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  • Putin urges Ukraine referenda delay

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked pro-Kremlin separatists in southeastern Ukraine to postpone a series of disputed referendums planned for this weekend on declaring greater autonomy or outright independence from Kiev. The move was announced after a Kremlin meeting with the current Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe chief,.. More

  • Fighters begin withdrawal from Syria's Homs

    Syrian opposition fighters have begun withdrawing from the central city of Homs under a ceasefire deal agreed with government forces, opposition activists say. Several buses entered the Old City district on Wednesday to withdraw the first of 1,000 fighters surrounded there by government troops, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human.. More

  • Polling begins across seven Indian states

    Voters are queuing up at polling stations in seven states to cast their ballots in the eighth phase of voting in India's parliamentary elections. There are 64 Lok Sabha seats at stake across the following states: Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, and Jammu and Kashmir. Already elections have been completed.. More

  • Gezi Park protesters on mass trial in Turkey

    More than 250 people have gone on trial in Turkey over anti-government protests that rocked the country last year. The 255 suspects, including seven foreigners, are facing trial for last year's Gezi Park protests, that mushroomed from a demonstration over proposed redevelopment of an Istanbul park into massive protests against the rule of Prime Minister.. More

  • Egypt bars Mubarak-era leaders from elections

    An Egyptian court has banned leaders of former president Hosni Mubarak's political party from running in any elections. A Cairo Court ruled on Tuesday that leaders from Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) could not run in any presidential, parliamentary or local city council elections. The court based its ruling on the decision to disband the.. More

  • Abbas meets Hamas leader in Doha

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal have met for the first time since their rival factions signed a surprise unity deal. "The meeting has started," a source in Abbas's Ramallah office told the AFP news agency about the meeting in the Qatari capital Doha on Monday. Abbas had arrived in Doha the previous day... More

  • S Sudan army captures key towns from rebels

    South Sudan's army has captured the key rebel base of Nasir and the northern oil hub of Bentiu following a major offensive against rebel commander Riek Machar and his forces. Army spokesman Philip Aguer told Al Jazeera the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) recaptured the towns of Nasir and Bentiu from Machar, who has been fighting government forces.. More

  • Confusion surrounds Libya PM's election

    Libya's deputy parliamentary speaker has rejected the election of the country's new Prime Minister, in the latest political struggle to strike the North African country. Hours after Ahmed Maiteeq was sworn in as prime minister, the deputy speaker declared the vote as invalid, as a power struggle erupted in the assembly. According to a letter published.. More

  • A Recipe for Marital Bliss

    Marital bliss is the precious pursuit of every family and an easily attainable goal for every one who is keen on it and pursues it. A happy family is the source of giving, security, peace of mind, and the way to success. Here we will present a useful recipe for marital bliss: First, it is the custom that a man feels jealous over his wife. Sometimes,.. More

  • Egypt presidential candidates launch campaign

    Campaigning for Egypt's presidential election has opened as the country gears up for its first elections since Mohamed Morsi was ousted by the military last July. Former army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi are contesting the May 26-27 presidential poll, which is widely expected to see Sisi ascend to power. Supporters.. More

  • Ukraine forces move on rebels in Kramatorsk

    Ukraine continued to press military operations against pro-Russian separatists, a day after at least 40 people died in clashes and battles in the bloodiest day so far of the crisis. Ukrainian troops moved towards the rebel-held town of Kramatorsk on Saturday, with the government vowing it would not stop its operations to dislodge separatists. Russian.. More

  • Thousands reported dead in Afghan landslide

    Afghan provincial officials have said thousands of people were killed in a catastrophic landslide that buried a village in the Hindu Kush under tons of rubble. A spokesman for the provincial governor, Shah Waliullah Adeeb, said on Saturday that 2,100 people from 300 families were killed when a hill collapsed on the village of Hobo Barik, in Badakshan.. More

  • Israeli army demolishes mosque in West Bank

    A mosque was among several Palestinian structures destroyed by the Israeli army in the West Bank village of Khirbet al-Tawil for having been built without permits. Tuesday's demolitions came a day after the Israeli supreme court gave the state 90 days to propose "ways to facilitate participation of local Palestinians... in planning processes".. More

  • Egyptians reel from mass death sentence

    Five months ago, 30-year-old Abu Bakr Ismail, a pharmacist and father of two, was arrested and taken to jail. The move stunned his family, who say Ismail was an observant, traditional Muslim. "My brother is an innocent man," 29-year-old Amr Ismail said. "He was arrested because he was bearded and memorized the Quran." On Monday,.. More

  • Aleppo school hit by deadly air raid

    A Syrian school has been hit in a government airstrike in the opposition-held district of Aleppo, killing at least 19 people, including 10 children, activists have reported. According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an anti-government monitoring group, Wednesday’s attack hit the Ein Jalout school in the eastern part of Aleppo. Act.. More