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  • Pakistan protests over U.S. missile strikes

    Pakistan summoned U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson Thursday to lodge a protest over missile strikes launched by drone aircraft against militant targets in Pakistan, a Pakistani foreign ministry official said. The protest came a day after a suspected U.S. missile strike on Pakistani soil killed five militants, possibly including an Arab al Qaeda operative. The.. More

  • Deadly blast at Thai protest site

    An attack on anti-government protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's office has left one protester dead and 23 wounded. At least 11 of the injured were in critical condition in the pre-dawn attack where an explosive was thrown inside the main gate of the Government House compound in the capital, Bangkok, on Thursday, officials said. "It's.. More

  • AL-Zawahiri lashes out at Obama

    Al-Qaeda has warned Barack Obama, the US president-elect, against sending more troops to Afghanistan and vowed to continue attacks against "criminal" America. In an internet audio message released on Wednesday, Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's second-in-command, said Obama would fail if he followed the policies of George Bush, the current.. More

  • Indian navy destroys pirate boat, more ships taken

    An Indian warship destroyed a pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden and gunmen from Somalia seized two more vessels despite a large international naval presence off their lawless country. The buccaneers have taken a Thai fishing boat, a Greek bulk carrier and a Hong Kong-flagged ship heading to Iran since Saturday's spectacular capture of a Saudi supertanker.. More

  • UN condemns Israel for Gaza closure

    The United Nations has criticized Israel's closure of the Gaza crossings as a "direct contravention of international human rights and humanitarian law". The charge by Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, came as Israel moved to re-seal the crossings into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, a day after allowing trucks carrying aid.. More

  • Somali pirates strike again

    Somali pirates have struck again in the Gulf of Aden, hijacking another ship a day after seizing a Saudi oil supertanker with a cargo worth $100m. The Delight, a Hong Kong-registered vessel carrying 33,000 tons of wheat, was sailing to Iran with 25 crew members when it was seized, Chinese state news agency Xinhua said. A spokesman for the US Navy's.. More

  • 'US missiles' hit Pakistan village

    At least four people have been killed after a suspected US missile attack struck the North West Frontier province of Pakistan, near the Afghan border, security officials said. A senior security official told the AFP news agency on Wednesday that "the strike overnight destroyed the house of a tribesman Sakhi Mohammad in the Bannu district". "A.. More

  • Egypt court freezes Israel gas deal

    An Egyptian court has overruled a controversial 20-year deal on gas exports to Israel. Judges ruled in favor of Ibrahim Yousri, a lawyer who says that Egypt is losing $9m for each day that Cairo upholds the fixed-price agreement with Tel Aviv. Many Egyptians view the gas deal with their former enemy as a betrayal, although Tuesday's court ruling.. More

  • Israel closes Gaza crossings

    Israel has closed its crossings into the Gaza Strip, a day after it allowed trucks carrying aid into the besieged coastal territory. An Israeli defense ministry spokesman said that rocket fire from Gaza towards Israel had prompted the decision to reseal the crossings on Tuesday. Humanitarian aid groups have warned that the Gaza Strip is dangerously.. More

  • Rebels overrun DR Congo army base

    Rebel fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have overrun a government army base despite their leader's pledge to respect a ceasefire and engage in UN-backed peace talks. The renewed offensive comes as France presented a draft resolution to the UN Security Council on Monday, seeking a "temporary increase" of 3,000 military and police.. More

  • Kashmiris vote despite boycott call

    Millions of Kashmiris have cast their ballots in the first phase of regional elections in Indian-administered Kashmir, despite boycott calls from Muslim separatists. But about 55 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballots on Monday, with long lines of voters stretched around polling stations in several towns north of the capital, Srinagar. B R.. More

  • Taliban rejects Karzai's offer

    Mullah Omar, the leader of the anti-government Taliban, appears to have rejected an offer from Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, of protection in exchange for peace talks. A Taliban spokesman rejected on Monday the offer of safe passage and reiterated that foreign troops had to leave before negotiations could start. "As long as foreign.. More

  • Pirates seize Saudi oil tanker

    Pirates have attacked and taken control of the Saudi-owned crude carrier Sirius Star off the east coast of Africa, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based US Navy Fifth Fleet says. Lieutenant Nate Christensen's confirmation on Monday followed a statement saying that the tanker, which is owned by Saudi Aramco, came under attack more than 450 nautical miles.. More

  • Israel briefly opens Gaza crossing

    The Israelis have temporarily opened the Karem Abu Salem border crossing with Gaza to allow a limited supply of humanitarian aid to reach the territory. Thirty trucks, 11 of which are carrying United Nations (UN) supplies, were allowed to travel into the Strip on Monday. Ayman Mohyeldin, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, said: "One UN official.. More

  • Indonesia quake kills at least 2, tears down houses

    A powerful earthquake struck an area off Indonesia's northern Sulawesi early on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring nearly 40 after hundreds of houses collapsed, a disaster official said. Indonesia briefly issued a tsunami warning which was lifted later, the meteorological office said. The magnitude 7.5 quake was at a depth of 21.. More