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  • Zimbabwe cholera cases on the rise

    The outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe has flared up once again, with more than 1,000 new cases reported in a single day, the United Nations has said. According to the World Health Organization, the outbreak had recently shown signs of slowing but is now once again on the rise. On Tuesday, 1,080 new infections were reported, with 21 people dying. More.. More

  • Erdogan: Israeli assault to remain as a black stain on history pages

    In a harsh speech to parliamentary colleagues, Erdogan repeated Turkey's condemnation of Israel's military assaults describing the operations as an "humanitarian disgrace" and a "stain on history's page." "Turkey will continue to stand with Palestine, we have bonds of history, culture and love. The problem of Palestine is.. More

  • Israel hits 2nd UN school, killing up to 40 Palestinians

    Israeli tank fire hits a U.N.-run school, killing up to 40 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, witnesses and medical officials said. It is the second deadly Israeli airstrike to hit a U.N. school in the past few hours. Two tank shells exploded outside the school, spraying shrapnel on people inside and outside the building, where hundreds.. More

  • Fighting rages in Gaza as Israel spurns truce bids

    The heaviest fighting of Israel's war on Gaza raged in Gaza City early on Tuesday as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rebuffed appeals to stop the death toll from mounting further. With Israeli helicopters firing heavy machine guns from above, tanks shelled the dense Shejaiya district of eastern Gaza City, residents said. Flares lit the night sky.. More

  • UN: Humanitarian crisis worsening

    The UN has said that there is an "a worsening and an increasingly alarming" humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. John Holmes, the UN humanitarian chief, told reporters on Monday that officials believed as many as 25 per cent of the 548 people killed in the fighting were civilians and that Gaza's health system, overwhelmed by the more than.. More

  • Civilian deaths mount in Gaza war

    Palestinian civilians are continuing to suffer as the Israeli military pushes deeper into the Gaza Strip. At least 540 people have been killed in the territory in the last 10 days, with at least 100 deaths reported since the Israeli ground offensive began on Saturday. Among the dead on Monday was a family of seven from Shati refugee camp, who.. More

  • Gaza battle intensifies

    Heavy fighting has erupted in and around the Gaza City with Hamas fighters putting up a stiff resistance to advancing Israeli ground forces. Large explosions and intense gun battles were reported from the Shejaiya neighborhood late on Monday. Flares lit up the skies as Israeli helicopter gunships and fighter jets flew low over the city. A spokesman.. More

  • Jordan 'reconsidering Israel ties'

    Jordan's prime minister has said his country may review its diplomatic ties with Israel in the wake of the offensive in Gaza. "Jordan will look into all options, including reconsidering relations with Israel," Nader Dahabi told legislators on Sunday. "There is no way we would remain silent when this threat affects the security of the.. More

  • Hamas 'to attend' Cairo truce talks

    Palestinian group Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, has announced it will send a delegation to Egypt for ceasefire negotiations as diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in Gaza intensified. Ayman Taha, a Hamas official told the Reuters news agency on Monday that a group would head to Cairo "answering an Egyptian invitation to hold discussions"... More

  • Civilians die in Gaza fighting

    Heavy fighting is raging in the Gaza Strip between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters after Israel launched its ground offensive on the territory. At least 45 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed since fighting began late on Saturday, according to Palestinian medical sources. An Israeli soldier was killed on Sunday in the fighting,.. More

  • Four killed as quake strikes Indonesia's Papua

    A series of powerful earthquakes off the northern coast of West Papua, Indonesia, early on Sunday killed four people, injured several others and flattened buildings, officials and local television said. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said a magnitude 7.6 quake occurred some 150 km (95 miles) northeast of Manokwari in the Indonesian half of the island.. More

  • Heavy fighting in Gaza amid assault

    Heavy fighting is reported in Gaza between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters after Israel launched its ground offensive on the territory. Thousands of Israeli troops entered the Gaza Strip overnight with tanks and helicopters, accompanied by naval support and air strikes. While the UN secretary general called for an immediate end to the operations,.. More

  • Israel begins Gaza ground offensive

    Acolumn of tanks entered the besieged territory though the Beit Hanoun crossing shortly after nightfall on Saturday, as the Israeli cabinet said it had called up about 9,000 reservists as part of its preparations. Alan Fisher, Al Jazeera's correspondent on the Israeli-Gaza border, said that he had witnessed the movement of tanks and armored vehicles.. More

  • Israel warned over Gaza invasion

    The political leader of Hamas has warned Israel that its army will be defeated if it invades the Gaza Strip. "If you commit the stupidity of launching a ground offensive then a black destiny awaits you," Khaled Meshaal has said in a speech. "You will soon find out that Gaza is the wrath of God," he said. The warning came.. More

  • Ethiopia: Troops leaving Somalia

    Ethiopia says it has started to pull its troops out of Somalia. A convoy of trucks loaded with Ethiopian soldiers and equipment was seen leaving the capital, Mogadishu, on Friday, but it could not be independently verified whether they were redeploying or leaving the country. Bereket Simon, the special adviser to the Ethiopian prime minister,.. More