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  • NATO troops killed in Afghan blasts

    At least six Nato soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan after a roadside bomb hit the vehicle they were travelling in, a Nato spokesperson said. At least one soldier was injured in the blast on Sunday. Reuters reports that Canada's defense department said the six killed were Canadians. It was the single worst incident for the multinational.. More

  • New Iran video refutes UK claims

    Iran state television has broadcast video showing the recently freed British navy crew playing games, chatting, laughing and watching television during their captivity. Tehran said the footage shown on Sunday refuted claims made by the soldiers two days earlier that they had been mistreated. The crew said they had been blindfolded, isolated in cold.. More

  • 47 killed in new Iraq violence

    At least 47 people died in Iraq yesterday, including 18 in a car bomb south of Baghdad. The blast in Mahmudiya town targeted industrial workshops and destroyed a three-storey building. North of Baghdad, six US soldiers were killed in an explosion in the Diyala province, the military said. In an Easter message, Pope Benedict lamented the "continual.. More

  • The leader of Hezbollah gives up hope of deal

    Hassan Nasrallah says he has given up hope of reaching a deal with Lebanon's government to end the country's political deadlock, but said he will not be dragged into civil war. The leader of Hezbollah used a speech on Sunday to say that the only way to end the stalemate with Fouad Siniora's government was through a referendum or early elections. "The.. More

  • Kurdish rebels kill Turkey troops

    Eight soldiers and a Kurdish "village guard" have been killed amid ongoing violence between Kurdish separatists and the government in Turkey. Five soldiers and the guard were killed in clashes with the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK. Separately, three soldiers were killed in landmine blasts, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported... More

  • Nato troops killed in Afghanistan

    Six soldiers serving with the Nato-led force in south Afghanistan have been killed, the alliance has announced. They died when the vehicle they were traveling in hit an explosive device, a statement from Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said. One other soldier was injured. The nationalities of the dead and injured have not yet.. More

  • Iraq powers plan Egypt conference

    Iraq's government has announced that Egypt is to host an international conference on the situation in Iraq. The conference - at foreign ministers' level - will be held in May and involve Iraq's neighbors and other regional and international powers. It could see the US secretary of state meet her Iranian or Syrian counterpart in direct talks for.. More

  • US denies Iranian torture claim

    The US has denied claims made by an Iranian diplomat abducted in Iraq that he was tortured in captivity by people who included CIA agents. A US spokesman said Jalal Sharafi's allegations of an American role in his detention were "theatrics" from the "Iranian propaganda machine". Mr Sharafi, second secretary at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad,.. More

  • Deadly clashes rage in Pakistan

    At least 40 people have been killed and dozens wounded in two days of clashes between Sunni and Shia Muslims in north-western Pakistan, officials say. Fighting erupted after gunmen fired on Shias in Parachinar, about 250km (150 miles) south-west of Peshawar, in North West Frontier province, reports say. Authorities imposed a curfew on the town and.. More

  • US jets bomb Iraq's Diwaniyah city

    US aircraft have raided Iraq's central city of Diwaniyah as clashes between armed groups and security forces continued for a second straight day. An Iraqi army source said US jets bombed houses in the al-Jhumuriyah district of the city, a stronghold of Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Mahdi army. There was no information of casualties in Saturday's.. More

  • Somali pirates free seized ships

    Somali pirates have released two merchant ships hijacked off the coast of north-east Somalia, a maritime official has said. A UN-chartered ship, the MV Rozen, and the Indian MV Nimatullah were released on Friday, Andrew Mwangura of the Seafarers' Assistance Program said. Mr Mwangura said the crews of both ships were safe. One report quoted him.. More

  • Saudis kill French murders suspect

    Saudi security forces have killed a suspect in the murder of four French citizens on 26 February, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) has reported. Security forces went to arrest the suspect at a residential building in Madinah when they were fired upon, an interior ministry source told SPA. One policeman was killed and two were wounded in the.. More

  • UK captives tell of ill treatment

    Royal Navy personnel seized by Iran were blindfolded, bound and held in isolation during their 13 days in captivity, the crew have said. They were lined up while weapons were cocked, making them "fear the worst", one of the 15 freed sailors revealed. The crew were told that if they did not admit they were in Iranian waters when captured that they.. More

  • Ramadi bombing 'kills 30'

    A suicide truck bombing in the restive Iraqi city of Ramadi has killed at least 30 people, police say. A police commander in Ramadi said a police checkpoint had been targeted. Elsewhere, police said clashes had erupted between US and Iraqi forces and fighters from the Shia Mehdi Army militia in the city of Diwaniya. A ban on vehicles has been.. More

  • 'No deal done with Iran' - Blair

    Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted no deal was done to free 15 Royal Navy crew members, as they arrived in the UK after being held in Iran for 13 days. They were released "without any deal, without any negotiation, without any side agreement of any nature", he said. British officials also denied that the UK had apologized over the incident... More