Sabarai, the deputy.. More