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  • Nato air strike kills "Afghan civilians"

    About 25 people may have been killed in a NATO air strike in southern Afghanistan on Monday, an Afghan official said. NATO officials confirmed there had been an air strike in Helmand province but said initial reports indicated that there were "no civilian casualties". The coalition was continuing to look into the operation, the officials.. More

  • Sudan warns of civil war over Abyei

    Sudan's UN ambassador has warned that conducting a January 9 referendum in Abyei without settling voting rights for competing tribes, as well as the border, will lead to war. "It is evident that any attempt to conduct the plebiscite before achieving an acceptable settlement between the two parties will mean only a return to war," Daffa-Alla.. More

  • Settlers confirm work has begun on up to 600 homes

    A senior settler official says that work has begun on up to 600 new homes in West Bank settlements since Israel lifted its curb on such construction Sept. 26, mirroring recent findings by The Associated Press and the Israeli watchdog Peace Now. Foundations are already being dug for at least 350 apartments, while construction of another 200 to 250 homes.. More

  • Israel fired 308 live bullets at Turkish Gaza ship passengers

    The Israeli commission looking into a deadly raid on a Turkish aid flotilla last May has on Sunday questioned the country's military chief for a second time. With Sunday's testimony, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi became the first witness summoned by the panel for a second time. Israeli commandos fired 308 live bullets aboard the Gaza-bound aid ship in May.. More

  • WikiLeaks releases secret Iraq file

    In the biggest leak of military secrets in history, WikiLeaks, the whistleblower website, has released 400,000 secret US files detailing every aspect of the war in Iraq, copies of which have been obtained by Al Jazeera. The sheer magnitude of data contained in the secret files reveals a graphic narrative of the war that goes far beyond any information.. More

  • Israeli settlers attack dozens of protestors

    A group of fundamentalist Jewish settlers attacked on Saturday a group of nonviolent protestors who demanded Israel to reopen the Al Shuhada Street, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The settlers hurled stones at the protestors and sprayed them with waste-water. The Youth Coalition Against settlements organizes weekly protests against the.. More

  • Cholera confirmed in Haiti capital

    A cholera outbreak in Haiti has now reached the capital, Port-au-Prince, where five cases of the disease have been confirmed. Health officials announced the confirmed cases on Saturday (00:00 GMT on Sunday), sparking fears that the disease could spread rapidly among hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors sheltered in camps in the capital. However.. More

  • 'Israeli settlers building 544 new homes'

    Israeli settlers have begun building new homes at an extraordinary pace since the government lifted its moratorium on West Bank housing starts — almost 550 in three weeks, more than four times faster than the last two years. According to an Associated Press count, ground has been broken on 544 new West Bank homes since Sept. 26, when Israel lifted.. More

  • Karachi shuts down as city mourns

    Karachi, Pakistan's commercial hub, shut down on Wednesday for a day of mourning after a fresh wave of violence that has killed at least 72 people since Saturday. Violence first erupted in the city on Saturday ahead of a by-election to replace a provincial legislator who was murdered in August. Police said four people were killed in different incidents.. More

  • Carter in Syria: Israel must fully lift Gaza blockade

    Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, during a visit to Damascus on Tuesday, called for Israel to lift completely its blockade on the Gaza Strip. Carter made the remarks in the forum of a delegation known as The Elders, who met with Syrian President Bashar Assad and Hamas leaders in Syria. The Elders met with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshal, as Carter.. More

  • Afghan officials cancel 1.3m votes

    Afghan election authorities have thrown out 1.3 million votes, more than 20 per cent of the 5.6 million of ballots cast in last month's parliamentary election, officials have said. "Turnout is around 5,600,000, the valid vote is 4,265,347, and the invalid vote is around 1,300,000," Fazil Ahmad Manawi, the head of the Independent Election.. More

  • UN envoy escapes Iraq bombing

    A roadside bomb has hit a United Nations-Iraqi police convoy, killing one policeman and wounding three others. The UN said Ad Melkert, the special envoy to Iraq who was in one of the vehicles, escaped unhurt in Tuesday's incident. Iraqi police said the bomb damaged one of the cars in the convoy as it was leaving Najaf, 160 kilometers south of Baghdad. Ban.. More

  • Pakistan suspends scores of MPs

    Nearly 150 elected representatives to Pakistan's parliament and regional assemblies have been suspended by the election commission for not declaring their assets. Monday's decision means the legislators cannot attend house sessions or vote. Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder, reporting from the capital, Islamabad, said those suspended included members of the.. More

  • French strike hits fuel supplies

    Petrol stations across France are running out of fuel as refinery and port workers continue a strike against the government's plan to raise the retirement age. Around 1,500 petrol stations attached to French shopping centers had dried up by Monday morning, the AFP news agency reported, adding that such services supply the majority of the country's.. More

  • Typhoon Megi lashes Philippines

    The Philippines has declared a state of calamity in a northern province after Super Typhoon Megi made landfall, cutting off power, forcing flight cancellations and putting the region's rice crop at risk. Megi, the 10th and strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, hit Isabela province on Monday and was heading west-southwest across the north.. More