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  • Kurds vow to fight if attacked

    Iraqi Kurds will fight any "aggression" by Turkish or other forces, the region's president said on Friday. Massoud Barzani, president of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, said Kurds would be "completely ready to defend our democratic experiment and ... the sanctity of our homeland". Barzani issued the statement after Robert Gates, the.. More

  • Defiant Bhutto condemns bombings

    Benazir Bhutto, the former Pakistani prime minister, has condemned the twin bomb attacks on her homecoming parade in Karachi on Thursday, saying that her followers had made the "ultimate sacrifice" for democracy. At least 138 people were killed and more than 300 injured in the blasts, that have been blamed on tribal fighters. "It was an attack on.. More

  • Saddam's US jailer sentenced

    Saddam Hussein's former US jailer has been sentenced to serve two years in prison after a US military court in Baghdad found him guilty on charges including illegal possession of secret documents. However, Lieutenant Colonel William Steele, who was commander of the jail where Saddam was held, was cleared on Friday of "aiding the enemy". He had.. More

  • Serbia war crimes suspects held

    Serbian police have arrested four former members of the elite Scorpions paramilitary group for suspected war crimes against ethnic Albanians. The four men are accused of gunning down 14 civilians in Podujevo, northern Kosovo, in March 1999, says Serbian war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic. The arrests were made in the town of Sremska Mitrovica,.. More

  • Putin wants US date to quit Iraq

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the US should set a date for a withdrawal from Iraq. He was speaking during a live televised question-and-answer session with the public covering both domestic and foreign policy issues. Mr Putin said that as long as the US avoided setting a pull-out date, the Iraqi leadership "won't rush to build up its.. More

  • Bhutto convoy bombs kill dozens

    At least 58 people have been killed and 100 wounded after two bombs hit crowds greeting returning Pakistani ex-PM Benazir Bhutto. Ms Bhutto was being driven in a convoy through crowded streets from Karachi airport to a rally to mark her homecoming after eight years in exile. Ms Bhutto was not among the casualties and has been driven to safety... More

  • Several killed by Gaza infighting

    Four people have been killed in clashes between Hamas security forces and a clan affiliated with Fatah, Hamas's rivals, in Gaza. Two Hamas security men and two members of the clan were killed in the fighting that left more than 20 people wounded on both sides. Hamas security forces closed off the al-Shojaiyah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, late.. More

  • Bhutto 'will return to Pakistan'

    Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has confirmed that she will end more than eight years of self-imposed exile on Thursday. President Musharraf had asked her to delay the return until the Supreme Court decides on whether he is eligible to be president for another term. The two leaders have been in power-sharing talks. Gen Musharraf.. More

  • Turkish MPs back attacks in Iraq

    Turkey's parliament has given permission for the government to launch military operations into Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels. The vote was taken in defiance of pressure from the US and Iraq, which have called on Turkey for restraint. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the motion does not mean a military operation is imminent... More

  • Deaths in Israeli army raid on Gaza

    A Palestinian fighter and an Israeli soldier have been killed after Israeli army troops raided the southern Gaza Strip, officials have said. Israeli troops shot dead Hazem Asfur, 21, of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, during the raid east of the town of Khan Younis on Wednesday, Palestinian medical sources said. The Israeli.. More

  • Putin in Iran for landmark visit

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Iran for a historic visit, the first by a Kremlin leader since Stalin joined a summit there in World War II. Mr Putin attended a summit of heads of countries in the Caspian Sea area and is set to meet Iran's leaders. Iran's nuclear program is topping the agenda, with the BBC's Jon Leyne in Tehran saying Iran.. More

  • Turkey debates Iraq incursion

    Turkish government has agreed to ask parliament to approve sending troops into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish separatist fighters. The motion, which is expected to be approved by MPs on Wednesday, would provide the legal basis for cross-border military action against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during the next year. "Our wish is that.. More

  • Rice in Egypt for peace talks

    The US secretary of state has arrived in Egypt as part of her quest to nudge Israelis and Palestinians closer together before a Mideast peace conference. But Egypt's foreign minister has cautioned that the November meeting might have to be postponed unless a substantive agreement can be reached ahead of time. Condoleezza Rice arrived in Cairo on.. More

  • Israel and Hezbollah swap bodies

    Lebanon's Hezbollah movement handed over the remains of an Israeli in exchange for a Lebanese prisoner and the bodies of two of the group's fighters. An Israeli military vehicle carrying the bodies of the dead Lebanese entered the no-man's zone along the border on Monday, crossing paths with Lebanese ambulances that were heading the other way. Lebanese.. More

  • Putin's visit to Iran to go ahead

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that he will visit Iran, despite reports of a possible plot to kill him there. "Of course I'm going," Mr Putin told a news conference, ending earlier uncertainty about the visit. But Iran's presidential office later said Mr Putin would arrive on Tuesday instead of Monday as planned. Russian media.. More