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  • Iran expands nuclear operations

    Iran has expanded its controversial nuclear program and now operates more than 5,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges, the country's nuclear chief has said. The figure released on Wednesday is a significant rise from the 4,000 Tehran said were operational in August at the Natanz plant in central Iran. Gholamreza Aghazadeh, the head of Iran's Atomic.. More

  • Carnage in India attacks

    Groups of heavily armed men have attacked several high-profile hotels and restaurants in the Indian city of Mumbai, leaving at least 101 people dead and more than 250 injured. Attackers were still holding hostages early on Thursday and are engaged in a standoff with security forces at two of the city's best known hotels, the Taj Mahal and the Oberioi.. More

  • Kuwaiti cabinet resignation blocked

    Kuwait's emir has put on hold the resignation of the Opec country's cabinet. The cabinet, which had threatened to resign following attempts by three MPs to question the prime minister on corruption allegations, is to continue to run state affairs. Sheikh Nasser Mohammed, the Kuwaiti prime minister, is a prominent member of the ruling family which.. More

  • Bid to ease Palestinian divide

    Arab foreign ministers have begun meeting in Cairo to lay the groundwork for national reconciliation talks between the main Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah. The emergency meeting on Wednesday came three days after Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, threatened to call early elections if the two sides failed to soon resolve their differences. .. More

  • Iraq parliament to decide future U.S. troop presence

    Iraq's parliament will vote on Wednesday on a pact that sets a deadline for the withdrawal of the U.S. military forces. The deal signed with the United States last week would require the roughly 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq to leave by the end of 2011, a condition Washington agreed to only after months of painstaking negotiations. Iraqi leaders consider.. More

  • Zimbabwean cholera deaths rise

    The UN said on Tuesday that more than 50 people died of cholera in Zimbabwe during the previous day alone. The fatalities bring the total number of cholera deaths to 366 since August, with the majority in the past two weeks. In response to calls for government to declare a national health emergency, Edwin Muguti, the deputy health minister, said on.. More

  • Navy 'sunk Thai trawler by mistake'

    An Indian warship sank a Thai trawler in the Gulf of Aden last week after wrongly assuming it to be a Somali pirate "mother ship", an international maritime agency has said. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said the trawler had just been taken over by pirates when the navy attacked, a move that was initially hailed as a blow to Somali.. More

  • Protesters storm Bangkok airport

    Hundreds of anti-government protesters have stormed the Thai capital's international airport in their drive to oust the country's elected administration. Flights were suspended after demonstrators broke through police lines at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport on Tuesday. "Our goal is to shut down Suvaranbhumi airport until Somchai.. More

  • Kuwaiti government resigns

    Kuwait's government has resigned due to a stand-off with parliament, potentially allowing for early elections. The cabinet handed in its resignation on Tuesday to prevent the questioning in parliament of Sheikh Nasser Mohammed, the prime minister, concerning corruption allegations. "The Kuwaiti cabinet submitted its resignation to the emir.. More

  • Flood deaths in Brazil rise to 65

    Rescue efforts are being stepped up in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, where floods have left 65 people dead and some 43,000 homeless. The federal government and other states are sending aid, including helicopters to reach stranded residents. The heavy rainfall of recent days also caused landslides that have destroyed homes and blocked.. More

  • Afghanistan seeks winter food aid

    The Afghan government has told foreign donors that a "huge humanitarian crisis" will materialize if food supplies do not rapidly reach the country. Afghans are facing death and destitution due to food shortages and the oncoming bleak winter. Al Jazeera's David Chater, reporting from the western province of Herat, said that the crisis is.. More

  • Somali pirates hijack Yemeni ship: maritime group

    Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, a regional maritime group said on Tuesday, a day after sources said the gang holding a Saudi Arabian supertanker were demanding a $15 million ransom. Andrew Mwangura, coordinator of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Program, identified the Yemeni vessel as the MV.. More

  • Israel allows limited aid into Gaza

    Israel has briefly opened three border crossings with Hamas-controlled Gaza, allowing some essential food and fuel into the territory for the second time in three weeks. However, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) warned that temporarily lifting the blockade imposed by Israel on the Palestinian territory would not allow enough supplies.. More

  • Brazil flooding kills at least 20

    At least 20 people are reported to have died and thousands have been forced from their homes following floods in Brazil's Santa Catarina state. A state of emergency has been declared in the area and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has offered federal help to deal with the disaster. Heavy rainfall over the last two months has led to landslides.. More

  • Women killed in Baghdad blasts

    Two bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing up to 18 people. Iraqi police said as many as 13 women died on Monday after a roadside bomb struck a minibus carrying female employees from the trade ministry to work in eastern Baghdad. One of those killed was a young girl less than 10 years old, security officials said. Seven people were.. More