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DNA tests for Madrid air victims
DNA tests will be needed to identify many of the 153 people killed in Wednesday's plane disaster at Madrid airport, the Spanish government says. Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said experts had so far only been able to identify 59 people using fingerprint analysis. The air disaster, in which a departing jet caught fire after.. More -
Iraq, US 'close' to troop deal
The United States and Iraq are close to reaching an agreement on the future of US forces in Iraq, Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, has said. Speaking at a news conference with Hoshyar Zebari, her Iraqi counterpart, in Baghdad on Thursday, she said the two sides had agreed on a timetablefor US troops to leave the country. Zebari said: "What.. More -
Mugabe rival fears talks collapse
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has warned that power-sharing talks may collapse if parliament is convened. It was announced earlier this week that MPs would be sworn in next Monday, with President Robert Mugabe to open the first session the following day. Mr Tsvangirai said this would repudiate the agreement governing the talks. He.. More -
Suicide blasts kill 57 at Pakistan arms factory
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main military arms factory Thursday, killing 57 people and piling new pressure on the shaky coalition government to tackle militancy. The attackers struck almost simultaneously as a crowd of workers was streaming out of the huge factory complex in the northern town of Wah, near Islamabad. It.. More -
Blast hits police in western Turkey
At least 13 people, among them policemen and soldiers, have been injured in an explosion in the western Turkish city of Izmir, according to Turkish media. The explosion on Thursday morning ripped through a car on a road being used to transport police and soldiers in minibuses, the NTV news channel said. Seven police officers, three soldiers and three.. More -
Nigeria military chiefs dismissed
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has dismissed the country's chief of the defense staff together with the heads of the army and navy. Yar'Adua made the announcement before going on avisit to Mecca. No reason has yet been given for the surprise dismissals, but an official statement said the men were retiring, a BBC correspondent in Abuja said. The.. More -
Spain mourns air crash victims
Spain has declared three days of mourning after more than 150 people were killed when the aircraft they were in crashed in Madrid during takeoff. The crash at Madrid's Barajas airport on Wednesday was Europe's worst air disaster in 25 years. Magdalena Alvarez, the development minister whose department oversees civil aviation in Spain, said only 19.. More -
Russia rejects UN Georgia draft
Russia has rejected a draft UN Security Council resolution on Georgia, saying it contradicted the terms of last week's ceasefire deal. The draft text called on Russia to pull back its forces to the positions held before the current conflict. But Russia says the truce allows its troops to stay in a buffer zone on the Georgia side of South Ossetia's.. More -
Philippine 'separatists' warn of war
The Philippine separatist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front has warned the government against launching an all-out offensive in the country's south, saying it would be "the most serious blunder that this sitting regime could commit". Filipinos will be caught again in the "never-ending vicious cycle of political and economic instability".. More -
Sarkozy tells French troops in Afghanistan to keep fighting
President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday told French soldiers mourning 10 comrades killed by the Taliban that their work in Afghanistan was essential for the "freedom of the world" and must continue. Sarkozy flew into Kabul earlier in the day with his Defence Minister Herve Morin and Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in a show of support after.. More -
US and Poland sign defense deal
The US and Poland have signed a deal to locate part of the US's controversial missile defense system on Polish soil. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice travelled to Warsaw for the ceremony, after 18 months of negotiations. The deal has angered Russia, which has warned the base could become a target for a nuclear strike. Washington says the.. More -
Deaths in Mogadishu market attack
Five people are reported to have been killed and at least 17 people wounded after Ethiopian forces fired mortar shells close to Mogadishu's main market, witnesses said. Mohamud Hussein, a mini-bus driver who witnessed Tuesday's attack, said: "Three mortar shells landed in Bakara market and hit traders and customers." Faisal Ali, a resident.. More -
Scores killed in Algeria attack
At least 43 people have been killed in a suicide attack on an Algerian police school, the country's interior ministry has said. The attack occurred in the town of Issers, in the Kabylie region of Algeria, 60km east of Algiers, the capital, on Tuesday, wounding 38 others. The attacker drove a car packed with explosives at the main entrance to the school.. More -
Russia 'not pulling out troops'
Georgia has said there are still no signs of Russia withdrawing its troops from deep inside the country as Nato foreign ministers meet in Brussels to work out a response to Moscow's military action. Shota Utiashvilli, the spokesman of Georgia's interior ministry, said on Tuesday there had been no significant Russian troop movements overnight. He said.. More -
Ten French soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Ten French soldiers were killed in battles with the Taliban near the Afghan capital, a French presidency source said Tuesday, as troops thwarted a second attack on a key US military base in as many days. Military officials in Kabul said the fierce clashes started with an attack Monday on an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol in Sarobi.. More
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