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  • Iran softens stance on UK sailors

    Tehran has said there have been "positive changes" in British policy in the continuing standoff over 15 UK sailors detained in Iran that could help resolve the crisis. Iranian state radio said it would not air any more alleged confessions by the sailors that they entered Iranian waters. Iran has broadcast video footage of the detained sailors apparently.. More

  • Palestinian cabinet urges EU to end its discrimination between ministers

    The Palestinian cabinet urged the European Union on Monday to withdraw its policy of selectivity towards dealing with Palestinian ministers. They criticized the EU's discrimination between different Palestinian ministers on the basis of political affiliation. Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said during the third cabinet session that "the Palestinian.. More

  • Argentina marks Falkland invasion

    Argentina has begun a series of events to mark 25 years since its 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands, known by Argentines as Las Malvinas. A memorial ceremony is taking place in the southern city of Ushuaia, with other services due for Buenos Aires. Ahead of the anniversary, Argentina has criticized the UK for refusing to discuss the sovereignty.. More

  • African troops killed in Darfur

    Five African Union peacekeepers have been killed in an attack in Sudan's western Darfur region, officials say. AU spokesman Noureddine Mezni said the Senegalese soldiers were guarding a watering point near Chad when attacked. It is the heaviest single loss in an attack since the 7,000-strong force first deployed in 2004. A BBC correspondent.. More

  • Calm returns to Mogadishu

    Guns have been silent in Mogadishu after four days of battles pitting Ethiopian and Somali troops against anti-government fighters. Several hundred people are believed to have been killed in the fighting. Leaders of the city's dominant Hawiye clan said on Sunday they had reached a ceasefire. But previous truces have been broken, and hundreds more.. More

  • Captive Afghan translator criticizes Afghan president

    The Afghan translator kidnapped along with an Italian journalist, but who remains captive while the Italian was freed, has personally appealed to Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president. Ajmal Naqshbandi, a translator and journalist, appealed on Friday for the president's help, at the same time accusing him of caring only for foreigners. "You have forgotten.. More

  • Tsunami strikes Solomon Islands

    A tsunami has swept ashore in the Solomon Islands after a strong undersea earthquake in the South Pacific. Initial reports from outlying, remote areas say at least eight people have been killed, but local officials fear the death toll could rise further. The National Disaster Council chairman told reporters that some villages had been "completely.. More

  • Olmert peace talks offer to Arabs

    Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has invited Arab leaders to attend a regional peace conference. Mr Olmert issued the invitation during a news conference in Jerusalem with the visiting German leader, Angela Merkel. Invitees include the King of Saudi Arabia, who Mr Olmert said he saw as "a very important leader". At a summit in Riyadh last week,.. More

  • Iran leader attacks 'arrogant' UK

    Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has condemned the UK as "arrogant and selfish" for refusing to apologize for the Royal Navy captives crisis. He insisted that "British occupier forces" trespassed into Iranian waters and that his country's border guards had displayed "skill and bravery". Meanwhile, Iranian diplomat Gholamreza Ansari said "legal.. More

  • Ukrainian rivals rally in capital

    A power struggle inside the government in Ukraine has brought tens of thousands of demonstrators out on to the streets of the capital, Kiev. Amid a sea of flags, rival supporters - some supporting the president, others the PM - gathered in the city centre, defying a court order banning protests. Pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko has threatened.. More

  • Somali violence 'worst in years'

    The Somali capital Mogadishu is being wracked by the worst fighting in 15 years, with dozens killed and thousands fleeing the violence, aid agencies say. Fighting resumed on Saturday for the third day, since Somali and Ethiopian troops launched an offensive against Islamist fighters. Ethiopia said it had killed 200 "rebels" in the course of the.. More

  • Putin 'against having third term'

    A senior Russian lawmaker has proposed changing the constitution, in a move that might allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power longer. But a Kremlin spokesman responded by saying Mr Putin was opposed to any such change to the constitution. Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov said that instead of four years the presidential term should.. More

  • Iran airs second sailor 'apology'

    A second member of the Royal Navy crew captured in the Gulf has apologized for "trespassing" in Iranian waters, in a broadcast on Iranian television. The crewman, who introduces himself as Nathan Thomas Summers, says: "I would like to apologize for entering your waters without permission." Tony Blair said "parading" crew in this way would only.. More

  • Helicopter shot down in Somalia

    A helicopter has been shot down in the Somali capital, as Ethiopian and Somali government troops battle to clear insurgents from Mogadishu. "The helicopter looked like a ball of smoke and fire before crashing," Ruqiya Shafi Muhyadin told AP news agency as it crashed in an area near the airport. Correspondents say the Ethiopian helicopter was hit.. More

  • Saudi king Abdullah calls for unity

    King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has called for an end to the international blockade on the Palestinian people and told Arab leaders that sectarian violence was driving Iraq towards civil war. At the Arab League summit in Riyadh, he urged Arabs to overcome their disputes and unify to face threats in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. "It.. More