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  • Israel's Gaza fuel cuts alarm UN

    Israeli energy sanctions against the Hamas-run Gaza Strip punish an entire population and are unacceptable, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said. The EU also voiced concern after Israel began reducing petrol and diesel supplies in response to militant rocket attacks on its territory. Hamas seized control of the Strip in June from its Palestinian.. More

  • US hands over Karbala to Iraqis

    US forces have handed control of the mainly Shia province of Karbala in central Iraq to local authorities in a tightly-guarded ceremony. Karbala is the eighth of 18 provinces to be transferred to local control since the US-led invasion in 2003. The handover took place as at least 27 people died in a suicide bomb attack on a police headquarters in.. More

  • Egypt unveils nuclear plants plan

    President Hosni Mubarak has said Egypt is to build a number of nuclear power stations to generate electricity. Mr Mubarak said he had decided to go ahead with the program because energy security was such an important factor in Egypt's development. Egyptian officials announced plans last year to revive civilian nuclear activities but at the time.. More

  • Somali prime minister steps down

    Somalia's transitional Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Ghedi has resigned. Mr Ghedi, who survived several assassination attempts in office, told MPs of his decision after speaking to President Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf. Mr Ghedi failed to quell the Islamist insurgency and was blamed for inviting Ethiopian troops onto Somali soil. In the capital, shells.. More

  • Iraq suicide bomber kills dozens

    At least 27 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a police headquarters in the Iraqi city of Baquba, north of Baghdad, police say. At least 20 people were hurt. Most victims were police recruits. Correspondents say the attack bears the hallmarks of militant al-Qaeda in Iraq, who often targets recruits. Baquba is the capital of Diyala.. More

  • Pakistan fighters declare ceasefire

    Armed supporters of a pro-Taliban cleric in troubled northwestern Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire, a day after security forces backed by helicopter gunships targeted their hide-outs. The army said on Monday that between 50-60 fighters were killed in fierce fighting in the restive Swat valley on Sunday. Swat, a valley close to Pakistan's.. More

  • Suicide bomber kills policeman, 2 civilians in Afghanistan

    A suicide bomber killed one policeman and two civilians in an attack on an Afghan police convoy in the southern province of Helmand on Monday, a Reuters witness said. "The bomber detonated explosive attached to his body in the Lashkar Gah bazaar this morning and killed two civilians, including one child and one Afghan police," said Reuters reporter.. More

  • Tribal leaders abducted in Baghdad

    At least 10 tribal leaders from the Iraqi province of Diyala have been abducted in Baghdad after meeting a government official. Police and family members said the officials were returning home town, police when armed men ambushed their two cars in Shaab district at 3:30pm on Sunday. The group belongs to the Diyala Salvation Council, a body formed.. More

  • Iraq warns Turkey over incursion

    Iraq's foreign minister has warned of serious consequences if Turkey launches a ground assault against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq. Hoshyar Zebari told the BBC that the current crisis was "dead serious" and accused Turkey of not seeking a peaceful solution. He said Turkey had shown no interest in Iraqi proposals to calm the situation... More

  • Israel 'reduces Gaza fuel supplies'

    A Palestinian official has said that Israel has begun reducing fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip after threatening to impose sanctions in response to rocket attacks from the narrow stretch of land. The Israeli government has denied starting the cutbacks despite one Israeli official earlier saying cuts would be on Sunday. Mojahed Salama, head of the.. More

  • Scores killed in Afghan fighting

    US-led coalition forces have killed about 80 Taliban fighters during a six-hour battle outside a Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan. The coalition said in a statement on Sunday that the latest fight began on Saturday when Taliban fighters attacked a combined US coalition and Afghan patrol with rockets and gunfire. The Taliban attack prompted.. More

  • Protesters call for end to Iraq war

    Anti-war demonstrators marched in a dozen U.S. cities on Saturday to call for an immediate end to the war in Iraq and a cut-off of funding by Congress. The "national day of action," sponsored by the United for Peace and Justice coalition, attracted throngs of protesters in cities from Boston and New Orleans to Chicago and Los Angeles on the fifth anniversary.. More

  • Violence flares up in Mogadishu

    At least seven people have been killed in Mogadishu as Ethiopian troops clashed with remnants of the Islamic courts movement in the worst fighting seen in the Somali capital for several weeks. Violence began before dawn on Saturday in the city, where an interim government backed by Ethiopia and Western nations is struggling to exert authority. At.. More

  • Turkey delays PKK attack decision

    The Turkish military has said it will delay a decision on whether to carry out an incursion into northern Iraq to attack Kurdish fighters until after the Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, visits the US next week. The government also rejected Iraqi proposals to stop cross border attacks by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as inadequate. "The.. More

  • US to force diplomats to go to Iraq

    The US state department has said it will require its diplomats to staff its embassy in Iraq due to a lack of volunteers. Forty to 50 posts will be open next year in the embassy, located in Baghdad's fortified green zone. Until now postings have been staffed on a voluntary basis and have often been hard to fill. Up to 300 US diplomats will.. More