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NATO condemns fiery speech by Libyan leader

NATO condemns fiery speech by Libyan leader

Tripoli - NATO accused Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi on Saturday of using mosques and children's parks as shields, saying the…
Syrian army attacks village near Turkish border

Syrian army attacks village near Turkish border

Beirut - Syrian troops backed by tanks and firing heavy machine guns swept into a village near the Turkish border…
Karzai: US ‘holding talks with Taliban’

Karzai: US ‘holding talks with Taliban’

Kabul - The United States is holding talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday, in what is…
UN splits Al-Qaeda and Taliban on sanctions list

UN splits Al-Qaeda and Taliban on sanctions list

United Nations - The UN Security Council on Friday split the international sanctions regime for the Taliban and Al-Qaeda to…
Allies say Yemeni president to return home in days

Allies say Yemeni president to return home in days

Sanaa - Yemen's president plans to return home within days after treatment in Saudi Arabia for serious injuries in an…
Shelling erupts in Sudan’s Abyei, official says

Shelling erupts in Sudan’s Abyei, official says

Juba - Shelling between northern and southern Sudanese troops forced aid workers to evacuate the town of Agok at the…
UN reinforcements head to Sudan conflict state

UN reinforcements head to Sudan conflict state

United Nations - The United Nations is sending peacekeeper reinforcements to the strife-torn Sudanese state of South Kordofan and has…
Envoy: Qadhafi in talks with Libya’s rebels

Envoy: Qadhafi in talks with Libya’s rebels

Tripoli - Muammer Qadhafi's regime is in direct talks with Libya's rebels, a Russian envoy indicated, as the strongman's son…
Nigeria’s Islamists claim suicide bombing

Nigeria’s Islamists claim suicide bombing

Kano, Nigeria - A radical Islamist sect has claimed responsibility for Nigeria's first suicide bombing, saying the attack that killed…
Iraq’s Mehdi Army faces splits, wary of return to war

Iraq’s Mehdi Army faces splits, wary of return to war

Baghdad - Iraq's anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is reviving fears of sectarian violence with a warning he will unleash his…
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