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  • UN prepares for DR Congo evacuation

    UN peacekeepers have begun evacuation plans for about 50 foreign aid workers from a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the face of an onslaught by Tusti anti-government fighters. Early on Tuesday, fighters from the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) drew near to Rutshuru in North Kivu, just 100km north of the.. More

  • Maldives votes in presidential run-off

    Voters in the Maldives went to the polls Tuesday to choose the country's first-ever democratically elected president, in a run-off between Asia's longest serving leader and a former political prisoner. President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the 71-year-old frontrunner, faces his toughest critic Mohamed "Anni" Nasheed, 41, after failing to win an.. More

  • Bangladesh storm kills 15, injures 200

    A tropical storm lashed Bangladesh's coast, killing at least 15 people and injuring 200 more, rescue officials said Tuesday. The storm, spawned by a depression in the Bay of Bengal, struck late Monday, inundating hundreds of villages, leveling several thousand huts and knocking down electricity poles, officials said. The officials spoke on condition.. More

  • Nasrallah and al-Hariri enter talks

    Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, has held talks with his political rival Saad al-Hariri, leader of Lebanon's parliamentary majority, a statement issued by both sides has said. The meeting on Sunday was the first between the two leaders since Israel's 2006 war in Lebanon and comes five months after Qatar mediated an end to an 18-month.. More

  • Syria hits out at 'terrorist' US

    Syria's foreign minister has accused the US of an act of "criminal and terrorist aggression" over what it says was a helicopter raid on its territory. Walid Muallem said Sunday's attack saw four US forces travel eight miles inside Syrian airspace from Iraq and kill eight unarmed civilians on a farm. He said those who died were a father.. More

  • Somali factions sign ceasefire deal

    Somalia's government and the Islamic courts movement have reached a ceasefire agreement that will see Ethiopian troops, in Somalia to back the Somali government, leave Mogadishu and other key towns. The Islamic Courts' Union chief negotiator told Al Jazeera on Monday that once Ethiopian troops were withdrawn, fighting in Somali would come to an end. &qu.. More

  • Koreas hold rare military talks

    Military officials from North and South Korea have begun face-to-face talks on improving communications amid rising tensions between the rivals. The talks involving lieutenant-colonel-grade officers opened on Monday morning at a location inside the heavily-fortified "demilitarized zone" that divides the countries, officials in Seoul said. The.. More

  • Syrians die in 'US helicopter raid'

    At least eight people have been killed in a US helicopter raid inside Syria, close to the country's border with Iraq, a Syrian official has said. Syria's state-run television channel had earlier quoted unnamed Syrian officials as saying that US helicopters attacked the Abu Kamal area in the east of the country on Sunday. Al-Dunia, a private television.. More

  • Jewish settlers vandalize Arab graves

    Jewish settlers have gone on a rampage in the West Bank, vandalizing a Muslim cemetery and threatening Israeli troops. Settlers from the Harat al-Jabari neighborhood in the city of Hebron were responding on Sunday to the dismantling a West Bank outpost by the Israeli army. Four settlers were arrested, including one for allegedly injuring a policeman.. More

  • 'US air raid' kills Afghan guards

    At least 24 security workers at a construction site in Afghanistan's Ghazni province have been killed in suspected US air raids. The deputy governor of the province southwest of the capital Kabul called Sunday's incident a "brutal attack". A provincial government source told the Reuters news agency that US-led forces had called in an.. More

  • More deaths feared in Yemen floods

    Flash floods across southern Yemen have claimed the lives of 65 people, amid warnings the death toll could rise further. Hamid el-Kharashi, the police chief of the remote province of Hadramaut, warned many more could have lost their lives as scores of people are still missing and hundreds more are homeless or trapped. The provinces of Hadramaut.. More

  • Pakistan troops 'seize tribal town'

    Pakistan's army has said it has recaptured a key town in the Bajur tribal region, following a two-month offensive in which 1,500 anti-government fighters and 73 soldiers died. But fighting was continuing in the tribal areas on Sunday, with helicopters and artillery pounding targets in Bajaur. Jamil Khan, a Pakistani official, told the Associated.. More

  • Iraq Sunni party severs US ties

    Iraq's biggest Sunni Arab political party has suspended dealings with American military personnel and civilians following a raid by US-backed Iraqi forces near Fallujah in which one man was killed. The Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP), headed by Tareq al-Hashemi, the Iraqi vice-president, said on Saturday that there had been a "hidden political motive".. More

  • Dozens killed by floods in Yemen

    At least 48 people have been killed or are missing in Yemen, following torrential rains. Most of the casualties are in the eastern province of Hadhramawt, hit by a tropical storm earlier this week. An air rescue operation is under way. Damage is extensive because most homes in the area are made of mud brick. Reports say the floodwaters are.. More

  • Foreigners killed in Kabul attack

    An Afghan security guard has shot dead two foreign nationals in the capital Kabul. The two foreigners, a British citizen and a South African national, were working for the international courier company DHL. The Afghan, who also died, opened fire outside DHL's offices on Saturday - just 100 meters from the presidential palace in the heart of the.. More