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  • President held in Mauritania coup

    Troops overthrew Mauritania's president in a military coup on Wednesday after he tried to sack senior army officers accused of being behind a political crisis destabilising the country. President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was arrested as troops rolled through the capital Nouakchott and took over the presidential palace and the prime minister's office. They.. More

  • 'Split verdict' on Bin Laden driver

    A US military jury at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp has reached a split verdict in the trial of Osama bin Laden's former driver, clearing him of some charges but convicting him of others. Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni citizen, was cleared on Wednesday of conspiracy to commit war crimes but was found guilty of providing material support to terrorism. He.. More

  • Arctic Map shows dispute hotspots

    British scientists say they have drawn up the first detailed map to show areas in the Arctic that could become embroiled in future border disputes. A team from Durham University compiled the outline of potential hotspots by basing the design on historical and ongoing arguments over ownership. Russian scientists caused outrage last year when they.. More

  • Second day of protests in Kashmir

    Hundreds of Kashmiri Muslim protesters have clashed for a second day with government forces in the main city of Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said. Police and paramilitary troops fired tear gas to disperse the crowd in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Jammu-Kashmir on Tuesday. The clashes come a day after a Muslim protester.. More

  • Hamas warns of uprising against Fatah

    A senior Hamas official in Gaza City warned yesterday that his Islamic group could overrun the West Bank, just as it took over Gaza, if provoked by its rivals in Fatah. The official, Sami Abu Zuhri, spoke as tensions between the two groups remained high following a bombing that killed five Hamas members in Gaza and a Hamas sweep that ended with 11.. More

  • Tropical Storm Edouard hits Texas

    A powerful tropical storm has hit the upper coast of Texas, bringing heavy rains and winds of up to (65mph) 100km/h, US weather forecasters said. Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall between Galveston and Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The near-hurricane strength storm is expected to weaken as it moves inland, with flooding the.. More

  • Mexican set for US execution in defiance of Intl Court of Justice

    A Mexican national convicted of murder is scheduled to be put to death in Texas on Tuesday in defiance of an International Court of Justice order to halt his execution. Jose Ernesto Medellin, convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of two teenagers, is among 51 Mexicans on death row. But their government has complained they were not informed of their.. More

  • China vows safe Olympics

    Chinese authorities have moved to assure athletes and spectators arriving in Beijing that the Olympic games will be safe, after an attack in western Xinjiang province killed 16 police officers. Tuesday's attempt to allay people's security concerns came as officials in Xinjiang said that 18 "terrorists from abroad" had been arrested in the.. More

  • Pakistani doctor faces US trial

    A Pakistani neurosurgeon, who the US says is linked to al-Qaeda and shot at US officials, has been extradited from Afghanistan to face trial in New York. The family of Aafia Siddiqui expressed shock on Tuesday after it emerged she had been extradited to the US on charges of shooting at US soldiers while in detention in Afghanistan. Fauzia, Siddiqui's.. More

  • Power-sharing deal close in Zimbabwe

    Zimbabwe's ruling party and the opposition are close to a power-sharing deal that would turn Robert Mugabe into a ceremonial president, a South African newspaper reported on Tuesday. The report came as Zimbabwean state media reported ZANU-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change had agreed to expand their negotiating teams in a move the.. More

  • Iran pressed on nuclear package

    Iran may face new UN sanctions unless it responds by Tuesday to an offer of incentives to freeze its uranium enrichment program. The US, France and Britain have said they will not wait beyond the deadline, giving warning that new sanctions will be imposed unless Tehran responds positively. An unofficial deadline for a deal expired on Saturday, although.. More

  • Obama goes on attack over US oil

    US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has unveiled a new TV advert in which he accuses his rival John McCain of being under the sway of big oil firms. The ad came as Mr Obama called for US emergency oil reserves to be used to help drive down fuel prices. The ad shows Mr McCain with President George W Bush, as a narrator says: "After one president.. More

  • Turkey appoints new military chief

    Turkey has selected a secularist general and strong advocate of Nato as the country's next military commander. General Ilker Basbug, 65, will replace the current army chief, General Yasar Buyukanit at the end of August, the army announced in a statement on Monday. The decision was made after a four-day annual military council meeting attended by the.. More

  • Supporters cheer SAfrica's Zuma as he leaves court in graft case

    South Africa's ruling party chief Jacob Zuma was cheered by thousands of supporters Monday as he left court on graft charges that could end his shot at becoming president next year. Crowds that had gathered opposite the courthouse earlier in the day when the 66-year-old African National Congress (ANC) leader entered the dock for his trial screamed.. More

  • Mindanao accord signing blocked

    A Philippine court has blocked the signing of a preliminary accord that will grant minority Muslims an expanded homeland in the far south. The ruling on Monday comes as thousands of Christians gathered in two southern Philippine cities to protest the signing of the deal in Malaysia. Midas Marquez, a court spokesman, said the Supreme Court issued a.. More