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 Barack Obama, the US Democratic presidential candidate, has met the president of Afghanistan on the second day of his tour of the country. read more [Aljazeera]  Somalia's opposition coalition has endorsed a truce with the country's transitional government amid efforts to end years of bloodshed read more [Aljazeera]  At least nine Indian soldiers have been killed and 16 others injured by an improvised explosive device in the divided region of Kashmir. read more [Aljazeera]  Iran has given "no clear answer" to a package of incentives offered in exchange for suspending its nuclear programme, Javier Solana, the EU's diplomatic chief, said following talks on Iran's nuclear ambitions. read more [Aljazeera]  Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc has rejoined the Shia-led government in a breakthrough for national reconciliation. read more [Aljazeera]  The World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed to foreign governments to provide naval escorts to protect its food ships from pirates off the Somali coast. read more [Aljazeera]  The United States and Iraq have agreed to seek "a general time horizon" for withdrawing American troops, according to the White House. read more [Aljazeera]  Thousands of people have attended a memorial service in Beirut for eight Hezbollah fighters killed in the 2006 war with Israel. read more [Aljazeera]  A senior Iran diplomat has arrived in Geneva for talks with European negotiators where for the first time a high-level US official will be present. read more [Aljazeera]  There have been violent protests at the stock exchange in Karachi after shares on the Pakistani stock market plummeted again. read more [Aljazeera]  Iran welcomes US participation in international talks over its nuclear program provided Washington does not repeat 'past mistakes.' read more [presstv]  Clashes between the Somali fighters and the government soldiers have left 128 people dead in separate parts of the violence-hit country. read more [presstv]  Egyptian police have uncovered a cache of 550 pounds (250 kilograms) of explosives hidden in the Sinai desert near the border with Israel. read more [presstv]  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is traveling to Colombia to discuss plans to establish a South American defense council. read more [presstv]  An American soldier, who escaped Iraq's 'illegal war of aggression' and sought refuge in Canada, has been deported to the United States. read more [presstv]  The bodies of nearly 200 Lebanese and Palestinian fighters, returned as part of an exchange deal with Israel, are heading towards Beirut from southern Lebanon. read more [Aljazeera]  Sudan has dismissed the move by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek the arrest of its president on charges of waging a campaign of genocide and rape in Darfur. read more [Aljazeera]  The United States' senior military officer has said he will probably recommend withdrawing more US troops from Iraq if security there improves. read more [Aljazeera]  British military experts are to help Nigerian forces protect the country's oil installations, which are under attack from groups seeking a greater share in oil wealth for the local population. read more [Aljazeera]  At least 21 Indian police commandos have been killed in a Maoist attack in the impoverished east of the country, officials said. read more [Aljazeera]  Taliban fighters have stormed a Nato-led forces' outpost in northeastern Afghanistan, killing nine American soldiers and wounding another fifteen, before being driven back. read more [Aljazeera]  The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) has called for the arrest of Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, for alleged war crimes in Darfur. read more [Aljazeera]  China has unveiled fresh steps to tighten security for the upcoming Olympics, warning of an unprecedented threat to the games less than four weeks ahead of the opening ceremony in Beijing. read more [Aljazeera]  Seven senior Nepali police officers, taken hostage by their subordinates in a protest over alleged ill-treatment and poor food, have been released. read more [Aljazeera]  Local aid workers in Somalia have held meetings to discuss the growing insecurity in the country and the spate of killings of aid workers. read more [Aljazeera]  Syria and Lebanon have agreed to open embassies in each other's capital. read more [Aljazeera]  Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, has said that Israel and the Palestinians have "never been this close" read more [Aljazeera]  Heads of state and government from countries ringing the Mediterranean are set to meet in Paris over the weekend to launch the Mediterranean Union project. read more [Aljazeera]  Iran has displayed its military power for a third consecutive day, carrying out more missile tests and holding exercises in the Gulf. read more [Aljazeera]  Thousands of protesters have marched to Venezuela's supreme court to protest against the disqualification of 272 people hoping to stand in upcoming regional elections. read more [Aljazeera]  Khartoum has condemned as "criminal" plans by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek the arrest of Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, for alleged crimes in the Darfur region. read more [Aljazeera]  Lebanon has announced a new 30-member national unity government, seven weeks after an agreement brokered by Qatar brought the country back from the brink of civil war. read more [Aljazeera]  Russia and China have vetoed a United Nations resolution calling for sanctions to be imposed on Zimbabwe. read more [Aljazeera]  Some 30,000 Muslims from across Bosnia have gathered to remember the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and bury the remains of more than 300 newly identified victims. read more [Aljazeera]  Six-nation talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programme are set to resume in Beijing for the first time in nine months. read more [Aljazeera]  The Reverend Jesse Jackson has formally apologized for the crude comments he made about Senator Barack Obama in an off-air program. read more [Presstv]  Two men have been detained over alleged links to an attack on the American consulate in Istanbul, Turkish television has reported. read more [Aljazeera]  A senior US army officer has said that ground troops will have mostly finished combat operations in Iraq by the middle of 2009. read more [Aljazeera]  Israeli security forces have shot and killed a Hamas member who tried to escape arrest near the occupied West Bank town of Jenin, the Israeli army says. read more [Aljazeera]  Three Turkish policemen have been killed and two others injured after assailants opened fire in front of the US consulate in Istanbul, the local governor and media reports say. read more [Aljazeera]  Kenya's finance minister has announced his resignation from the country's coalition government amid allegations of corruption in the sale of a luxury hotel in the capital, Nairobi. read more [Aljazeera]  A former female minister in Cambodia's Khmer Rouge government has lost an appeal against her continued detention. read more [Aljazeera]  A bipartisan group of US statesmen led by two former secretaries of state has recommended stricter limits on the president's ability to wage war. read more [Aljazeera]  Three Georgian police officers and two soldiers from the separatist government of Abkhazia have been shot in clashes, according to Georgian officials. read more [Aljazeera]  A bloc of communist-led parties will end support for India's coalition government in protest against a nuclear energy deal with the US, party leaders have announced. read more [Aljazeera]  Pakistan is not behind the suicide car-bombing that targeted the Indian embassy in Kabul on Monday, killing 41 people, including two senior Indian diplomats, Yousaf Raza Gillani, the country's prime minister, has said. read more [Aljazeera]  Somalia's Muslim youth movement vows to keep fighting Ethiopian troops read more [Aljazeera]  The fatal shooting of the UN development chief in Somalia was a deliberate act, according to officials. read more [Aljazeera]  Dmitry Medvedev has met with several leaders during the Group of Eight (G8) economic powers summit in Japan, his first global forum since taking over as Russia's president. read more [Aljazeera]  Israel has agreed to an unusual request from Egypt to reopen border crossings with Gaza, officials say.. read more [Aljazeera]  Many killed in Kabul suicide blast. At least 40 people, including Indian diplomats, have been killed and more than 100 others wounded in Afghanistan's capital after an attack on the Indian embassy, offficials say.. read more [Aljazeera]  Israeli troops have raided the West Bank town of Nablus, shutting down three facilities of a Hamas-affiliated charity and a medical centre, Palestinians say. read more [Aljazeera]  The head of the United Nations development programme in Somalia has been shot dead in the capital, Mogadishu. read more [Aljazeera]  The annual summit of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations has begun in Japan with the issue of aid for Africa taking centre-stage on the first day. read more [Aljazeera]  Fidel Castro has called on Columbia's Farc rebels to release its remaining hostages. read more [Aljazeera]  Leaders of some of the world's richest countries are heading to Japan for their annual meeting. read more [Aljazeera]  Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated in South Korea's capital against the government's decision to import US beef. read more [Aljazeera]  Thabo Mbeki, the South African president, has met Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president, and representatives from a breakaway faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). read more [Aljazeera]  A 41-year-old Berliner was arrested after wax figure of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was beheaded shortly after a new branch of Madame Tussauds opened in Berlin, police said. read more [Aljazeera]  Troops from northern and southern Sudan are pulling out from the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei. read more [Aljazeera]  At least 15 people, including a woman and a child, have been killed in a US air raid in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial governor has said read more [Aljazeera]  Last-minute disagreements between various political groups could hold up the announcement of the formation of a new Lebanese cabinet, sources say. read more [Aljazeera]  Iran says it is ready to negotiate with world powers over its nuclear programme but will not suspend its controversial uranium enrichment work. read more [Aljazeera]  Poland has said a US offer to boost its air defences in return for basing anti-missile interceptors on its soil is insufficient, but that it remained open to talks with Washington. read more [Aljazeera]  Video footage which appears to show ballot-rigging taking place in Zimbabwe's recent presidential run-off election has been posted on the website of a British newspaper. read more [Aljazeera]  China and Taiwan have resumed regular direct flights between the two sides for the first time in nearly 60 years read more [Aljazeera]  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez advises Washington to stop making threats against Iran and Venezuela in hopes of seeing lower oil prices. read more [PRESSTV]  The Israeli military has closed border crossings into the Gaza Strip after a rocket was fired from the territory in defiance of an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire in effect since last month. read more [Aljazeera]  Barack Obama, the US Democratic presidential candidate, has denied that comments he made over refining his Iraq policy meant he had altered his position on withdrawing US troops. read more [Aljazeera]  Pakistan's Foreign Office Spokesman, Muhammad Sadiq Pakistan says that the US-led forces have no authority to take a military action inside the country in the name of so-called war on terror. read more [PRESSTV]  The death toll from fighting between Somali anti-government fighters and Ethiopian and Ugandan forces, has risen to 53 people, according to a human rights organisation. read more [Aljazeera]  Ingrid Betancourt, the French-Colombian politician held hostage by Farc rebels for more than six years, has thanked the Colombian army for rescuing her. read more [Aljazeera]  Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, has announced his group's agreement to a prisoner exchange deal with Israel. read more [Aljazeera]  Chad's security forces have claimed to have killed more than 60 people loyal to a Muslim spiritual leader in clashes in the town of Kouno, around 300km south east of the capital Ndjamena. read more [Aljazeera] |
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