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  • Mugabe lashes out at Britain

    Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday accused Britain of trying to seize control of resources in the devastated African nation as his government announced inflation had risen to 2.2 million percent. Mugabe, re-elected last month in a widely condemned vote boycotted by the opposition, regularly blames his country's economic collapse on former.. More

  • US troops abandon Afghan outpost

    Kunar has seen some of the fiercest fighting of the conflict US and Afghan troops have abandoned a remote village in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine US soldiers and wounded a dozen more on Sunday. A statement said the outpost had been temporary and that "regular patrols" in the area would be maintained. Afghan police.. More

  • Mid-East prisoner swap under way

    An exchange of prisoners between Israel and the Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah is under way on the Israeli-Lebanese border. Red Cross vehicles carrying two coffins said to contain the bodies of two Israeli soldiers have crossed from Lebanon into Israel. Israel is carrying out DNA tests to confirm their identity, before handing over five Hezbollah.. More

  • US diplomat to attend Iran talks

    An envoy from the US will attend weekend talks with Iran and other major powers over Tehran's nuclear programme. The announcement on Tuesday that William Burns, the US under-secretary of state, is to attend a meeting in Geneva with Saeed Jalili, Iranian nuclear negotiator, is a switch in position for the US. Burns will join Javier Solana, the EU foreign.. More

  • Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim arrested

    Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been arrested outside his home, his lawyer has said. Mr Anwar was stopped by several police officers outside his home and taken to police headquarters. His lawyer said no reason was given for the arrest, which came shortly before Mr Anwar was due to give a statement to police over sodomy allegations... More

  • Obama says US strategy in Iraq is unsound

    Contending that the U.S. is not pursuing a sound strategy for keeping Americans safe, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama laid out goals Tuesday that he argued would deal with the nation's most pressing threats. In a major speech on the war, Obama listed ending the war in Iraq responsibly as the top priority. If elected president, he said,.. More

  • Lawyers release Guantanamo video

    Lawyers for a young Guantanamo detainee have released video footage of his interrogation at the US prison facility in Cuba. The video, released on Tuesday, shows Omar Khadr, a Canadian accsued of killing a US soldier in Afghanistan, crying as agents of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) question him. In the tape, apparently shot from.. More

  • UN prepares to pull staff from Darfur

    The United Nations prepared on Tuesday to fly non-essential staff from Darfur as supporters of Sudan President Omar al-Beshir planned protests in Khartoum to denounce the world court prosecutor's call for him to be arrested for alleged war crimes. On Monday, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court asked for an arrest warrant against.. More

  • Sudan angered by genocide claims

    The Sudanese government has responded angrily after an international prosecutor accused President Omar al-Bashir of genocide in Darfur. Sudan's UN envoy said the International Criminal Court had no jurisdiction in Sudan and that it would not co-operate. And Vice-President Ali Osman Taha said the evidence was false and indicated Sudan may try to.. More

  • Bombers kill Iraq army recruits

    At least 23 people have been killed and nearly 70 injured in a double suicide bombing north of the capital Baghdad, Iraqi army sources say. The bombers blew themselves up in a crowd of army recruits near Baquba, some 60km (35 miles) from Baghdad. Baquba is the capital of Diyala province - one of the most dangerous parts of Iraq. Violence in Iraq.. More

  • US 'terrorism watch list' condemned

    A US rights group has condemned the country's "terrorism" watch list as "unfair", saying it has become bloated and contains too many names to be effective. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday publicised the fact the US watch list now contains over one million names, and called for changes. ACLU demands include tightening.. More

  • South Korea to recall Japan envoy

    South Korea says it is to recall its envoy to Japan in the latest flare-up of tensions over disputed islands. The foreign ministry said Japan had reasserted its claim to the islands, which are under South Korean control in waters between the Asian neighbours. The fresh claim to Japanese ownership of the islands - known as Dokdo in Korea and Takeshima.. More

  • Sudan leader accused of war crimes

    The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) has called for the arrest of Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, for alleged war crimes in Darfur. Luis Moreno-Ocampo said in a statement on Monday that al-Bashir had "masterminded and implemented" a campaign to wipe out three ethnic groups in Sudan. Moreno-Ocampo's call for an arrest.. More

  • Turkey charges 86 over alleged coup plot

    A top prosecutor announced a long-awaited indictment Monday against 86 people suspected of involvement in a coup plot against Turkey's Islamist-rooted government. The document is the first to emerge from a year-long investigation into an alleged ultra-nationalist network dubbed "Ergenekon". The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),.. More

  • N Korea rejects Seoul talks offer

    North Korea has rejected an offer by the South Korean president to resume talks that he suspended in February. The North's state newspaper said President Lee Myung-bak was trying to avoid his personal responsibility for the countries' strained relations. Mr Lee was criticised in the South for offering to restart the talks so soon after a South Korean.. More