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  • Afghan mayor survives suicide blast

    The governor of the Afghan province of Khost has survived an assassination attempt after a suicide bomber attacked the convoy he was traveling in. At least three of Arsala Jamal's bodyguards were killed in Wednesday's attack, which occurred close to a base for Western troops just outside the south-eastern province. "The attack was against my convoy... More

  • Iraq crash kills 14 US soldiers

    Fourteen US soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash overnight in northern Iraq, the US military has said. The Black Hawk helicopter, carrying 10 soldiers and four crew members, crashed after experiencing a mechanical malfunction, a US statement said. There were reportedly no indications of hostile fire, but the cause of the crash is still under.. More

  • More Palestinians killed by Israeli rockets

    An Israeli air strike in eastern Gaza on Wednesday has left at least one Palestinian dead and several others wounded, all reportedly part of the al-Qassam Brigades, Al Jazeera has learnt. A day earlier, two Palestinian children and four fighters were killed by Israeli fire in three separate incidents in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. The Israeli army.. More

  • Damascus vows to back Iraqi unity

    Iraq's embattled prime minister received a pledge from Syria's President Bashar Assad yesterday that Damascus is ready to help with efforts to stabilise Iraq. But the Iraqi leader conceded the two neighbours still face "real challenges." Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki described the talks yesterday as positive and stressed the importance of having.. More

  • Bangladesh hit by student riots

    Dozens of students and police have been injured in two days of rioting on university campuses in Bangladesh. Correspondents say the unrest is the most serious challenge yet to the military-backed emergency government. The violence took place in three universities in or near the capital, Dhaka, as well as in the southern city of Chittagong and Kushtia.. More

  • EU to resume Gaza fuel payments

    The EU has said it will resume paying for fuel shipments to the only power plant in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday on a provisional basis. The bloc cut off funding on Thursday because of concerns over plans by the Islamist group Hamas, which controls Gaza, to tax electricity bills. A senior Hamas leader denied his group had any such tax plans, and.. More

  • Charges dropped against Abu Ghraib US officer

    The court martial of the only US Army officer charged over the abuse scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison has begun, but two key counts have been dismissed. Lt-Col Steven Jordan, 51, is accused of cruelty to detainees and dereliction of duty. Charges of lying on oath and making a false statement were dropped. The inquiry was triggered by pictures.. More

  • Haneef 'can return to Australia'

    An Australian court has overturned a government decision to cancel the visa of an Indian doctor who was accused, and later cleared, of involvement in two failed British bombing plots. The Federal Court in Brisbane on Tuesday ruled that the government had used the wrong test when cancelling the visa of Dr Mohamed Haneef on character grounds. Federal.. More

  • Hurricane lashes Mexico's coast

    Hurricane Dean, a huge Category 5 storm, lashed Mexico's Caribbean coast on Tuesday, with heavy rain and howling winds that battered beach resorts where thousands of tourists huddled in shelters. Seas churned as the storm, which has already killed 11 people on its rampage through the Caribbean, began to whip Mexico's "Mayan Riviera" hotel strip. Tourists.. More

  • Israeli strike kills six Palestinians

    At least six Palestinian fighters have been killed in an Israeli missile attack on their vehicle in central Gaza, Palestinian medical officials said. The members of the armed wing of Hamas were targeted by an Israeli aircraft as they approached a Hamas security post near the al-Bureij refugee camp on Sunday, the group said. The Israeli army confirmed.. More

  • Turkey vote goes to second round

    The frontrunner for Turkey's presidency Abdullah Gul has failed to secure a two-thirds majority in a first round of voting in the Turkish parliament. Mr Gul, the foreign minister and a devout Muslim, is expected to win in a further round next week. His candidacy has been fiercely resisted by secularists - including army generals and opposition leaders... More

  • Israel turns away Darfur refugees

    Israel will in future turn away all illegal entrants from Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur, a top official says. The policy applies to new arrivals only, while some 500 people from Darfur already in Israel will be permitted to stay for "humanitarian reasons". Israel is struggling to stem the flow of Africans entering the country via its southern.. More

  • Bomber kills Pakistan soldiers

    A suicide bomber has killed at least three soldiers in an attack in north-western Pakistan, officials say. Eight other soldiers were wounded when the bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a checkpoint on the outskirts of Thai town, they said. No-one has admitted carrying out the attack - the latest in a spate of bombings there in the.. More

  • Iraq governor dies in bomb attack

    An Iraqi governor has died in a roadside bomb attack, the second assassination of a provincial leader in nine days. Mohammed Ali al-Hassani, governor of al-Muthana province, died when the blast hit his convoy in the provincial capital Samawa at about 8am on Monday, said Zaman Hadi, head of security at the city's general hospital. At least one other.. More

  • Clan elder shot dead in Somalia

    A leading clan elder in Somalia has been shot dead, dealing a new blow to efforts to bring peace to the country. Maalim Harun Maalim Yusuf was shot twice in the head by three armed men outside his home in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday evening. The 63-year-old played a key role in a government sponsored clan reconciliation meeting in.. More