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Pakistan slams US after air strike kills 11 soldiers
Pakistan's military condemned a "cowardly" US air strike that killed 11 Pakistani troops near the Afghan border on Wednesday, saying it could jeopardise cooperation in the "war on terror". The attack on a checkpost in Pakistan's volatile tribal zone was the first of its kind since Islamabad joined Western efforts against the hardline.. More -
Pakistan troops die in Afghan clash
At least 10 Pakistani troops have been killed and nine wounded after a missile fired from Afghanistan hit their border post, officials have said. The incident on Wednesday came after Pakistani paramilitary troops in the Mohmand tribal region clashed with Afghan forces in an area fought over by the two countries, Pakistani officials said. "Sometime.. More -
Turkish PM attacks top court
Turkey's prime minister has accused the country's top court of usurping parliamentary powers by rejecting legislation that would have lifted a ban on Muslim headscarves in universities. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who leads the ruling AK party, said that no power, including the constitutional court, can override parliament's will. "It's everybody's.. More -
Dozens killed in Sudan jet blaze
At least 28 people have been killed after a Sudan Airways passenger jet veered off the runway on landing at Khartoum international airport and burst into flames. Khartoum airport's head of medical services, Major-General Mohamed Osman Mahjoub, said authorities had so far established there were 123 survivors but 66 people were unaccounted for. Earlier.. More -
Bomb kills head of Saddam's tribe
The head of Saddam Hussein's tribe has been blown up in a car bomb in the town of Awja, near Tikrit, Iraqi police say. They said explosives may have been attached to the underside of the car belonging to Sheikh Ali al-Nida, head of the al-Bu Nasir tribe. Sheikh Ali's driver was also killed in the blast and at least one of his guards was seriously.. More -
Hamas members killed in Gaza raid
Three members of Hamas's armed wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, have been killed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say. Health officials said at least four other Palestinians were wounded on Tuesday in separate Israeli air raids. The Israeli military said it targeted fighters who had fired mortar rounds across.. More -
Bush begins last Europe tour hoping to keep pressure on Iran
US President George W. Bush began his final summit with EU leaders Tuesday seeking to tighten the squeeze on Iran's nuclear programme, a central message of his farewell European tour. Ahead of the summit near Ljubljana, the US leader, already dismissed by some officials in Brussels as a "lame duck," held talks with Slovenian President Danilo.. More -
Pakistan lawyers on 'long march'
About 1,000 Pakistani lawyers and political activists are undertaking a cross-country rally to demand the restoration of judges sacked by Pervez Musharraf, the president. The protest, due to end in Islamabad, the capital, on the weekend, aims to increase pressure on Musharraf to step down. Iftikar Muhammad Chaudhry, Pakistan's deposed chief justice,.. More -
Indonesian Muslims want total ban on Ahmadiyahs
The Indonesian government announced tough restrictions against Ahmadiyahs yesterday calling on them to stop propagating beliefs that deviate from the principal teachings of the Islamic faith. A joint ministerial decree ordered the Ahmadiyah sect (also known as Qadianis) to stop spreading interpretations and activities, which deviate from mainstream.. More -
Somali rivals reach peace deal
The Somali government and its main political rivals have signed a cessation of hostilities accord at the UN-sponsored peace talks in Djibouti. The interim government and some opposition figures signed the peace deal in Djibouti on Monday, a UN official said. "We have a peace deal," Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, an aide to the UN envoy for Somalia,.. More -
Thousands of European truckers join fuel protests
Tens of thousands of truckers in Spain, France and Portugal on Monday stepped up protests against rising fuel prices, causing mayhem on highways and blocking border crossings. Huge tailbacks built up around major cities and on the French-Spanish border as French fishermen in Mediterranean ports ended their three-week strike over the spiralling cost.. More -
Deaths in Algeria bus station blast
A bomb has exploded at a bus station in a town east of the capital Algiers, killing 20 people, Reuters news agency, quoting a security source, says. The bomb went off on Monday in Bouira, some 120km from Algeria, the source said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. It was the fourth deadly bomb attack in six days in regions east of.. More -
Ukraine coal miners found alive
Most of the miners trapped after a gas explosion at a pit in Ukraine have been found alive but remain underground, officials say. Rescuers made contact with the 21 men on Monday. Two others have already made it out of the mine alive. But the race to reach another 14 still trapped underground continues, amid fears that the mine, in the eastern Donetsk.. More -
Sudan rivals agree on Abyei plan
Rival Sudanese leaders have signed a "road map" to defuse a conflict over oil-rich Abyei region, agreeing for the first time to international arbitration to draw borders. Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, and Salva Kiir, the country's first vice-president, leaders respectively of north and south Sudan, signed the agreement on Sunday. The.. More -
Iraq assures Iran over US pact
Iraq has sought to ease Iranian fears over a proposed US-Iraq security deal, reassuring Tehran that the pact will not be a danger to Iran. The pledge was made by Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, during his meetings with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, and other Iranian officials on Sunday. Al-Maliki said that his government would.. More
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