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  • Iran to boost nuclear capacity despite pressure

    Iran said on Saturday it would press ahead with plans to expand its nuclear program, after diplomats in Vienna said Tehran was installing advanced centrifuges in its key uranium enrichment plant. The government spokesman also rejected any idea of halting work the United States suspects is aimed at building nuclear bombs in return for trade, technology.. More

  • France tracks Somali pirates

    The French navy is tracking a luxury yacht and its 30-member crew seized by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast. Troops are on alert, French authorities said on Saturday, but added that there has been no contact with anyone on board. Herve Morin, the defense minister, said on France Inter radio: "We have had no contact,.. More

  • Russia rules out new Cold War

    Russia's president has ruled out a return to the Cold War mentality that almost brought about nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the West. However, at a Nato summit on Friday Vladimir Putin warned the military alliance against seeking to expand its influence further eastwards. "None of the global players - Europe, the United States.. More

  • Several die in Iraq funeral bombing

    At least 20 people have died in a suicide bomb attack at a funeral in the Iraqi province of Diyala, police officials have said, marking the deadliest attack in the governorate this year. More than 20 others were injured in the attack on Friday at Hamreen cemetery in the town of al-Sadiyah, about 95km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Pol.. More

  • Egypt arrests Brotherhood members

    Egypt has arrested 34 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including a top decision maker, continuing a crackdown on the country's most powerful opposition group ahead of this month's municipal elections. State security forces stormed the houses of the Brotherhood members in several northern and southern cities during a dawn raid, the group said.. More

  • Suicide attack kills 4 in Afghanistan

    A suicide bomber blew himself up near a police vehicle Friday in volatile southern Afghanistan, killing three policemen and a civilian, a police official said. The attack happened on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, and also wounded a policeman and two passers-by, said provincial police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal. In.. More

  • Fighting flares in Somalia

    At least 19 Somalis, including 15 soldiers, have been killed in fresh clashes between security forces and anti-government fighters in Somalia. Fighters allied with the Islamic Courts Union also claimed to have seized the town of Addado, a town about 600km north of the capital, Mogadishu, after driving out government forces. "Our fighters.. More

  • Zimbabwe opposition offices raided

    President Robert Mugabe's government raided the offices of the main opposition movement and rounded up foreign journalists Thursday in an ominous indication that he may use intimidation and violence to keep his grip on power. Police raided a hotel used by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change and ransacked some of the rooms. Riot police.. More

  • U.N. court clears ex-Kosova PM of war crimes

    The International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague has acquitted a former commander of the Kosova Liberation Army (KLA) of war crimes. Ramush Haradinaj, who is also an ex-prime minister, was found not guilty on 37 counts, including murder, persecution, rape and torture. But another ex-KLA commander, Lahi Brahimaj, was sentenced to six.. More

  • Al-Qaeda deputy: UN enemy of Islam

    Al-Qaeda's deputy leader has launched a scathing attack on the United Nations, calling it the enemy of Islam in an online audio recording. "The United Nations is an enemy of Islam and Muslims. It is the one which codified and legitimised the setting up of the state of Israel and its taking over of the Muslims' lands," Ayman al-Zawahiri said. The.. More

  • Nato summit begins in Bucharest

    Behind handshakes and smiles, Nato leaders are divided as they gather in Bucharest and the outgoing US president pushes for eastward expansion. One of the biggest gatherings of world leaders, the 20th annual Nato summit is due to begin on Thursdsay in the Romanian capital. George Bush is trying to persuade for membership of Nato to be extended.. More

  • US declassifies 'torture' memo

    The US justice department has released a declassified 2003 memo that approved the use of harsh interrogation methods on al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects held abroad. The memo, which was subsequently overruled, said George Bush's authority as president superseded international bans on torture. "Our previous opinions make clear that customary.. More

  • Turkey ‘kills 16 Kurdish rebels’

    Turkey says its troops have killed seven more members of the Kurdish guerrilla group, the PKK, in fighting in the southeastern province of Sirnak. It brings to 16 the number of fighters Turkey says it has killed since Monday in a sweep near the border with Iraq. Military officials say three soldiers have also died in clashes. In recent.. More

  • Mugabe loses Zimbabwe majority

    The party of Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president, has lost control of parliament in weekend elections, official results show. Hours after the opposition claimed victory in simultaneous presidential poll, the electoral commission gave the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) 105 seats to 93 for Mugabe's ZANU-PF in the 210-seat parliament. Thou.. More

  • Malaysian furore over Dutch film

    Members of Malaysia's ruling party have joined worldwide Muslim condemnation of a Netherlands-produced film, released last week, that is anti-Islam. The youth wing of the United Malay National Organization (Umno), the ruling coalition's main partner, held a protest on Wednesday against Fitna, made by Geert Wilders, a Dutch legislator. Last week.. More