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Palestinian hunger strikers 'close to death'
One of three long-term Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli detention has been moved to a hospital intensive care unit suffering from a drop in blood sugar, a spokeswoman for the Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners Club has said. Amani Sarahna said that Samer Barq, one of three prisoners on hunger strike for weeks to demand their release from detention,.. More -
Egypt pursues makers of anti-Islam video
Egyptian prosecutor's office has issued arrest warrants for seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor for their alleged role in an anti-Islam video that has sparked deadly riots across the Muslim world. The warrants were released on Tuesday, referring the defendants to trial on charges linked to the film entitled "Innocence.. More -
UN envoy Brahimi says Syrian crisis worsening
In his first interview since meeting with President Bashar al-Assad, Brahimi told Al Jazeera that Syria is too far gone for reform and that there can be no winners in the conflict. "The point I'm making as serious as strongly as I can is that the situation is very bad and worsening. Its not improving. Syrians on both sides say from time to time.. More -
Anti-Islam video protests held in Pakistan
One person has died in the city of Hyderabad and at least eight people have been injured in protests across Pakistan against a video mocking Islam. In the southern port city of Karachi, around 1,000 protesters began throwing stones and police responded with teargas and by firing into the air, Fayyaz Laghari, a senior policeman, said on Sunday. The.. More -
Syrian army shells northern cities
Government troops have pounded Shaar district of Aleppo, killing 11 people, a rights group said, while 11 others including seven opposition fighters were killed elsewhere in Syria's northern city. "Eleven civilians were killed, three of whose names have been documented, when the army shelled the district of Shaar," the UK-based Syrian Observatory.. More -
Thousands rally against Putin in Moscow
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters have demonstrated in Moscow against President Vladimir Putin's rule, four months into his new mandate. A diverse sea of protesters on Saturday filled a central square named after the great Soviet physicist and celebrated dissident Andrei Sakharov. Some 40,000 people turned out for the "March of Millions",.. More -
UN nuclear agency board rebukes Iran
The UN atomic agency's board has rebuked Iran for failing to stop atomic activity. The board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved by an overwhelming majority a resolution criticizing Iran brought by world powers that was also aimed at dissuading Israel from military action. The resolution, passed on Thursday, expressed "serious.. More -
Brahimi says Syria crisis 'danger' to world
The escalating conflict in Syria poses a global danger, Lakhdar Brahimi, UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has said after talks with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. Saturday's meeting in the Syrian capital was Brahimi's first with Assad since he replaced Kofi Annan as peace envoy two weeks ago, taking on a mission which the veteran Algerian diplomat.. More -
Intense fighting rages in Syrian cities
Syrian opposition forces have killed at least 18 soldiers in the northwestern town of Saraqeb, in Idlib province, by setting off a car bomb outside a military position and then attacked it, according to a watchdog group. Rami Abdul Rahman, head of the UK-based rights group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), said on Wednesday the details of.. More -
Fresh Egypt protests over anti-Muhammad film
Despite the Egyptian government's call for calm, a few dozen protesters have showed up for a second night outside the US embassy in Cairo. The unrest continued early on Thursday morning, as the fallout from a film ridiculing Islam's prophet raged on. Dozens of police officers were deployed, as protesters chanted in the streets and fires burned. Some.. More -
Explosion outside Istanbul police station
A suicide bomber threw a grenade into a police station in a suburb of Turkey's largest city Istanbul and then blew himself up, killing one police officer and wounding at least seven other people, officials say. A leftist armed group group claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack in a statement published on a website close to the group, a senior.. More -
Brahimi to meet Assad during Damascus visit
Just a few weeks after admitting his task was "nearly impossible", special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is due to meet both Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and opposition members when he travels to the war-torn country this week. Ahead of Brahimi's visit, heavy fighting has continued across the country, including in Aleppo, where government forces.. More -
White House denies rift with Israeli PM
The White House has denied reports of a rift with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, saying that the Israeli leader and President Barack Obama have reaffirmed the two countries' commitment to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Obama and Netanyahu spoke for an hour by telephone on Tuesday night and the White House said in a statement later.. More -
Inmate found dead at US Guantanamo
A prisoner has been found dead at the Guantanamo Bay naval base, two days after he was apparently found unconscious in his cell at the isolated, high-security prison, the US military has said. The unidentified prisoner’s name and nationality were not disclosed pending notification of family, military officials said on Tuesday. The detainee was.. More -
Syria envoy Brahimi visits Cairo for talks
UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has begun what he called a "very difficult" mission to bring peace to Syria with talks in Egypt, as he made his first official trip to the region. Brahimi, replacing former UN chief Kofi Annan who quit over divisions in the UN Security Council on the deadly violence that has gripped Syria for nearly 18.. More
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