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Israel launches air raids on Gaza

The Israeli airforce launched three raids on targets in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Tuesday morning, hitting…

14 years ago

UK judge orders Abu Qatada to be released

A Muslim religious leader is to be freed on bail after he won an appeal in Britain against his deportation…

14 years ago

BBC director general resigns

The head of the BBC has resigned, just two months into the job, after the state-funded British broadcaster put out…

14 years ago

Palestinians killed as Israel shells Gaza

Israeli tank shells have killed at least five Palestinians and wounded 30 in the Gaza Strip after an apparent attack…

14 years ago

Syria new opposition leader blames West

The new leader of Syrian National opposition Council, George Sabra, calls on the international community to take serious steps to…

14 years ago

Ethiopia Abuses Muslims: US Panel

In a shift from decades of support for the horn of Africa country, a US government panel has condemned Ethiopia’s…

14 years ago

CIA chief resigns over extramarital affair

David Petraeus, the retired four-star general renowned for taking charge of the military campaigns in Iraq and then Afghanistan, has…

14 years ago

Syria opposition seen uniting after US, Qatari push

Syria's fractious opposition, under pressure from the United States and Qatar to unite, looked likely on Friday to agree to…

14 years ago

Egypt protesters call for Islamic rule

Thousands of radical Islamists demonstrated in Cairo on Friday to demand that sharia, or Islamic law, be the basis for…

14 years ago

Deadly train fire reported in Myanmar

A train transporting petrol to northwestern Myanmar has overturned and caught fire, killing 25 people and injuring 62, state media…

14 years ago