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Taliban jailed in Guantanamo agree Qatar move
Five Taliban detainees held at the US Guantanamo Bay military prison have agreed to be transferred to Qatar, a move Afghanistan believes will boost a nascent peace process, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's spokesman has said. The inmates told a visiting Afghan delegation they were willing to be transferred to the Gulf state, and it was now up to the.. More -
Syrian forces launch massive assault on Idlib
Syrian troops have pushed ahead with a new assault on the northern region of Idlib, shelling one of the centers of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule and sending families fleeing for safety as members of the armed opposition tried to fend off the attack. Abu Hani, an activist in Idlib, told Al Jazeera the attack began early on Saturday.. More -
Saudi diplomat found dead in Bangladesh
A Saudi diplomat has been shot dead in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, authorities say. Police found the body of Khalak al-Ali on Tuesday at an intersection near his apartment building in the Gulshan district and rushed him to a hospital where he died three hours later, Lutful Kabir, a local police deputy commissioner, told the AFP news agency. "He.. More -
Libya leader vows to halt autonomy bid
Libyan leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil has said he will defend national unity "with force" after tribal leaders and a political faction declared that the east would become a semi-autonomous region. "We are not prepared to divide Libya," Jalil said on Tuesday night, calling on eastern leaders to engage in dialogue and warning them against.. More -
Syria's deputy oil minister 'defects'
Abdo Hussameldin, Syria's deputy oil minister, has announced his defection in a video posted by activists on YouTube. If confirmed, Hussameldin would be the highest ranking civilian official to abandon President Bashar al-Assad since the uprising against his rule erupted a year ago. "I, Abdo Hussameldin, deputy oil and mineral wealth minister.. More -
Eastern Libyan leaders seek semi-autonomy
Tribal leaders and militia commanders in oil-rich eastern Libya have declared their intention to seek semi-autonomy, raising fears that the country might disintegrate following the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. Thousands of representatives of major tribal leaders, militia commanders and politicians made the declaration on Tuesday in a ceremony held.. More -
West agrees to restart Iran atomic talks
Six world powers have accepted an Iranian offer for talks on its disputed nuclear program. Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, on Tuesday sent an offer to Iran proposing renewed diplomatic talks between the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) plus Germany. "On behalf of China, France, Germany, the.. More -
Thousands flee Syria violence
Thousands of Syrians fleeing a military brutal crackdown by the government of Bashar al-Assad have crossed into neighboring Lebanon, the United Nations says. The reports came as the Syrian president told state media that his government was determined to press on with a planned reform program and to fight the "terrorists" it blames for the.. More -
Hundreds held after anti-Putin rallies
Thousands of Russians have rallied in Moscow and other cities to challenge Vladimir Putin's victory in Russia's presidential election, prompting hundreds of arrests. Police said they had arrested 250 people in Moscow and 300 in Saint Petersburg on Monday after moving in roughly to break up demonstrations against what opposition activists say was a.. More -
Egypt MP quits over nose job cover up
An Egyptian MP has been forced to resign from parliament and his Islamist party after claiming the injuries to his heavily bandaged face were from a beating to cover up a plastic surgery to his nose, The Al-Nour party said in a statement on Monday that the MP, Anwar al-Balkimy, "has resigned from the party and from parliament". "In.. More -
Netanyahu: Nuclear-armed Iran must be stopped
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has stated his country's right to defend itself against the possible threat of a nuclear-armed Iran and said the world cannot wait for much longer to take action against Tehran. Netanyahu was addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the powerful pro-Israel lobbying group, in Washington.. More -
Gunmen target security forces in Iraq
Gunmen have killed up to 27 members of Iraq's security forces in attacks on checkpoints in the Iraqi city of Haditha. Police sources in Haditha told Al Jazeera on Monday that the attacks had exclusively targeted police personnel across several checkpoints. The death toll included two police colonels. Lieutenant Colonel Owaid Khalaf told the AFP news.. More -
Scores dead in Congo munitions depot blasts
More than 200 people have been killed in a series of explosions triggered by fire at a munitions depot in the Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville, according to a senior official in the presidency, citing hospital sources. Witnesses and state media said Sunday's blast occurred during a fire in the arms depot in the Regiment Blinde base in the riverside.. More -
Syrian forces renew assault on Homs
Syrian forces have renewed their assault on Homs, bombarding more areas of the central city, activists say, with aid agencies still unable to gain access to neighborhoods in desperate need of relief. Sunday's bombardment of Syria's third-largest city with about one million inhabitants came as China offered a proposal to end the violence in the country,.. More -
Presidential polls open in Russia
Russians have started voting in presidential polls likely to return strongman Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin for a record third term that begins under a tide of protests unseen since the Soviet era and mounting tensions with the West. Voters in the far east of the world's largest country began casting their ballots at 2000 GMT in a marathon election.. More
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