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  • Senegal recalls envoy to Iran

    Senegal has recalled its ambassador to Iran over an arms scandal in which military-grade weapons were shipped into the region allegedly bound for neighboring Gambia. Madicke Niang, the Senegalese foreign minister, made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday, saying the explanations Iran had given for the affair were "not satisfactory". "T.. More

  • Deaths in Australia boat crash

    Wayne Swan, Australia's acting prime minister, has said that some people were killed when a boat carrying asylum seekers crashed into rocks off the country's coast. Swan told reporters on Wednesday that the boat smashed at Christmas Island, which is where an Australian refugee detention centre is located, and that some people have been rescued but.. More

  • Iran foreign minister fired

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has fired Manouchehr Mottaki, his foreign minister, the official IRNA news agency has reported. The announcement came on Monday, but no reasons were given for Mottaki's dismissal, which comes as Iran is engaged in talks with world powers over its sensitive nuclear program. Ahmadinejad appointed the head.. More

  • Deadly wage protests in Bangladesh

    A protest over low wages in Bangladesh's garment industry has left at least three people dead and dozens of others injured in clashes with police in several major cities including the capital, Dhaka. The garment workers, who make clothes for many popular Western brands, were angered over a delay in the implementation of a government rise in wages due.. More

  • Afghan attack kills NATO troops

    At least six soldiers serving with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan have been killed in an attack by suspected Taliban forces. The International Assistance Security Force (ISAF) did not release any other details of the identities of the foreign troops who died in fighting in the south of the country on Sunday. It is the highest death toll in a single.. More

  • UK considers ban on US pastor visit

    The American preacher who planned a mass burning of the Quran on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks could be banned from entering Britain under incitement and national security laws. US pastor Terry Jones said in his website that he had been invited to address a rally in February, organized by English Defense League (EDL), a far-right.. More

  • Israel frees Muslim activist

    The leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel has been released from prison after serving a five-month prison sentence. Raed Salah was convicted of 'assault' in July for an incident that took place in 2007 during a demonstration in occupied East Jerusalem, in which court documents suggested he 'insulted a border policeman and spat in his face'. The.. More

  • South Sudan party backs secession

    Southern Sudan's governing party has officially said it will support secession from the north in an independence referendum planned for next year. The announcement on Saturday by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) is significant because it is at odds with the terms of the 2005 peace agreement that ended the south's civil war with northern.. More

  • Kosovo holds historic election

    Kosovo is holding its first parliamentary election since unilaterally declaring independence from Serbia almost three years ago. The ethnic Albanian majority and small Serb minority remain largely estranged, more than a decade after a Nato-led conflict broke Belgrade's control. Serbia has not recognized Kosovo's independence and most Serbs are expected.. More

  • Climate deal reached in Cancun

    Representatives of almost 200 nations have agreed on a plan aimed at combating climate change, including a target to limit global warming and a fund to help developing nations tackle the effects of the crisis. However, the deal that was reached at the Climate Change Summit in Cancun, Mexico, on Saturday does not set binding targets on reducing the.. More

  • Attacks kill Afghan civilians ahead of Obama review

    Violence in north, south and east Afghanistan killed more than a dozen civilians and wounded several more as President Barack Obama prepares to unveil a review of his strategy for the near decade-long war. The latest string of attacks comes near the end of the deadliest year since the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban, with the escalating of war costing.. More

  • Israel proposes Turkey compensation

    Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has proposed paying compensation to relatives of Turkish citizens killed during a raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, in exchange for Turkey's help in protecting the Israeli navy against lawsuits, officials said. The draft, offered over the weekend in Geneva, Switzerland, some $100,000 to each family.. More

  • Supporters foil attempts to shut down WikiLeaks

    With self-described “patriot” hackers trying to shut down the site in the hours before the most recent series of leaks even started, WikiLeaks has been facing a solid 10 days of efforts both official and unofficial to silence them, and open calls to assassinate the site’s operators. But 10 days later the site is not only surviving,.. More

  • Deaths in Bangladesh train crash

    Up to 19 people have been killed and 60 others injured when two passenger trains collided just outside the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. The accident occurred at a railway station at Narshingdi, 55 kilometers northeast of Dhaka, when a passenger train slammed into another stationary passenger train on Wednesday. Doctors at one hospital in the Narshingdi.. More

  • Blair recalled to UK Iraq inquiry

    Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, has been recalled to a public inquiry into the Iraq war to give more evidence about the war. John Chilcot, the chairman of the London-based inquiry, said on Wednesday that Blair, who took Britain into the 2003 war, was among 12 people who had been asked to make a second appearance. "As we draft our.. More