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  • Israel Kills Lebanese Civilians

    An Israeli air raid has killed at least 13 Lebanese civilians who were fleeing southern border areas. Women and children were among those killed when the convoy was hit. The Israeli raids began on Wednesday after Hezbollah fighters seized two Israeli soldiers. More than 70 Lebanese have been killed in the past four days. Hezbollah has responded.. More

  • Palestinian Killed in Israeli Air Strike

    Israeli air strikes have hit a house in Gaza City, killing one person and injuring eight. The dead man was 33-year-old Omar Yunis and that the injured were mostly women and children, the youngest an eight-month-old baby, Aljazeera's correspondent said. Two missiles struck the house in al-Nafaq Street. The Israeli army said Palestinian factions were.. More

  • Italian Spy Chief Questioned over CIA Case

    The head of Italy's military intelligence agency was questioned by prosecutors for the first time on Saturday on suspicion of helping the CIA kidnap a terrorism suspect in Milan, judicial sources said. The development makes Nicolo Pollari the highest ranking official connected to the Italian investigation -- which has already led to the arrests of.. More

  • More Lebanese Killed in Israeli Raids

    Israeli air raids on suburbs of the Lebanese capital killed three people and wounded 55 overnight, police said on Friday. Israel's widening military offensive brought to at least 50 the number of Lebanese civilians killed since Wednesday - when Israel attacked Lebanon to rescue two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah fighters - said Lebanese security.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian in Gaza

    A Palestinian hasbeen killed byIsraeli troops firing a tank shell at his truck in Gaza. Palestinians said the truck took a wrong turn and ended up near Israeli forces in central Gaza early on Friday. A tank then fired a shell which hit the vehicle. The driver escaped but a passenger was wounded and later died. Israeli planes later destroyed a bridge.. More

  • Bosnian Serbs Face Genocide Trial

    Seven former Bosnian Serb officers have gone on trial at The Hague war crimes tribunal for alleged involvement in the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica. The trial, the largest yet staged at The Hague, is one of just a handful so far dealing with events at Srebrenica. The massacre is the only event from the three-year Bosnian war classified as genocide.. More

  • Dozens Lebanese Killed in Israeli Air Attack

    Israeli air strikes in Lebanon have killed 27 civilians and caused the closure of Beirut's international airport. An Israeli woman was also killed after Hezbollah fired rockets across the border with Israel into the northern town of Nahariya on Thursday.Israel said its naval vessels were in Lebanon's territorial waters and blocking access to ports.. More

  • Israel Bombs Foreign Ministry in Gaza

    Israeli aircraft havebombed the Palestinian foreign ministry in Gaza, causing widespread damage and injuring at least 10people, Palestinian sources said. Those injured weremostly hitby flying glasswhile in neighbouring buildings, and it was not known if anyone was in the ministry at the time. Ambulances and rescue services raced to the scene early.. More

  • Iran Referred to Security Council

    Foreign ministers from the major powers have agreed to refer Iran back to the UN Security Council for possible punishment over its nuclear programme. The decision by the Security Council's five permanent members plus Germany could lead to economic sanctions. Ministers meeting in Paris said Tehran has not signalled it was seriously considering incentives.. More

  • Israeli Tanks Roll into Lebanon

    Hezbollah has captured two Israeli soldiersduring cross-border clashes, prompting Israel to carry out a ground and air assault that has killed at least two Lebanese civilians. The Lebanese group said on Wednesday that it had captured the pair to secure the release of detainees held in Israeli prisons. "In order to fulfil a promise to free the prisoners.. More

  • Women and Children Killed in Fresh Israeli Air Attack

    Six people, including women and children,have been killed in an Israeli air raid on the house of a Hamas member, as Israeli tanks and troops pushed into the central Gaza Strip. Israel has pledged to continue the operation, which has already cost the lives of more than 60 Palestinians, until the abducted soldier is freedand cruderocket attacks over.. More

  • Mumbai Police Search for Clues

    Police in Mumbai investigated thecarnage as residents searched for those missing after explosions on commuter trains killed more than 180 people. With the annual monsoon rains soaking the city on Wednesday morning, police picked through the wreckage of carriages, placing evidence in bags and driving away onlookers. A police inspector said: "We are.. More

  • Shamil Basayev Dies in Explosion

    The Chechen commander, Shamil Basayev, has died in an explosion in the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia. But Russia's FSB security service chief, Nikolai Patrushev, said Basayev was killed in a "special operation". The representative of Military Council of State Defense Council Majlisul Shura of CRI has reported to Kavkaz Center news agency that.. More

  • Hamas Exiled Leader Calls for Prisoner Exchange

    Khaled Meshaal, the exiled political leader of Hamas, has said Israel must release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a captured Israeli soldier. Meshaal, who has survived an Israeli assassination attempt, was speaking at a rare news conference in Damascus on Monday. "Our people ... are united on the insistence to swap the captured soldier with.. More

  • Egypt Approves Tough Press Law

    The Egyptian parliament has passed a press law despite protests from journalists who have condemned it as repressive. The law, drafted by the government and passed by a show of hands on Monday, included a last-minute concession to the media that appeared aimed at easing journalists' fears they could be jailed for reporting accusations of government.. More