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  • Many Iraqis killed in Baghdad car bomb attack

    At least 15 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in the predominately Shia district of Karrada in central Baghdad. According to police, 20 other people were injured when the bomb exploded in a four-wheel-drive vehicle parked in a busy area full of electronics shops on Wednesday. Karrada, on the eastern side of the Tigris river, is.. More

  • Koreans urge US to intervene

    The latest deadline set by the Taliban with regard to 21 South Koreans taken hostage on July 19 expired at 0730 GMT on Wednesday. The Taliban has already killed two members of the group and had said it would kill more unless the Afghan government released some of the group's prisoners by the allotted time. The 23 South Koreans – 16 women and seven.. More

  • Trapped Chinese miners rescued

    Sixty-nine Chinese miners trapped in a flooded shaft for more than three days have been pulled out alive. The official Xinhua news agency said the miners, who were trapped in the state-owned Zhijian mine in Henan province's Shan County due to floods, were rescued on Wednesday. There were 102 workers in the mine when it was flooded on Sunday. Thirty-thre.. More

  • UN set for vote on Darfur force

    The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on plans to send a peacekeeping force to Sudan's western region of Darfur, officials say. Sudan and its veto-wielding ally China appear to have agreed to the wording of the much-debated resolution. The resolution, co-sponsored by the UK and France, would establish a force of about 26,000 troops.. More

  • Jordan election marred by boycott

    Jordan's main Islamist opposition party has withdrawn from municipal elections, accusing the government of fraud. Several hours after polls opened, the Islamic Action Front said it would not take part in what it called a "farce". Earlier the IAF accused the authorities of bussing security force personnel to seats its candidates were contesting... More

  • US 'aims to help' Mid-East allies

    The US will help its allies in the Middle East meet their security needs and counter the growing power of Iran, the US secretary of state has said. Condoleezza Rice flew to the region a day after announcing arms deals worth $63bn (£31bn) for Middle East allies. She visited Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, with US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, as they.. More

  • New attack on troops in Kabul

    A suicide car bomber has blown himself up near a convoy of US-led coalition troops in Afghanistan, wounding at least six people, officials said. The bomber attacked the convoy outside Camp Phoenix, a US base near the capital, Kabul, they said. The US-led coalition confirmed the attack and said three of the wounded were soldiers. The Taleban said.. More

  • UN team visits nuclear site

    Iran allowed UN inspectors to revisit a heavy-water reactor site yesterday, a place off-limits since April, in a show of transparency meant to help ward off harsher UN sanctions over its disputed nuclear activity. Iran agreed to grant International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors fresh access to the Arak complex under construction as part of an "action.. More

  • Afghans recover body of slain Korean hostage

    Afghan police say they have found the body of the second South Korean hostage to be killed by the Taliban. The foreign ministry identified the man as Shim Sung-Min, 29. Police said the body was found in Ghazni province shortly after the Taliban announced it had killed a second member of the 22-member team of Christian volunteers on Monday. The Taliban.. More

  • Bush and Brown vow co-operation

    US President George W Bush and UK PM Gordon Brown have held their first formal talks, renewing pledges to fight terrorism and seek progress in Iraq. Mr Brown said both nations had duties and responsibilities in Iraq, and that he would seek military advice before announcing any changes in policy. The pair met at Camp David, near Washington, amid.. More

  • Militants occupy Pakistan shrine

    Islamic militants have occupied a shrine in a tribal district of Pakistan and named it after the Red Mosque in Islamabad, locals and officials say. More than 70 pro-Taleban militants evicted local officials from the Haji Sahib Turangzai shrine near the Afghan border in the country's north-west. The Red Mosque was the scene of a siege this month.. More

  • Taleban 'kill S Korean hostage'

    A South Korean from a group of 22 held by the Taleban in south Afghanistan has been killed, a spokesman for the militants has said. The office of the governor of Ghazni province and local police also told the BBC the killing had taken place, but neither had seen the victim's body. The group were kidnapped 10 days ago on the road between Kandahar.. More

  • Taliban hostages deadline passes

    The "final deadline", after which the Taliban has said it will kill 22 South Korean hostages who they have held captive for over a week, has passed. The deadline, issued by the Taliban leadership council and before which the group has said its demands must be met, ran out on Monday at 0730 GMT. The deadline was issued by the movement's leadership.. More

  • Soldiers killed in Lebanon battle

    Two Lebanese soldiers have been killed in fierce fighting at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon. Troops attacked hideouts of the Fatah al-Islam deep into the camp on Saturday, once home to 40,000 refugees. The group fighters hit back, attacking advanced army posts with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. Two soldiers were killed.. More

  • Japan PM to stay after poll defeat

    Hawkish Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to stay in his post despite a crushing defeat for his ruling camp in an upper house election, but policy gridlock loomed and Abe's grip on his job was uncertain. Voters outraged at a string of government scandals and gaffes and government bungling of pension records stripped Abe's coalition of its upper.. More