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  • Israel launches deadly Gaza raid

    Four members of Hamas have been killed and one more critically injured in an Israeli raid into the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials have said. Israeli forces backed by tanks and aeroplanes launched the raid near the town of Jabalya on Thursday. A Hamas official said those killed were members of their group. Residents said Israeli.. More

  • Turkey moves to end headscarf ban

    Turkey has moved a step closer to lifting its controversial ban on headscarves in public universities after the country's parliament approved a proposed constitutional amendment. The amendment, which goes to a final vote on Saturday, was passed in a preliminary vote early on Thursday after a heated marathon session lasting 13 hours. The amended constitution.. More

  • Al-Qaeda 'will avenge US strike'

    Al-Qaeda's leader in Afghanistan has vowed revenge for the killing of one of its top commanders in neighbouring Pakistan last week, saying Abu Laith al-Libi was killed by the weapon of "despicable cowards". US officials said al-Libi died when a US missile struck a compound outside the town of Mir Ali in Pakistan's North Waziristan province. Issuing.. More

  • Deadly tornadoes hit southern US

    Tornadoes sweeping across the southern United States has killed at least 17 people and injured several others. Tornadoes and lethal thunderstorms tore through homes and warehouses in the country's midsection on Tuesday with Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee the worst hit. In Arkansas power lines were brought down during the storm, blocking.. More

  • Many dead in Somalia blast

    At least 20 people are reported to have been killed a grenade attack in northeastern Somalia. The grenade was thrown into a crowded house in the port of Bosaso in the semiautonomous Puntland region. Most of those killed were Ethiopians believed to be on their way to find work in the Arabian Peninsula, which lies across the Gulf of Aden. Local officials.. More

  • Israeli strike kills Hamas fighters

    An Israeli air strike on a Hamas police station in the southern Gaza Strip has killed at least seven fighters, medics said. The air raid near the town of Khan Yunis on Tuesday came as the armed wing of Hamas claimed that it carried out the previous day's suicide bombing in the southern Israeli town of Dimona. "The men were in afternoon prayers inside.. More

  • Row over killing of Iraqi family

    An Iraqi couple and their son, 19, have been killed when US soldiers stormed a tiny one-room house north of Baghdad. The US military says its troops killed the two men in self-defense after gunfire came from the house, but local people say the victims were unarmed. At least one of the couple's daughters was also wounded in the raid, in the village.. More

  • US votes on Super Tuesday

    New Yorkers have kicked off a 24-state nominating clash to decide Democratic and Republican presidential candidates for the White House. Longtime Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton struggled to hold off a late rush from Barack Obama as the two candidates raced through the final hours of the Super Tuesday campaign. In the Republican race,.. More

  • Heavy fighting resumes in Chad's capital

    Chadian rebels renewed their assault on the capital of this oil-rich central African country Monday, and tens of thousands of people fled as gunfire crackled and artillery shells exploded across the city. The third day of fighting in N'Djamena threatened to further destabilize an already violent swath of Africa that is home to hundreds of thousands.. More

  • Israeli troops kill Hamas fighters

    The Israeli army has carried out an incursion into the south of the Gaza Strip near Rafah, killing two activists of the Hamas movement, Palestinian hospital sources said. The Israeli army confirmed the killings on Tuesday. "The soldiers operating in that sector spotted two suspects and opened fire. They were hit," an Israeli army spokesman said. Hospital.. More

  • Kenya violence toll tops 1,000

    The toll in Kenya's post-election violence has surpassed 1,000, the Red Cross says. Thousands have been injured and 304,000 made homeless, Tony Mwangi, a spokesman for Kenya's Red Cross, said as violence sparked by an election dispute last month continued on Monday. The initial protests, now turned into ethnic clashes, were triggered by disputes.. More

  • Israel hit by an attack

    An Israeli woman has been killed by a bomber in a shopping centre in the southern Israeli town of Dimona. A number of Palestinian factions, including the Fatah-affiliated al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, along with the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades and the United Resistance Brigades, have all claimed responsibility for Monday's bombing. Police said they shot.. More

  • Thousands flee fighting in Chad

    Rebel fighters seeking to overthrow Idriss Deby, Chad's president, have left the capital Ndjamena after two days of heavy fighting with government forces. The withdrawal came as thousands of residents flooded out of the city, many Chadians crossing the border into neighboring Cameroon and foreign nationals leaving on French military flights. Aid.. More

  • Fatal clash at Egypt-Gaza border

    A Palestinian has been shot dead and five people wounded, including two Egyptian border guards, in an exchange of fire along the Gaza-Egypt border, Palestinian medics and Egypt's news agency Mena say. The Palestinian sources on Monday named the dead man as Hamed al-Qadi, 40. In addition to the three other Palestinians shot and wounded, 12 people were.. More

  • Pro-West Tadic wins pivotal Serbian election

    Pro-Western Boris Tadic headed for a second term as Serbia's president on Sunday, initial results showed, sparking wild celebrations in Belgrade despite fears over Kosovo's looming independence. Tadic, who campaigned on European Union-backed prosperity, had 51.1 percent of the vote against 47.2 percent for Tomislav Nikolic, an ultra-nationalist.. More