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  • Cyclone hits Gulf state of Oman

    An unusually powerful cyclone has begun battering the coast of Oman with winds of 160mph (260 km/h) and large waves. The centre of Tropical Cyclone Gonu is heading north-west through the Indian Ocean towards Oman's east coast. Thousands of residents of coastal regions and the low-lying offshore island of Masirah have been evacuated. People elsewhere.. More

  • Iraq suicide bombing 'kills 15'

    At least 15 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack near the Iraqi city of Falluja, police and the US military said. At least 13 people were also wounded when the attacker detonated the car bomb in a market place, they said. The attack came as the US admitted its security "surge" in and around Baghdad faced serious challenges. A.. More

  • Judges throw out Guantanamo cases

    US military judges have thrown out cases against two Guantanamo inmates, casting doubt on future tribunals for the 380 detainees at the prison. Monday's decisions to dismiss the cases against Omar Khadr, a Canadian, and Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni, were a blow to the Bush administration's attempt to try Guantanamo detainees in military court. Prosecutor.. More

  • Ethiopia PM in shock Somali trip

    Ethiopia's prime minister has made a surprise visit to Somalia - the first since his troops helped to oust Islamists from the capital, Mogadishu. Meles Zenawi is holding talks with President Abdullahi Yusuf, said Somali government spokesman Abdi Haji Gobdon. The presence of thousands of Ethiopian troops in Somalia is unpopular with many Mogadishu.. More

  • Bush visit to test Russia tension

    US President George W Bush is in Prague where he is expected to give a speech criticizing what he sees as Russia's growing authoritarianism. Mr Bush, en route to the G8 summit in Germany, is visiting the Czech Republic and then Poland - two countries where the US seeks to build a missile shield. Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to.. More

  • Palestinians agree ceasefire plan

    The Palestinian government says it has agreed on the terms of a ceasefire proposal it wants to put to Israel to end more than three weeks of violence. It said all factions in the Hamas-led Cabinet supported the truce - which would have to cover all Palestinian territories, not just the Gaza Strip. The plan calls for militants in Gaza and the Israeli.. More

  • Iraqi police kill woman 'bomber'

    Police in east Baghdad have shot a black-clad woman, detonating her suicide bomb, Iraqi officials say. An interior ministry spokesman said the woman in traditional Muslim dress, walked towards a police recruiting centre and ignored calls to stop. Three police recruits received minor wounds from the explosion. The woman died at the scene of the attack... More

  • Eta to end ceasefire with Spain

    The Basque separatist group Eta says its ceasefire with the Spanish government will end at midnight. In a message printed by the Basque newspaper Berria, the banned group says "minimum conditions for continuing a process of negotiations do not exist". Eta declared a "permanent" ceasefire in March 2006, and had insisted it still held despite a bomb.. More

  • New vow to spread Lebanon battle

    A commander of the Palestinian militant group battling Lebanese troops from a northern refugee camp has reportedly pledged to escalate the conflict. Abu Hureira, a senior Fatah al-Islam figure, told Associated Press his group was ready to take up arms in Lebanon's largest refugee camp, near Sidon. Earlier, two Lebanese soldiers were killed in that.. More

  • Missing US soldiers' IDs on video

    Militants in Iraq have produced a video apparently showing the ID cards of two missing US soldiers. US TV networks showed pictures from a video apparently made by the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group which says it has the two men. The two soldiers, Specialist Alex Jimenez, 25, and Private Byron Fouty, 19, were seized in an ambush on 12 May... More

  • Seven Turks killed in rebel raid

    Kurdish separatist rebels killed at least seven Turkish soldiers when they opened fire on a military outpost in eastern Turkey, officials say. A rebel also died in Monday's attack in Pulumur, a town in the Tunceli area, the Turkish security sources said. The rebels drove a vehicle into the base and detonated a grenade. Seven soldiers were also injured... More

  • Egyptian Brethren appear in court

    A military trial has resumed briefly in Egypt of more than 40 members of the banned opposition Muslim Brotherhood. More than 100 lawyers turned up to represent the accused at a military base north of Cairo, but only a few were allowed into the courtroom. Reporters, human rights workers and members of the defendants' families were also excluded... More

  • Putin warns Europe in missile row

    Moscow may target weapons at Europe if the US builds planned missile defense facilities in the region, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Russia has not pointed missiles towards Europe since the end of the Cold War. Last week, Russia said it had tested a ballistic missile to maintain "strategic balance" in the world. The US wants to expand.. More

  • Fighting at second Lebanon camp

    Fighting has broken out between soldiers and Islamist militants at a second Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, security officials say. The violence in the Ain al-Hilweh camp, near the southern city of Sidon, is said to involve Jund al-Sham militants. Two people - a soldier and a civilian - were injured when suspected militants fired a grenade.. More

  • Palestinians killed in West Bank

    Two Palestinian men have been killed by Israeli troops in separate incidents in Nablus and Jenin in the West Bank. The Israeli military said troops shot a gunman in a raid in Nablus. Witnesses said the man, 26, was a shopkeeper, and that his brother was also wounded. In Jenin, a young militant was killed in an exchange of fire, the Israeli military.. More