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  • Fighters killed in Pakistan clashes

    At least 12 fighters including foreigners have been killed in a raid by Pakistani gunship helicopters in a remote tribal area near the Afghan border, according to the Pakistan military. Mortars were fired during Tuesday's attack at a hideout some 20km west of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal district. "There are unconfirmed.. More

  • Two Koreas to hold historic summit

    North and South Korean leaders are set to hold only their second-ever summit this month. According to the South Korean president's office, Roh Moo-hyun will meet Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader, in Pyongyang at the end of August. The announcement comes amid improved relations between the two countries that are still technically at war, and in.. More

  • UK requests Guantanamo releases

    Britain has asked the United States to release five British residents detained at Guantanamo Bay prison. David Miliband, the British foreign minister, wrote to Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, on Tuesday to request that the men - who legally lived in the UK before they were detained but are not British nationals - be freed. The decision.. More

  • Israel army ousts Hebron settlers

    Israeli forces have forcibly removed dozens of Jewish settlers from two houses in the West Bank town of Hebron. They had been squatting illegally for months in the buildings, in Hebron's former wholesale market. Police used heavy engineering equipment to help remove the settlers who barricaded themselves inside the buildings, welding the doors shut... More

  • Turkey pressures Iraq PM on Kurds

    Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is in Turkey for talks on preventing raids into Turkish territory by Kurdish separatists based in northern Iraq. Ankara has warned the Iraqi government either to crack down on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases or face a possible incursion by Turkish troops. Correspondents in Baghdad say it is not known what.. More

  • More ministers walk out on Iraq PM

    The unity government of Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, has been plunged deeper into crisis after five ministers withdrew from cabinet meetings, less than a week after the main Sunni Arab bloc quit. Seventeen ministers - nearly half of al-Maliki's cabinet - have now quit or are boycotting meetings, leaving it with no Sunni members. The boycotting.. More

  • South Asia flood aid efforts continue

    Millions of people displaced by floods across South Asia remain desperate for food and clean drinking water as aid workers and the military continue efforts to reach them. The flooding, the result of severe monsoon rains since June, has affected 31 million people in India, Bangladesh and Nepal and killed 1,600. Helicopters dropped thousands of emergency.. More

  • Georgia in Russian attack claim

    Russia has committed an "act of aggression" against Georgia by firing a guided missile at its territory, officials in Tbilisi say. They say the missile landed outside the village of Tsitelubani on Monday, some 60km (37 miles) north-west of the capital Tbilisi, but did not explode. Russian officials have moved quickly to deny all of the accusations... More

  • No deal on Korean hostages - Bush

    US President George W Bush and Afghan leader Hamid Karzai have agreed not to bargain with the Taleban over South Korean hostages, the White House said. A US presidential spokesman said there would be no "quid pro quo" over the 21 captives, after a news conference near Washington between the two leaders. Two South Koreans from the abducted Christian.. More

  • Opposition wins key Lebanese poll

    An opposition candidate has defeated a government-backed rival in a tense by-election near Lebanon's capital Beirut, the interior ministry says. The poll is being seen as a key battle for the Christian leadership, ahead of presidential elections next month. Opposition leader Michel Aoun acclaimed victory for his candidate over rival Amin Gemayel,.. More

  • Iraq truck-bomb blast kills dozens

    At least 25 people have been killed in a suicide truck-bomb blast in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar. At least 22 others were wounded and ten homes destroyed in Monday's attack in a crowded Shia area of the town and police said the death toll was expected to rise. Rescue workers and locals were digging through rubble in an attempt to rescue survivors.. More

  • Olmert to meet Abbas in West Bank

    Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime minister, is to meet Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, in the West Bank to discuss broad "principles" for a Palestinian state. Olmert agreed to expand the scope of discussions with Abbas to include "fundamental issues" that are key to creating a state and ending the conflict, US and Palestinian officials said. Israeli.. More

  • Israel launches Gaza air raid

    At least two people have been killed and 15 others injured in an Israeli air raid on two vehicles in the Gaza Strip, ambulance crews and local residents said. Witnesses in Rafah, near Gaza's border with Egypt, said missiles fired from an Israeli aircraft on Saturday hit a car and a truck. Two Islamic Jihad members traveling in the car reportedly escaped.. More

  • Maliki rejects Sunni resignations

    Iraqi leaders are to hold a crisis summit this week to find ways to heal sectarian splits in the national unity government. A senior Western diplomat said the talks were a "moment of truth" for Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, after he refused to accept the resignation of six Sunni members of his cabinet and agreed to hear their concerns. The.. More

  • Karzai in US for security talks

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai is set to begin a two-day visit to the US, where he will hold security talks with US President George W Bush. But the trip is likely to be overshadowed by the detention in Afghanistan of 21 South Koreans by Taleban militants. The Taleban have said they will meet a South Korean delegation, but have not yet agreed on.. More