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  • Palestinians die in Israeli raid

    Israeli forces have shot dead two men belonging to the Islamic Jihad group during an operation in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin. Mohammed Jawabreh, 24, and Khaled Abu Ali, 25, died in an exchange of fire with Israeli special forces trying to arrest them, a Palestinian official said on Tuesday. An Israeli army spokesman said forces took up position.. More

  • Bush seeks more war funding

    The US president has asked congress for $189bn to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for another year, on top of the $600bn already approved so far. George Bush's request on Monday comes amid deep skepticism among politicians opposed to prolonging the Iraq conflict. If approved, the funding would make 2008, the new fiscal year.. More

  • Confusion remains over Turkey truce

    Kurdish fighters based in northern Iraq have denied reports of offering a ceasefire if Turkey abandons plans to launch cross-border raids against them. A statement on a PKK website had said earlier that the fighters were "ready for a ceasefire if the Turkish army stops attacking our positions, drops plans for an incursion and resorts to peace". But.. More

  • Bin Laden issues Iraq message

    Osama Bin Laden has called on fighters in Iraq to unite and stand shoulder to shoulder in a new audiotape. In the tape broadcast by Al Jazeera on Monday, a voice sounding like bin Laden admitted that mistakes have been made in Iraq and exhorted the fighters to rectify them. "Some of you have been lax in one duty, which is to unite your ranks," bin.. More

  • Lebanon delays presidential vote

    The election of a president by Lebanese members of parliament has been postponed for a second time. The speaker of parliament, Nabih Berri, said the delay would allow more time for efforts to find a compromise candidate for the post. The Western-backed government and opposition groups supported by Syria have rejected each other's preferred candidate.. More

  • US sailors shot dead in Bahrain

    Two US sailors have been shot dead and a third critically wounded at a navy base in the Gulf state of Bahrain, the US Navy has said. The shootings took place at 0500 local time (0200 GMT) and were under investigation, the statement added. The navy said the incident was a "domestic situation" involving female sailors and not terror-related. There.. More

  • Cheney warns Iran on nuclear issue

    The US and other countries will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, the US vice-president has said. Dick Cheney said in a speech on Sunday at the Washington Institute for Near East Studies: "Our country, and the entire international community, cannot stand by as a terror-supporting state fulfils its grandest ambitions." He said Iran's efforts.. More

  • Sri Lanka air base attacked

    Fighters from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have launched a pre-dawn ground and air assault on a Sri Lankan air force base about 212km north of the capital, Colombo, according to officials. The defense ministry said on Monday that there were "heavy explosions and firing of weapons" at the base at Anuradhapura. "An LTTE aircraft has come.. More

  • Turkey vows to defeat PKK rebels

    Turkey's leaders have vowed to "pay any price" to defeat terrorism after the latest attack by Kurdish rebels, which killed at least 12 soldiers. In clashes following the ambush near the Iraqi border, 32 PKK rebels were killed, the military said. Security officials, ministers and top generals met on Sunday night to discuss whether to attack PKK.. More

  • Dozens die in Turkey border clash

    At least 12 Turkish soldiers have been killed following an ambush by Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border - with 32 rebels also killed, officials say. The PKK guerrilla group claimed it had also taken "several" soldiers hostage, but this was denied by the government. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called a crisis meeting in Ankara,.. More

  • Scores killed in US Iraq raid

    A raid in Baghdad has killed 49 people, according to the US military. The deaths took place in an early morning operation in Sadr City on Sunday, "targeting criminals believed to be responsible for the kidnapping of coalition soldiers in November 2006 and May 2007", a US military statement said. Lieutenant-General Justin Cole, a US military spokesman,.. More

  • At least 13 killed in U.S. Baghdad strikes: police

    U.S. air strikes killed at least 13 people and wounded 52 early on Sunday in the northeastern Baghdad district of Sadr city, a stronghold for Shi'ite militants, two police sources said. The U.S. military confirmed it had conducted early morning operations in Sadr city "targeting criminals believed to be responsible for the kidnapping of coalition soldiers.. More

  • Lebanon vote may be delayed again

    Lebanon's parliament is set to postpone presidential elections scheduled for next week, in order to allow more time for rival groups to agree on a candidate, sources say. This would be the second postponement in electing a president. There are fears that if no president is elected before the term of Emile Lahoud, the current president, expires on.. More

  • Turks vote on presidential reforms

    Turks head to the polls on Sunday to vote in a referendum on whether the president should be elected by universal suffrage. The referendum is held amid signs that public indifference to the reform may lead to low turnout. The head of Turkey's Electoral Council said on Saturday that low turnout would not have consequences on the referendum's outcome,.. More

  • Iran's nuclear negotiator resigns

    Iran's chief negotiator with the West over Tehran's nuclear program, Ali Larijani, has resigned. A government spokesman said Mr Larijani had repeatedly offered his resignation and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had finally accepted it. Mr Larijani had differences with the president over how to proceed with the negotiations, correspondents say. Western.. More