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  • Yemen deports foreign journalists

    Yemeni security forces have raided an apartment shared by four Western journalists and deported them apparently over their coverage of growing anti-government protests in the country. The expulsions on Monday came amid further demonstrations in the impoverished country. Oliver Holmes, one of the journalists, said that said that one of the agents told.. More

  • UN wrangles over Libya no-fly zone

    Members of the UN Security Council have failed to reach a consensus on a possible no-fly zone over Libya despite calls for the measure from the international community and opposition waging a campaign against Muammar Gaddafi's decades-long rule. The Arab League, Britain and France - both permanent Security Council members - have called for a no-fly.. More

  • Yemen police fire on protesters

    Scores of anti-government protesters have been injured in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after witnesses said security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at demonstrators. Visiting a clinic set up for the wounded, doctors told Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra they had treated 14 people for gunshot wounds and others suffering from the effects of tear gas. But.. More

  • Deadly blast hits Iraqi army base

    A bomber has attacked an Iraqi army unit in Baqouba, Diyala province, killing 10 soldiers and injuring 25 others. Monday's blast took place near an army headquarters in Kanaan, 70km northeast of Baghdad, two sources in Diyala's operations command said. However, Muthana al-Timimi, head of the security committee of the Diyala provincial council, gave.. More

  • Blast strikes Japan plant; 2,000 bodies found on coast

    A hydrogen explosion rocked the earthquake-stricken nuclear plant in Japan where authorities have been working desperately to avert a meltdown, compounding a nuclear catastrophe caused by Friday's massive quake and tsunami. The core container was intact, Jiji news agency said, quoting the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), but the local.. More

  • Israel to build more settler homes

    The Israeli cabinet has approved the building of hundreds of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, a day after five members of a settlement family were killed. The Israeli prime minister's office said the approval was a stern political message to Palestinians following the incident in a remote settlement over the weekend. A statement.. More

  • Japan on high nuclear alert

    Cooling systems have failed at another nuclear reactor on Japan's devastated coast, hours after an explosion at a nearby unit made leaking radiation, or even outright meltdown, the central threat to the country following a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. The Japanese government said radiation emanating from the plant appeared to have decreased.. More

  • Arab states seek Libya no-fly zone

    The Arab League has called on the United Nations Security Council to impose a no-fly zone over Libya in a bid to protect civilians from air attack in the ongoing battle against the more than 41-year rule of leader Muammar Gaddafi. Youssef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Oman's foreign minister, announced the decision at a press conference on Saturday following.. More

  • Japan fears nuclear plant meltdown

    Japanese nuclear authorities say there is a high possibility that nuclear fuel rods at a reactor at the Daiichi plant in Fukushima prefecture may be melting or have melted. The cooling system of the plant was damaged in the massive earthquake that struck northeastern Japan and triggered a tsunami, killing at least 703 people. Kyodo News agency said.. More

  • Yemen police storm protest site

    At least one person has been killed and more than 1000 injured after Yemen security forces stormed a protest site where thousands of pro-democracy protesters have been camped out for weeks, demanding the ouster of the country's leader. In a pre-dawn raid on Saturday, police are said to have used tear gas and hot water mixed with gas to disperse the.. More

  • Gaddafi loyalists launch offensive

    Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, have launched a large-scale offensive, beginning with new air strikes on the eastern oil-producing towns of Ras Lanuf and Brega. Anti-government forces were reported to be retreating from Ras Lanuf, the site of a key oil installation. They lost control of the pockets of residential parts of the town.. More

  • Huge Japan quake causes tsunami, fires, landslide

    A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a four-meter (13-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline, NHK television and witnesses reported. There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a 10-meter tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital.. More

  • 84 Egyptian police officers detained for links to burnt documents

    Eighty-four Egyptian state security officers have been detained and were now being investigated for burning and shredding of police documents, many of which pointed to alleged torture of detainees, according to state media on Wednesday. The officers are also being investigated for the destruction of computers and hardware that had important state.. More

  • Many dead in Pakistan funeral blast

    A bomber has attacked a funeral procession in Matani, 20km west of the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 37 people andinjuring at least 40 others, according to a government official. Siraj Ahmed, Peshawar's chief administrator, told the Reuters news agency that Wednesday's attack targeted the funeral for the wife of Hakim Khan,.. More

  • New air raids hit Libyan oil city

    Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have launched new air raids on the oil city of Ras Lanuf and are closing in on the western town of Az Zawiyah. Fresh reports of rockets landing on Ras Lanuf came on Wednesday, with Al Jazeera's correspondent there saying there was intense fighting taking place between revolution and the government's fighter.. More