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Syrian city 'under siege' by army
Residents in the Syrian city of Homs are calling for western intervention, as activists say the area has come under renewed attack from forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Residents told Al Jazeera on Saturday that army tanks were shelling the city. Activists in the Bab Amr district said they had been under siege for the last 48 hours. "There.. More -
Egyptians stage mass rally against army
Egyptian activists have gathered in Cairo for a mass protest against the ruling military and its handling of a series of clashes between security forces and demonstrators that killed 17 people and drew international criticism, even as thousands of others demonstrated their support for the army. Tens of thousands protested in the capital's Tahrir Square,.. More -
Car bombs kill dozens in Damascus
A Syrian government official says at least 40 people, mostly civilians, have been killed by two suicide car bombs in Damascus ahead of calls by anti-government activists for fresh protests across the country. At least 100 other people were wounded in Friday's attack on two security facilities in the Kfar Sousa district, Faisal Mukdad, Syria's deputy.. More -
Death toll climbs after Baghdad bomb attacks
Dozens of people have been killed and many more wounded in a series of blasts in Baghdad. At least 57 people died and 176 people were wounded in at least 12 bombings across the Iraqi capital on Thursday morning, health ministry sources told Al Jazeera. But there remained discrepancies between officials over the fast-changing casualty count. The.. More -
Arab League monitors set to arrive in Syria
Arab League officials are expected to arrive in Syria on Thursday to prepare for monitors overseeing a peace plan, after activists said President Bashar al-Assad's forces carried out the deadliest assault of their nine-month crackdown. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian forces killed 111 civilians and activists on Tuesday when.. More -
Israel condemned at UN over settlements
Diplomats at the UN Security Council have voiced frustration over the lack of progress towards restarting Israel-Palestine negotiations and called for an immediate halt to Israeli settlement activity in the illegally occupied Palestinian territories. In what Russia called a "historic step", representatives of all regional groups seated.. More -
\'Scores killed\' in day of Syria violence
At least 82 people are reported to have been killed in a day of violence across Syria, less than a week before an Arab League delegation is due to visit the country as part of a deal to end the bloodshed. Activists reported the deaths on Tuesday after heavy fighting in the province of Idlib and elsewhere. The violence comes a day after at least.. More -
Egyptian army continues crackdown on protests
Egyptian security forces have fought opponents of army rule in Cairo for a fifth day, drawing condemnation from both the United Nations and the United States, as the number of civilians killed in the clashes since Friday rose to 12. Hundreds have been wounded and scores detained in the wake of the clashes. Police and soldiers using batons,.. More -
Syria signs Arab League peace deal
Syria has agreed to allow an Arab observer mission into the country to monitor Damascus' compliance with a peace agreement aimed at stopping violence, as human rights activists said that more than 100 people were killed across the country. Faisal al-Maqdad, Syria's deputy foreign minister, and Ahmed Ben Helli, the Arab League assistant secretary-general,.. More -
Philippines steps up flood relief efforts
A massive rescue operation is under way in the southern Philippines where more than 652 people are confirmed to have been killed in the wake of torrential rains. At least 808 are still missing after a typhoon struck the cities of Iligan and Cagayan De Oro, causing flash floods and landslides and driving tens of thousands from their homes, authorities.. More -
Iraqi PM expresses no confidence in deputy
Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, has called for MPs to withdraw confidence from one of his three deputy prime ministers in the deepening political crisis that worsened just as US forces completed their withdrawal. "The prime minister sent an official letter to parliament, asking it to withdraw its confidence in Saleh al-Mutlak after.. More -
Israel to free 550 Palestinian prisoners
Israel is to release 550 Palestinian prisoners in the second and final phase of a swap with Hamas that brought home an Israeli soldier after five years in captivity. Sunday's release will complete an Egyptian-brokered deal to exchange a total of 1,027 prisoners for Gilad Schalit, who was captured by Gaza fighters in June 2006. Schalit returned home.. More -
Last US combat troops leave Iraq
The last US combat troops based in Iraq have crossed the border into Kuwait, completing their withdrawal from the country after nearly nine years of war. The last of roughly 110 vehicles carrying 500-odd soldiers traversed the border around 7:38am local time (0438 GMT) on Sunday, leaving just a couple of hundred soldiers at the US embassy. Soldiers.. More -
Arabs League to push Syria plan at UN
Arab states may ask the UN Security Council to adopt an Arab peace plan aimed at ending a Syrian crackdown on protests but they will not seek military action, the Qatari prime minister has said. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani told a news conference after a ministerial committee meeting in Doha on Saturday that Syria was delaying in its response.. More -
Fears rise of food shortages in West Africa
Millions of people in up to five West African countries will face a food crisis in early 2012 if early warning systems are ignored, the United Nations and aid officials say. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), together with the World Food Programme (WFP) and British charity Oxfam, said this week that failed harvests and low food reserves.. More
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