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  • Palestinian shot dead in West Bank

    Israeli soldiers have shot dead an 18-year-old Palestinian youth close to a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian doctors have said. Abdelkader Darzeid was killed near the West Bank administrative centre of Ramallah. Israeli troops had opened fire on three men they believed were preparing to throw petrol bombs on Tuesday.. More

  • Azerbaijan holds presidential vote

    Voting has begun in the Central Asian country of Azerbaijan for a presidential election like to return Ilham Aliyev, the president, to office. Polling stations across the country opened at 8am (0300 GMT) on Wednesday, and were due to close at 7pm (1400 GMT). The strategic, oil-rich country has been seen as a nation struggling to balance ties with.. More

  • Defections hit Afghan forces

    After fighting the Taliban for the past seven years, many working for the Afghan security forces are now switching sides. Sulieman Ameri and his 16 men were until a month ago serving the Afghan government as police patrolling the border with Iran. Now they answer to the Taliban and their goal is to drive all foreign troops out of Afghanistan. Ameri,.. More

  • Muslim leaders in India demand protection from persecution

    Hundreds of Muslim leaders in India demanded on Tuesday that the government protect their community from persecution, saying Muslims were being unfairly targeted in a police crackdown after bombings across the country. "Today, with the injustice and harassment, Islam and Muslims in this country are under threat," said Maulana Syed Ahmed.. More

  • 'Fighters killed' in Pakistan raid

    Pakistani bomber aircraft have killed at least 17 pro-Taliban fighters and a tribesman in the latest clashes in tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, Pakistani sources say. A security official told the AFP news agency the jets killed five fighters in the Bajaur tribal region on Tuesday, while artillery and mortar fires overnight killed 10 others... More

  • India bus crash 'claims 23 lives'

    At least 23 people died and dozens were hurt when a passenger bus crashed into a stationary truck in north-east India. The bus was carrying workers to their jobs before dawn in Assam state's Dhubri district, some 300km (186 miles) west of the state capital, Guwahati. Police said more than 40 people were injured when the bus hit the stationary.. More

  • Syria sends first ambassador to Iraq in decades

    Syria has sent its first ambassador to Baghdad in decades, the Iraqi government said on Monday, the latest move from a fellow Arab country to strengthen diplomatic ties with Iraq. Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari received newly appointed Syrian Ambassador Nawaf Aboud al-Sheikh Faris on Monday afternoon, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement... More

  • Thailand 'pulls back' from border

    Cambodia's military says that Thai troops have pulled back from a disputed border zone after its prime minister issued an ultimatum. There was no immediate Thai confirmation of the reports which came shortly before the Cambodian deadline was due to expire. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen had warned of a potential "battle zone". Earlier,.. More

  • NK 'gives access to nuclear site'

    North Korea has restored United Nations monitors' access to the Yongbyon nuclear site, including the plutonium reprocessing plant, diplomats say. The decision comes a day after Pyongyang pledged to resume work to disable the plant. On Saturday the country was taken off the United States' list of countries sponsoring terrorism. There was.. More

  • Mugabe swears in vice-presidents before talks

    Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has sworn in two vice-presidents ahead of talks on forming a cabinet, a government official said on Monday, a move that could further endanger power-sharing negotiations. It follows Mugabe's allocation of important ministries to his ZANU-PF party at the weekend, angering the opposition. The MDC said it doubted.. More

  • Afghan violence kills 14 fighters, 2 civilians

    Afghan and international troops killed 14 Taliban fighters and a rocket attack killed two civilians in the latest fighting, provincial authorities and the U.S. military said Monday. Violence has surged in Afghanistan with some 3,800 people -- a third of them civilians -- killed by the end of July this year, the United Nations said. Already more foreign.. More

  • Cambodia warns Thailand again in border spat

    Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said up to 500 Thai troops had tried to cross the border near an area where two Thai soldiers stepped on landmines earlier this month. Cambodia accused Thailand on Monday of trying to send troops across their disputed border, warning that such a provocation could eventually lead to "large scale conflict"... More

  • Zimbabwe political accord in peril

    The leader of Zimbabwe's main opposition group, Movement for Democratic Change, has threatened to pull out of a power-sharing deal with Robert Mugabe, the country's president. Morgan Tsvangirai accused Mugabe of trying to secure all important ministries for his ruling Zanu-PF party. Tsvangirai said on Sunday that he was willing to continue negotiating.. More

  • Several killed by Baghdad car bomb

    A bomb planted in a parked car has killed nine people and wounded 13 others after it exploded in a busy commercial street of Baghdad, police say. The death toll could rise from the blast, which took place on Sunday in Bayaa, a neighborhood in the south of the Iraqi capital, they said. In a separate attack, two soldiers were killed by sniper fire.. More

  • Turkey attacks 'PKK bases' in Iraq

    Turkish jets have bombed a Kurdish fighters' hideout in Iraq where commanders were believed to be present, the Turkish military says. It said in a statement that Sunday evening's raids targeted a hideout in the mountainous Zap region, a major PKK stronghold, where "a PKK group which included high-level members" was determined to be. The.. More