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Egypt prosecutor-general to remain in office
A deal has been struck that will see Egypt's prosecutor-general remain in office after President Mohamed Morsi earlier attempted to have him replaced. The agreement, sealed on Saturday after a meeting between Morsi and Prosecutor-General Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud, stipulates that Mahmoud will remain in office until retirement age. Egyptian state television.. More -
Rights group says Syria using cluster bombs
Syrian regime forces have dropped Russian-made cluster bombs over civilian areas in the past week as they battle to reverse opposition gains on a strategic highway, according to the watchdog group Human Rights Watch. The bombs were dropped from planes and helicopters, with many of the strikes taking place near the main north-south highway running through.. More -
Obama nominates new Afghan commander
President Barack Obama has nominated General Joseph Dunford, the deputy Marine commander, to lead the war effort in Afghanistan and oversee plans to withdraw most of the US combat forces from the country by the end of 2014. Dunford, if confirmed by the Senate, would replace General John Allen, who was nominated by the president on Wednesday to become.. More -
Syria rejects UN calls for unilateral truce
Syria has rejected a call by the UN chief for it to declare a unilateral ceasefire, insisting that rebels fighting the government must stop the violence first. Jihad Makdissi, Syrian foreign ministry spokesperson, said on Wednesday that twice during the abortive UN military observer mission deployed to Syria between April and the end of August, the.. More -
Grounded Syrian plane takes off from Turkey
A Syrian plane carrying roughly 30 passengers has been allowed to leave Turkey after it was grounded for over eight hours on Wednesday. Turkey said it seized "objectionable cargo" on board the plane after intercepting it in Turkish air space en route from Moscow to Damascus. The A-320 plane had been escorted by two Turkish jets to Ankara's.. More -
Polls show dead heat in US presidential race
The US presidential race had seemed on the verge of slipping from Republican Mitt Romney's grasp a week ago, but now he has erased President Barack Obama's once-substantial lead in polls and made the race for the White House highly competitive once more. In a clear shift four weeks before Election Day on November 6, a new round of opinion polls showed.. More -
Israeli PM Netanyahu calls early election
Israel's prime minister has ordered new parliamentary elections in early 2013, roughly eight months ahead of schedule, setting the stage for a lightning quick campaign that will likely win him re-election. For nearly four years, Binyamin Netanyahu has presided over a conservative coalition that has proven stable in a country where governments rarely.. More -
Syrian opposition forces claim control of strategic town
Syrian opposition fighters have taken control of Maarat al-Numan, a strategic town in Idlib province on the highway linking Damascus with the commercial hub of Aleppo, activists say. "Regular forces pulled back from all of their checkpoints around Maarat al-Numan, except for one at the entrance of the town," Rami Abdel Rahman, a UK-based.. More -
Libya renews bid for trial of Gaddafi son
Libya is to challenge the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to try Saif al-Islam, one of the sons of Muammar Gaddafi, the country's late leader. Saif was indicted by the ICC for alleged crimes against humanity after reportedly organizing a campaign of murder and torture in an attempt to quash last year's uprising against his.. More -
Egypt's Morsi pardons 'revolutionaries'
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi has pardoned all political prisoners detained since the start of protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak last year. The pardon covers citizens facing trial and those serving jail sentences except for those convicted of murder, the presidential spokesman said on Monday, but did not give a specific number for the pardoned.. More -
Turkey and Syria exchange fire for sixth day
Turkey's military has struck back at Syrian military positions after a shell fired by the neighboring country landed in a Turkish border area, reports say. Turkey retaliated in kind after the Syrian shell landed in Altinozu district, in southeastern Hatay province, at around 12:00 GMT on Monday, a Turkish official told AFP news agency on condition.. More -
Israel launches deadly air strike on Gaza
At least one person has died and several people were injured, including children, after an Israeli aircraft fired at two men in the southern Gaza strip, Palestinian hospital officials said on Sunday. According to the Israeli army, the two men were involved in rocket attacks into Israel. The two men were riding a motorcycle near the town of Rafah,.. More -
Turkey fires back after new Syrian shelling
Another mortar shell from Syria has struck Turkish territory, prompting a fourth straight day of retaliatory artillery fire from the Turkish side. The mortar landed in a rural area near the village of Guvecci early on Saturday morning, just minutes after intense fighting broke out between the forces of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and the rebels.. More -
Jordanians hold protest against King Abdullah
Tens of thousands of people have held a protest in the heart of the Jordanian capital of Amman for a pro-reform rally, despite King Abdullah's decision to dissolve parliament. Witnesses and journalists estimated attendance at between 10,000 and 15,000 people, with the crowd expected to grow as protesters travelled to Amman from elsewhere around the.. More -
Israel downs unidentified drone
Israeli jets scrambled to intercept a drone that crossed into Israeli airspace from the Mediterranean Sea, bringing it down without incident in the south of the country, a military spokeswoman said. Lieutenant-Colonel Avital Leibovich said Israeli systems on the ground alerted the air force to the drone Saturday morning. She said it flew over the.. More
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