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  • Israel funds more settlement growth

    Despite calls for Israel to stop building settlements on occupied Palestinian land in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, it has been revealed that money will be put aside to construct 740 new buildings next year. Palestinians say such construction will jeopardize the potential for final-status peace talks. The construction ministry's proposed budget.. More

  • Western leaders visit Afghanistan

    The leaders of France and Australia have both paid surprise visits to Afghanistan to meet their forces stationed in the country and to hold talks with Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president. Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, met Karzai for talks in Kabul and visited some of the 1,300 French troops stationed in the Afghan capital. He said France.. More

  • Sixteen die in Nile ferry sinking

    At least 11 people, including six children, have died after their minibus fell off a ferry carrying it across the river Nile in Egypt, security officials said. Several people were also injured and it is feared the death toll could rise as bodies were reported to be trapped in the wreckage. The incident took place in Minya governorate, about 200km.. More

  • Saudis 'foil hajj attack plot'

    Saudi Arabia has arrested a group of men said to have been planning a "terrorist act" during the annual Muslim pilgrimage, according to the Interior ministry. The ministry said on Friday that security forces had foiled a plot to carry out an attack on security forces during the hajj (pilgrimage). Mansour al-Turki, an interior ministry spokesman,.. More

  • Dozens dead in Pakistan attack

    At least 50 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in northwest Pakistan, apparently targeting Aftab Khan Sherpao, the country's former interior minister. Police on Friday said the bomber blew himself up while worshippers were offering Eid prayers, detonating himself in the row behind the former minister. Sherpao was safe, but one.. More

  • Iraq 'torture chamber' discovered

    A blood-spattered "torture chamber" used by Iraqi fighters, and the remains of 26 people buried nearby, have been found in Diyala province. The discovery came as at least 36 people died on Thursday in incidents including a suicide attack and clashes between suspected al-Qaeda fighters and security forces in the province, the US military said. The.. More

  • Bush 'loses patience' with Syria

    US President George W Bush says he has long since lost patience with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, and has ruled out opening a dialogue with him. "He doesn't need a phone call, he knows exactly what my position is," Mr Bush said at a year-ending news conference. The US and Syria have each accused the other of meddling in Lebanon, where repeated.. More

  • Gaza fighters die in Israeli raid

    Israeli tanks and troops have raided the central Gaza Strip, killing at least six Palestinian fighters, hospital officials said. Palestinian witnesses said the Israeli forces advanced nearly one kilometer into the Gaza Strip on Thursday, just east of the Maghazi refugee camp. Hamas, which has de facto control of Gaza, said three of the men killed.. More

  • UN fails to break Kosovo impasse

    The US and EU have said the potential for further negotiations over the future of Kosovo has been exhausted. In a statement after talks at the UN Security Council failed to break the impasse, they said the EU would take the lead in implementing a settlement. Backed by the US and EU members, the Kosovo Albanians are expected to declare independence.. More

  • Pakistan train crash kills dozens

    A crowded passenger train has derailed in southern Pakistan killing at least 56 people and injuring more than 120. More than 12 carriages of the overnight train traveling between Karachi and Lahore came off the rails near the city of Mehrabpur in Sindh province. Some carriages plunged into water. The express train was packed with passengers returning.. More

  • Israel considers new settlement

    Israel says it is examining plans for a new settlement in East Jerusalem, after facing heavy criticism for expanding an existing Jewish settlement there. Housing minister Zeev Boim said it was a preliminary look at possible housing development in the Atarot area. He played down its significance, saying such checks were done year round on areas with.. More

  • Turkish troops enter northern Iraq

    A group of 300 Turkish troops crossed into Kurdish territory in northern Iraq overnight and moved about three kilometres deeper into Iraq on Tuesday morning. A senior Iraqi military source said the Turkish troops were lightly armed and moved into the Gali Rash area, a mountainous district near the border. This first ground incursion comes as Condoleezza.. More

  • Israeli raids target Islamic Jihad

    A series of Israeli military raids in the Palestinian territories has killed a Hamas man and at least 10 members of Islamic Jihad, including the Gaza chief of its armed wing. Three overnight air strikes in the Gaza Strip killed nine fighters from the group, while an Israeli military operation in the West Bank left another dead. Later on Tuesday Morning,.. More

  • Taliban ambushes fuel convoy

    Fifteen Afghan guards working for a private US security company have been killed in western Afghanistan. The men working with USPI (US Protection and Investigations) were guarding a convoy of fuel tankers driving to a military base in Helmand province on Tuesday. The governor of Farah province said the ambush was by the Taliban. Governor Muhaidin.. More

  • Children die in Somalia shelling

    At least 12 people have been killed as mortars landed in parts of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses say. A mother and her three children were among the dead, their neighbor said. Fifty people were wounded, doctors say. The shelling follows clashes between Ethiopian-backed government forces and fighters, in which two people died. Ethiopia.. More