At least five people have been killed and several others wounded in an unauthorized US drone attack in the troubled northwestern Pakistan.The non-UN-sanctioned attack took place in a village near the town of Miranshah in the North Waziristan tribal belt.

The announcement of a new ‘unity government’ by Mohamed Ghannouchi, the Tunisian prime minister, has been met with anger by some protesters, who say too many members of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s party remain in power.

Security forces in Sudan have arrested opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi from his home in Khartoum, al-Turabi’s Popular Congress Party spokesman told Al Jazeera.Monday’s arrest comes a day after al-Turabi’s party called for a “popular revolution” if the Sudanese government did not reverse price increases.

At least six afghan civilians have been killed during an attack of US-led forces in northeastern Afghanistan, say local media.Another civilian was also injured during the NATO air strike in the town of Asmar at Kunar province on Monday, the media said.

TUNIS – Following a day of looting and complete chaos in the North African country, a fragile calm prevailed in Tunisia on Sunday, January 16, two days after the ouster of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

Taliban militants claim they have shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in northeastern Afghanistan.The Taliban said that they successfully targeted the aircraft in the Nejrab district of Kapisa province on Saturday, the Afghan Islamic Press reported.

Saudi Arabia has welcomed Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family a day after they fled an mass uprising in their country.A statement released by the country’s monarchy said the decision to welcome Ben Ali was based on appreciation of the “exceptional circumstances” in Tunisia.

Thousands of demonstrators in Pakistan have gathered in major cities to protest Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks about the country’s blasphemy law.The demonstrators in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi chanted slogans against the recent statements made by the Pope in which he asked the death penalty to be scraped for those who insult Islamic sanctities.

A group of unidentified gunmen in southwestern Pakistan have set ablaze 20 NATO tankers carrying oil to US-led soldiers stationed in war-hit Afghanistan.According to some witnesses, unidentified armed men on Friday night opened live ammunition on tankers at a time when the drivers were inside a roadside restaurant near Dera Murad Jamali in Balochistan province […]

The top US military official has cast doubts about the time of a withdrawal from Afghanistan and the number of American forces to leave the violence-wracked nation.The head of the Joint Chief of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen reiterated that the Pentagon does not know how many soldiers will be pulled out in July and predicted […]