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Pakistan cracks down on Lashkar
Pakistan shut offices and arrested scores of activists of an Islamic charity as international pressure mounted for firm action against militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks, officials said on Friday. The overnight raids followed Pakistan announcing it would abide by a U.N. decision placing Hafiz Saeed, founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group,.. More -
Scores die in Iraq suicide blast
A suicide bomber has killed at least 55 people in a Kurdish restaurant, about 5km north of the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. More than 100 people were also wounded in the explosion on Thursday, police said. Iraqi and US security forces have sealed off the area. The bombing near the ethnically mixed city came during the Muslim holiday of.. More -
Civilians killed in Somalia clashes
At least six civilians have been killed and dozens wounded in Mogadishu in clashes between Ethiopian-backed government forces and opposition fighters. The fighting came on Thursday, a day after Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, leader of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), a major opposition group, made his first visit to Somalia in two years. Ahmed's.. More -
South Africa declares cholera disaster at Zimbabwe border
South African officials have declared the border with Zimbabwe a disaster area because of the surge of Zimbabweans fleeing a cholera epidemic in search of treatment, a provincial government spokesman said on Thursday. The outbreak has killed nearly 800 people in Zimbabwe and spread across the busy border. The collapse of Zimbabwe's economy and health.. More -
Violence continues in Greece for sixth day
Students occupying an Athens university clashed with police on Thursday and vowed more protests in coming days, while many Greeks wondered where the worst riots in decades would leave their government. Youths threw stones and fire bombs at police before dawn in a sixth day of protests since the shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos ignited.. More -
DR Congo peace talks collapse
Talks to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have collapsed after rebel and government representatives failed to reach a ceasefire agreement over three days of talks in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Olusegun Obasanjo, the UN special envoy and former Nigerian president chairing the meeting, said on Wednesday that talks broke down after.. More -
Zimbabwe cholera toll nears 800
A total of 774 people have died in the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe and the figures are rising daily, the World Health Organization says. The death toll on Wednesday was almost 200 more than the one reported just a day earlier. WHO has warned that up to 60,000 people could become infected if the epidemic is not checked. Fadela Chaib, WHO's.. More -
US forces mistakenly kill 6 Afghan police
Authorities say that U.S. forces mistakenly killed six Afghan police and a civilian after the police fired on the Americans during an operation. A U.S. military statement says the deaths early Wednesday resulted from a "tragic case of mistaken identity on both parts." The statement says the police fired on the U.S. forces after the.. More -
Iraq withdrawal 'begins in March'
British forces should begin pulling out of Iraq by next March, a senior defense source has revealed to the BBC. The UK has been negotiating the legal basis on which its forces can stay in the Gulf state when its UN mandate expires at the end of the year. It still has 4,100 troops in Basra but defense chiefs plan a withdrawal over the next year.. More -
Gaza crossings open 'temporarily'
Four of Gaza's crossings with Israel have reopened to allow the passage of a limited amount of goods as well as the movement of journalists and aid workers, the Israeli military said. The easing of the blockade of the territory on Tuesday followed a lull in Palestinian rocket fire towards the Jewish state, the Israeli defense ministry said. The.. More -
EU peace mission begins in Kosovo
The European Union has begun a long-delayed police and justice mission in Kosovo and international peacekeepers have tightened security in the north where Serbs oppose the move. The first of a 1,900-strong force of European and American police, customs agents, judges and prosecutors began deployment in mainly Albanian Kosovo which seceded from Serbia.. More -
US guards charged over Iraq deaths
Five US security guards employed by the Blackwater firm have been charged over the killings of at least 14 Iraqi civilians and injuries to 20 others in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad. In a 35-count indictment, the five men were charged with manslaughter, attempt to commit manslaughter and weapons violations, the US justice department said on Monday. "T.. More -
Renewed violence erupts in Greece
Protesters have set fire to a major department store in central Athens and torched the city's giant Christmas tree outside parliament as anti-government demonstrations continued over the shooting of a 15-year-old boy. Thousands of protesters smashed the windows of banks, businesses and government ministries, and set fire to rubbish containers, filling.. More -
Nato supplies burned in Pakistan
A terminal for lorries used to supply Nato and US forces in Afghanistan has been attacked in northwest Pakistan, the second such incident in as many days. Witnesses said scores of containers full of supplies were torched in Monday's attack at a site in the city of Peshawar. Altaf Hussain, a laborer at the terminal, said there was a loud explosion.. More -
Pakistan 'arrests Mumbai suspects'
A number of people have been arrested after Pakistani forces raided a camp said to be used by the group India blames for the coordinated attacks on Mumbai, according to intelligence officials. Witnesses said the raid was carried out on Sunday, close to the town of Muzaffarabad in the Pakistani-controlled territory of the disputed Kashmir region. It.. More
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