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Olmert okays settlement expansion
Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime minister, has approved plans to expand Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israeli officials said new housing units will be erected in the settlement of Givat Ze'ev, which is 8km from central Jerusalem. Sunday's announcement was made three days after an armed Palestinian man killed eight students at a Jewish seminary.. More -
Afghans threaten attacks on troops over cartoon
Thousands of Afghan students blocked a highway and threatened attacks on foreign troops on Sunday in the latest protest against the reprinting of a cartoon of the noble Prophet Mohammad in Danish papers. Sunday's protest near the city of Jalalabad on the highway leading to Pakistan followed violent demonstrations a day earlier in the western city.. More -
Mass grave discovered north of Baghdad
A mass grave containing about 100 bodies was discovered Saturday in a region north of Baghdad. The grisly discovery came as Iraq's Sunni parliament speaker called on the nation's Shiites and Kurds to work together with the minority he represents to pass an election law that would help reconcile Iraq's often warring sects and splinter groups. The.. More -
Poll blow for Malaysia ruling party
Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) faces its worst results in general elections in 40 years, losing its two-thirds majority in the federal parliament and control of several states. Saturday's elections to the parliament and state assemblies were widely seen as a referendum on the rule of Abdullah Badawi, the prime minister. The opposition has.. More -
Egypt holds talks with Hamas on truce with Israel
Egypt launched talks on Thursday with Hamas and Islamic Jihad on a truce between the Palestinian militant movements and Israel, officials in the groups said. An end to rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip and suspension of Israeli raids into the Hamas-run territory would make it easier for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to continue to.. More -
Serbia ruling coalition collapses
Serbia's Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica has said his coalition has collapsed and is calling for elections. The move follows his failure to get his cabinet to reject closer ties with the European Union in the wake of Kosova's declaration of independence. Kostunica, a moderate nationalist, has described the decision by EU states to recognize Kosova.. More -
Afghans protest blasphemous Danish cartoon and Dutch film
About 15,000 people protested in Afghanistan on Saturday to condemn the reprinting of a cartoon of the noble Prophet Mohammad in Danish newspapers and a film on the noble Koran by a Dutch politician. In the western city of Heart, protesters burned Danish and Dutch flags and chanted anti-Western slogans. Afghans also gathered in the eastern province.. More -
Israel imposes West Bank lockdown
Israel has imposed further restrictions on the West Bank, following the shooting of eight students at a seminary in Jerusalem. The occupied territory already has more than 500 Israeli roadblocks, according to UN figures, and Palestinians in the West Bank on Saturday were fearful of what further Israeli response to the shootings might be. Nour.. More -
Colombia and Ecuador 'end' crisis
The presidents of Colombia and Ecuador have agreed to resolve a diplomatic crisis sparked by Colombia's raid on a Farc rebel camp in Ecuadorian territory which killed a senior commander of the group. The agreement was reached on Friday at a summit of Latin American leaders in the Dominican Republic that has been dominated by the incident. Alvaro Uribe.. More -
Basque killing halts Spanish election campaign
Spain's main political parties cancelled closing campaign rallies on Friday, two days before an election, after a former councilor from the governing Socialist Party was shot dead in the Basque Country. The government blamed ETA separatists for the killing of Isaias Carrasco, who was shot five times in front of his wife and young daughter.. More -
Talabani in Turkey for talks
Jalal Talabani, Iraq's president, has begun his first official visit to Turkey, aimed at bolstering ties between the two countries. Talabani's visit comes a week after Turkish troops withdrew from northern Iraq, following a controversial campaign against Kurdish fighters there. Ankara sees the trip as an opportunity to improve bilateral ties on political,.. More -
Baghdad blast toll rises
Funerals have been held for many of the victims of a twin bombing in a crowded Baghdad shopping district that killed at least 68 people. The funerals were held on Friday in the primarily Shia, middle-class Baghdad neighborhood of Karradah, where the back-to-back attacks took place. There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attack on.. More -
Malaysians set to vote
Malaysians go the polls on Saturday in a general election that will be a key test of popularity for the country's prime minister amid rising ethnic tensions. The ruling coalition, the Barisan Nasional (BN), has ruled Malaysia since independence 50 years ago and is certain to retain power again. But opposition parties are hoping to deny the coalition.. More -
Scores killed in Sri Lanka battles
Sri Lankan troops have clashed with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in northern and northwestern Sri Lanka as a part of a wider operation to reclaim rebel-held terrain. Thursday's fighting killed at least 38 rebels and four soldiers in the northwestern district of Mannar, the military said on Friday. The latest violence came as the.. More -
Nicaragua breaks off Colombia ties
Daniel Ortega, the Nicaraguan president, has said he will break off diplomatic relations with Colombia over its raid on a Farc rebel camp inside Ecuador at the weekend. Ortega said he was ending relations with Bogota "in solidarity" with Ecuador, whose president, Rafael Correa, was on a visit to Nicaragua amid regional tension over the raid. "We.. More
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