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  • Civilians flee Somali capital

    Thousands of civilians have fled the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after heavy fighting between Ethiopian troops and armed groups on Friday and Saturday left at least 10 people dead. The exodus came as the International Committee for the Red Cross, ICRC, asked the warring parties on Saturday to protect civilians caught up in the conflict there. The ICRC.. More

  • Cheney: Options open against Iran

    Dick Cheney, the US vice-president, has not ruled out military action against Iran, despite saying that diplomacy was favoured to resolve Tehran's nuclear programme."It would be a serious mistake if a nation like Iran were to become a nuclear power," Cheney said during a joint press conference with John Howard, the Australian prime minister.Cheney said:.. More

  • Three killed in Gaza violence

    Three Palestinians have been killed in clashes between rival clans in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis. The violence began when Mohammed al-Galban, a member of the Hamas movement, was shot and killed in a family feud early on Saturday.A Palestinian from a rival clan, Hazem Karouah, was killed in a gun battle several hours later, as was another.. More

  • Two children die in Baghdad battle

    Two Iraqi children were killed and another was wounded as American soldiers and unidentified fighters exchanged gunfire in southern Baghdad on Friday, the US military has said. The fighters had hidden in a bunker and a shipping container on the eastern bank of the Tigris river and fired at US forces on the opposite side, the US military said. A Reuters.. More

  • UN talks to review Iran defiance

    Permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany will meet in London on Monday to discuss further sanctions against Iran, a US official has said. The announcement came after the UN's nuclear agency confirmed that Iran had ignored a deadline to suspend its nuclear activities. The report said Iran was expanding its enrichment program, defying.. More

  • Pakistan stages new missile test

    Pakistan has successfully test-fired a new version of a nuclear-capable missile with a range of 2,000km (1,250 miles), the Pakistani military says. The missile was launched from an undisclosed location and "successfully hit its target", an official said. The surface-to-surface Hatf VI (Shaheen II) missile was first tested in March 2005, and then.. More

  • Palestinian leader lobbies Merkel

    Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has been holding talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who currently holds the EU presidency. Mr Abbas is seeking Western support for a unity government of his Fatah party and its rival Hamas. He also wants the financial boycott of the Palestinian Authority to be lifted. The Quartet - Russia, the.. More

  • Afghan warlords in amnesty rally

    Around 25,000 people have rallied in the Afghan capital Kabul, calling for a proposed war crimes amnesty for former military commanders to be made law. The protesters, who gathered in a stadium, included ex-mujahideen and several top government officials. The upper house of parliament has passed the controversial bill but it has yet to be signed.. More

  • UN chief to meet El-Baradei on nuclear crisis

    UN chief Ban Ki-moon will hold talks Thursday on Iran's disputed nuclear program with the head of the UN atomic watchdog, who is expected to issue a damning report that could pave the way for tougher sanctions against Tehran. The meeting comes before Mohammed El-Baradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, releases his report that is.. More

  • Denmark to pull out its troops from Iraq

    Denmark has announced that it will pull all of its troops out of Iraq in August, as Britain unveiled a plan to scale down its forces in the country. Tony Blair, the British prime minister, announced on Wednesday that troops numbers in southern Iraq would be cut by 1,600 to 5,500 in "the coming months. About 450 Danish troops are stationed in southern.. More

  • India ban on Iran nuclear exports

    Indian officials say exports to Iran that could be used in the country's nuclear programme have been banned. Trade officials said the ban would prevent anything that could be used to enrich uranium from being exported directly or indirectly to Iran. The restrictions comply with a decision taken last year by the United Nations Security Council. The.. More

  • Car bomb kills eight in Najaf

    A car bomb has killed at least eight people and wounded as many as 31 others in the Iraqi city of Najaf, police have said. Police and hospital officials said the driver of the car detonated his explosive-packed vehicle at a police checkpoint, south of Baghdad on Wednesday morning. Early reports said that the attack occurred at a police checkpoint.. More

  • Palestinian assassinated by Israeli forces

    Undercover Israeli forces have assassinated an Islamic Jihad commander in the occupied West Bank. The group identified the deceased as its commander in the northern West Bank. Medical sources said that Mahmoud Abu Obeid, 25, the leader of the armed wing of Islamic Jihad in the northern West Bank city of Jenin was killed by Israeli special forces on.. More

  • Deadly mortar fire hits Mogadishu

    Mortar bombs have killed at least 12 people in one of the fiercest bombardments of Mogadishu since the Union of the Islamic Courts was forced from Somalia's capital last month. The hilltop presidential palace, Villa Somalia, and the coastal city's defence headquarters were among the targets of Tuesday's attacks. Hospital sources said dozens of people.. More

  • UN envoy says changes possible in Kosovo plan

    On the eve of a final round of talks between Serbs and ethnic Albanians on the future of Kosovo UN mediator Marti Ahtisaari has said there is still a little room for manouevre. He has drawn up a blueprint for the Serb province's eventual status that puts it on the path to independence. "There are many practical issues that touch the lives of.. More