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  • Palestinian Children Killed in New Israeli Air Raids

    Three Palestinians, including a brother and sister, have been killed by the latest Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip. Medics said missiles hit the front of a house in the town of Rafah early on SaturdayA 16-year-old girl, Kifah Natour, and herbrother Amar, 15, were killed by the blast, according to Dr Ali Musa, the director of the local hospital.Two.. More

  • New Israeli Air Bombing Strikes Lebanon

    Israeli aircraft havebombedbridges and other targetsacross Lebanon amid reports of heavy fighting between theIsrael army and Hezbollah fighters in the south of the country. The latest air strikes killed at least five people and wounded nearly 20. News agencies estimate that at least800 people havebeen killed in the 24 day conflict. At the start of.. More

  • Three Palestinians Killed in Gaza

    The Israeli army has killedthree Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip and a Hamas official has said thatIsrael wasnegotiating aprisoner exchange to end the Gaza crisis. The latest violence occurred in Rafah on Friday, near where Palestinian gunmenseized an Israeli soldier in a cross-border raid on June 25 . In public Israel has rejected the Palestinian.. More

  • Venezuela Ambassador Recalled from Israel

    Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, said he has recalled his country's ambassador to Israel to show his "indignation" over the military offensive in Lebanon. In a televised speech on Thursday, he called the Israeli attacks "genocide". He said: "It really causes indignation to see how the state of Israel continues bombing, killing ... with all.. More

  • Hizbollah already the Victor

    The US and Britain have taken a big gamble by justifying Israel's third invasion of Lebanon because an Israeli failure to achieve its objectives will undermine their own position in the Middle East. Vulnerable in Iraq and unpopular across the region, the English-speaking allies run the risk of losing even more friends and influence without much progress.. More

  • Seven Palestinians Killed in Gaza Raid

    Israeli troops have raided southern Gaza, killing seven Palestinians, including a child, in the latest stage of their month-long offensive. About 50 tanks, accompanied by bulldozers, pushed into an area near the Gaza-Egypt border before dawn on Thursday, taking up positions near the long-closed Gaza airport, residents and Palestinian security officials.. More

  • Angry Muslim Nations to Demand Action over Middle East Conflict

    The leaders of major Muslim nations including Iran were set to issue a strong condemnation of Israel's offensive in Lebanon and demand an immediate ceasefire at crisis talks here. Malaysia, which chairs the 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), is hosting nearly 20 countries at the meeting, which is also expected to call for a UN.. More

  • Hezbollah Bombards Northern Israel

    Hezbollah fighters have fired a barrage of rockets into northern Israel as the group fought up to 6,000 Israeli troops across five fronts in southern of Lebanon. Some 190 Hezbollah rockets - the most fired in a single day so far in the conflict - were fired across the border from Lebanon hitting further south than ever before, police and Israeli radio.. More

  • Bombers Blitz Iraqi Forces, more than 54 Dead in Attacks

    Bombers and gunmen killed more than 54 people in a wave of attacks around Iraq as armed men pursued their campaign against the security forces of the embattled coalition government. In the bloodiest incident, a massive roadside bomb ripped apart a bus carrying Iraqi soldiers from Baghdad to the northern city of Mosul, killing at least 23 and wounding.. More

  • Palestinian Boy, Woman Killed in Israeli Shelling

    A Palestinian boy and a young lady were killed at noon Tuesday in Israeli artillery fire that targeted a group of Palestinian civilians in Beit Lahia town to the north of the Gaza Strip. Dr. Sa'eed Joda, the director of Kamal Edwan hospital, said that the severed body of 15-year-old Aref Ahmed Abu Qaida arrived in hospital along with six other casualties. H.. More

  • More Somali Ministers Quit

    Four more ministers quit Somalia's largely powerless transitional government as Islamists extended their control over large areas of the country. The minister of minerals and water, Mohamud Salad Nur, and three assistant ministers announced their resignation in Baidoa, the provincial seat of the interim government of Abdullahi Yusuf, the president. Sayeed.. More

  • Eastern US Swelters Through Heat Wave

    Parts of the eastern United States began sweltering through a forecast three-day heat wave on Tuesday with the mercury topping 100 F (38 C) in some areas and New York City electricity demand setting a new record. The heat wave moved across the country from California, which suffered more than two weeks of triple-digit temperatures that killed at least.. More

  • Tigers Hit Main Naval Port as Battle Heats Up

    Tamil Tigers shelled Sri Lanka’s main navy base yesterday, killing four sailors and wounding 30, while military warplanes pounded rebel positions as a bloody battle for control of an irrigation canal entered a seventh day. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) used 122-mm artillery to target the base at Trincomalee as a ferry carrying.. More

  • Israel Extends Lebanese Offensive

    Israel has continued its offensive in Lebanon with attacks in the south, north and east of thecountry, while the Hezbollah said it has beaten back some. The Israeli air force launched further air strikes against Lebanese border villages on Tuesday. Lebanese security sources said Israeli aircraft hit Bayyada and Mansoureh. Israeli jets also struck.. More

  • NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

    Afghan fighters have attacked a patrol of Nato-led soldiers in southern Afghanistan, killing two of them and wounding another. A statement from Nato said a fourth soldier was missing. Insurgents,armed with rocket-propelled grenades, ambushed a vehicle of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the north of Helmand province.. More