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  • Karzai 'protecting drug lords'

    A former senior US anti-drug official has accused Afghanistan's president of playing the US "like a fiddle" and protecting drug lords in his country for political reasons. Thomas Schweich, who until June served as US state department co-ordinator for counter-narcotics and justice reform for Afghanistan, said Hamid Karzai was impeding the.. More

  • Britain's Brown dealt new blow in by-election defeat

    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered another serious blow to his leadership Friday after his governing Labour Party lost one of its safest seats in a by-election in his native Scotland. The Scottish National Party (SNP) reversed a majority of 13,500 in Glasgow East to snatch Labour's 25th safest seat in Britain, prompting more questions about.. More

  • Hunt begins for Karadzic helpers

    Officials investigating captured Bosnian Serb ex-leader Radovan Karadzic say they will track down and punish those who aided his false identity. Serb prosecutors believe he held the identity of Dragan Dabic for a long time thanks to papers issued under the regime of President Slobodan Milosevic. A spokesman said those who helped Mr Karadzic knew they.. More

  • UN: Poverty worsening in Gaza

    Conditions for Palestinians living in Gaza have deteriorated to unprecedented levels, according to a report by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Aid granted to Gaza has failed to stop more than half of the population in the territory from sliding below the poverty line, UNRWA said on Thursday. "The number of households in Gaza.. More

  • NKorea, Thai-Cambodia flare-up dominate Asian security talks

    US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice led calls Thursday for restraint over a Thai-Cambodia border dispute and North Korea signed a non-aggression treaty during annual Asian security talks. The discussions among foreign ministers from Southeast Asia and key world powers also tackled North Korea's denuclearisation and disaster preparedness after two.. More

  • No bowing down, says Ahmadinejad

    President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday vowed that Iran would not yield in the crisis over its nuclear drive but the White House warned again that Tehran risks more sanctions if it fails to freeze sensitive nuclear work. "The Iranian people are steadfast and will not step back an inch against the oppressive powers," Ahmadinejad told a rally.. More

  • Turkey bombs PKK bases in N Iraq

    Turkey’s air force has bombed several bases of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the Turkish military says. The raids focused on PKK hideouts in the Zap area along the Turkey-Iraq border, a region considered to be a major stronghold for Kurdish fighters, the Turkish military said in a statement on Thursday. "All 13 targets.. More

  • Karadzic 'aims to defend himself'

    War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic plans to conduct his own defence in his trial at The Hague, his lawyer says. "Karadzic will have a legal team in Serbia that will help him with his defence but he will defend himself," said lawyer Sveta Vujacic. Mr Karadzic would be following former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who defended himself.. More

  • Ahmadinejad vows no Iran concessions in nuclear crisis

    President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday vowed that Iran would not yield in the crisis over its nuclear drive but the White House warned again that it risks more sanctions if it fails to freeze sensitive nuclear work. "The Iranian people are steadfast and will not step back an inch against the oppressive powers," Ahmadinejad told a rally.. More

  • Obama tours Israel and West Bank

    Barack Obama, the US Democratic presidential candidate, has met Palestinian leaders at the government's headquarters in Ramallah, in the final part of his Middle East tour. Obama travelled from Jerusalem to the West Bank city on Wednesday for talks with Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, and Salam Fayyad, the prime minister. Saeb Erekat, a.. More

  • Brown seeks changes to mission in Iraq in 2009

    Prime Minister Gordon Brown played up an improving security situation in Iraq on Tuesday and said the number of British troops there could continue to come down as key security tasks were completed. Brown told parliament the 4,100 British troops serving in Iraq would stay for the "next few months", but said he expected to see a "fundamental.. More

  • Nepal Maoists to shun government

    Nepal's former Maoist rebels have abandoned efforts to form the country's next government, party officials say. Their decision follows their failure on Monday to get the candidate they were supporting elected as first president of the new republic. The Maoists were expected to lead the new government as they won most seats in April's elections to.. More

  • Bulldozer attack hits Jerusalem

    A driver of a construction vehicle has wounded two people after going on a rampage in west Jerusalem, before he was shot dead. The driver rammed into cars and a city bus in the Jewish area of the city on Tuesday, police said. A police spokesperson said: "The bulldozer driver left a construction site, and hit two cars. "A civilian who saw.. More

  • Balkan war crimes fugitive Karadzic arrested

    Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men, has been arrested in Serbia after more than a decade on the run. The Bosnian Serb wartime political leader disappeared in 1996. He has been indicted by the UN tribunal for war crimes and genocide over the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica. The appointment of a new,.. More

  • Brown raises settlements at Knesset

    Gordon Brown, the British prime minister has urged the Israeli parliament to consider making Jerusalem a capital of both a Palestinian and Israeli state, and to stop building settlements on Palestinian land. In the first speech to the Israeli Knesset by a British prime minister, Brown also promised more aid to help revive the Palestinian economy. Criticisin.. More