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  • Israel pummels Gaza amid new truce bid

    Israel has pummeled Gaza for a 14th day, raising the Palestinian death toll to more than 580, as ceasefire efforts continue in Doha and Cairo. With air strikes and shelling raining down across the besieged coastal enclave, Israel's army on Tuesday said two of its soldiers had been killed the day earlier, bringing the Israeli toll to 27 troops and two.. More

  • Iran dilutes enriched uranium stockpile

    Iran has turned all of its enriched uranium closest to the level needed to make nuclear arms into more harmless forms, the United Nations' nuclear agency has said. Tehran had committed to convert or dilute its 20-percent enriched stockpile under an agreement with six powers last November that froze its atomic programs pending negotiations on a comprehensiv.. More

  • UN chief condemns 'atrocious' Gaza killings

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by Israeli shelling as an "atrocious action" and called for an immediate end to almost two weeks of fighting. Ban's comments on Sunday came before a UN Security Council emergency meeting on Gaza early on Monday that was convened on the request.. More

  • Egypt border guards killed in western desert

    Armed men have killed 21 Egyptian military border guards near the frontier with Libya, highlighting a growing threat from an area that authorities say has become a haven for fighters seeking to topple the Cairo government. Security officials said on Saturday the assailants were smugglers. But the army spokesman said on his Facebook page that "terrorists.. More

  • Toll mounts as Israel shells northern Gaza

    The death toll in Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip passed 360 as the territory was bombarded throughout the night by the heaviest barrage of tank shells since the beginning of the offensive twelve days ago. Thirty-one bodies were brought to hospitals on Sunday morning, medics told Al Jazeera, and the number was expected to rise as ambulances were.. More

  • Official: 181 bodies found at Malaysian plane site

    Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners — dressed in overalls and covered in soot — spread out Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of the Malaysian plane shot down as it flew miles above the country's battlefield. The attack Thursday afternoon killed 298 people.. More

  • Civilian causalities grow in Israeli attacks

    The Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza buzzes with activity, as dozens of Palestinians rush in with injuries from artillery fire. Usually, patients feel protected in the hospital, but not on Friday morning, after the news spread that an Israeli tank shell hit a hospital in Beit Hanoun. “The moment I see Israeli missiles shelling hospitals,.. More

  • Iran: Nuclear talks may go beyond deadline

    Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the nuclear talks may be extended beyond its July 20 deadline after meeting with top diplomats from six world powers. Zarif said on Tuesday that "serious differences" remained in nuclear talks with the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China. But he said that the.. More

  • Israel to expand Gaza campaign as truce fails

    Israel has resumed air strikes on the Gaza Strip just hours after agreeing to an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire that was not formally accepted by the Palestinian group Hamas. Fresh air strikes were launched on Gaza at around 12:00GMT on Tuesday after Hamas fired nearly 76 rockets at Israel since 9am, the Israeli army said. "We have resumed.. More

  • US strikes $11bn arms deal with Qatar

    The United States has signed an agreement with Qatar to sell Apache attack helicopters and Patriot and Javelin air-defense systems valued at $11bn. The agreement was signed at the Pentagon by US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Qatar's defense minister, Hamad bin Ali al-Attiyah. "Today's signing ceremony underscores the strong partnership between.. More

  • Hamas rejects Egypt ceasefire plan for Gaza

    The armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas has rejected an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, according to its official website. The Qassam Brigades said on Tuesday that it had not been sent details about the "alleged initiative" from any side, "officially or unofficially". The statement said that excerpts published.. More

  • Iran and West fail to reach nuclear pact

    Nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers appear likely to be extended past their target end date of July 20 after the sides failed to reach an agreement in Vienna. John Kerry, the US secretary of state, and fellow foreign ministers met in the Austrian capital on Sunday to try and advance the talks with Iran, with a target date only a week away.. More

  • Israeli raids on Gaza enter seventh day

    Israel has hit the Gaza Strip with air strikes and artillery fire on the seventh day of its offensive and as diplomatic efforts to halt the bloodshed intensified. Aircraft struck three training facilities of Hamas's military wing, the Qassam Brigades, around the coastal territory early on Monday, but caused no casualties, medics and eyewitnesses said. They.. More

  • North Korea fires missiles into sea

    North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into the sea, Seoul's military said, in an apparent show of anger at an upcoming joint military drill between South Korea and the US. The two short-range ballistic missiles were fired into the sea off the east coast early on Sunday, the South's defense ministry told AFP. "Their range appear to be.. More

  • Israeli troops launch first incursion in Gaza

    Israeli marines clashed with Hamas gunmen in the first reported ground incursion in the Gaza Strip, after the deadliest night of violence in Israel's latest offensive in which 18 members of the same family were killed. The Israeli army said at least four soldiers were "lightly injured" on Sunday, as they attacked a site in northern Gaza the.. More