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  • Putin 'backs' Sisi to be president of Egypt

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would support a presidential bid from Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, wishing him 'luck' after holding talks in Moscow. "I know that you, Mr defense minister, have decided to run for president of Egypt," Putin said, according to Russian news reports. "It's a very responsible decision..... More

  • Syria peace talks end in deadlock

    Syria's regime and opposition have agreed on an agenda for a third round of peace talks in Geneva, despite disappointment at the little progress achieved as the second round came to an end. No date was set for the negotiations to resume, and dispute overshadowed the potential talks as the two sides debated the order in which the agenda's four topics.. More

  • Mass exodus as volcano erupts in Indonesia

    A major volcanic eruption in Indonesia has shrouded a large swathe of the country's most heavily populated island in ash, triggering the evacuation of about 200,000 people and closing three international airports. Indonesia's disaster agency said two people died on Friday in the overnight eruption of Java's Mount Kelud, considered one of the most dangerous.. More

  • Algeria mourns plane crash victims

    Algeria has started three days of national mourning for the 77 passengers who died in a military plane crash in the country's northeast, as a commission of inquiry was launched to determine the cause of the accident. An Algerian military statement said on Tuesday that 78 people were on board the C-130 that was flying through poor weather when it crashed.. More

  • Israel to build new tower in East Jerusalem

    Jerusalem's planning committee forged ahead with plans to build a nine-storey Jewish seminary in the heart of a densely-populated Palestinian neighborhood near the Old City. Plans for the new tower block, to be built in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of annexed Arab East Jerusalem, were deposited for consultation, giving the public 60 days to submit.. More

  • Fighting rages in Syria despite peace talks

    Syrian warplanes have pounded a opposition-held town near the Lebanese border, as peace talks between the government and opposition continued in Geneva. The talks have been accompanied by a sharp rise in violence on the ground in Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday that at least 4,959 people had died in Syria.. More

  • Blast at Pakistan cinema leaves many dead

    At least 13 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in an explosion targeting a cinema in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, Al Jazeera's correspondents have said. Tuesday's blast hit Shama cinema, known to show adult rated movies, and is owned by the Bilour family, one of the most powerful political families in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,.. More

  • Israel attacks two sites in Gaza Strip

    The Israeli military says it has hit an underground rocket launcher and a "terror site" in two air strikes in the occupied Gaza Strip. An unnamed Israeli army spokesman told the AFP news agency on Tuesday that the overnight attack came in response to a rocket fired from Gaza that struck the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. "In retaliation.. More

  • Syria aid mission stalls amid talks deadlock

    Peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition are not making much progress, the international mediator has acknowledged after a face-to-face meeting of the rival parties in Geneva. Negotiations intended to end Syria's three-year-old civil war began with a week-long session last month and have resumed this week in the Swiss city which hosts.. More

  • Syrian rivals meet face-to-face for talks

    Syrian regime and opposition negotiators met face-to-face for the first time during a second round of Geneva talks, as aid teams launched fresh efforts to evacuate civilians from the besieged Syrian city of Homs. The session on Tuesday was chaired by joint UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations said. "The Joint Special Representative.. More

  • Palestinian fighter wounded in Israeli strike

    A Palestinian fighter has been left in critical condition, following an Israeli air strike, the AFP news agency reported. Abdallah Kherati was riding a motorcycle in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, the Palestinian enclave bordering Israel to the west, when he was struck by a missile at around six GMT on Sunday, according to medical sources at the city's.. More

  • Yemen to become six-region federation

    A presidential panel has agreed to transform Yemen into a six-region federation as part of its political transition, state news agency Saba reported. The final approval on creating a "federal state of six regions" came at a meeting of the panel, headed by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and including representatives of Yemen's main parties,.. More

  • Palestinian fighter wounded in Israeli strike

    A Palestinian fighter has been left in critical condition, following an Israeli air strike, the AFP news agency reported. Abdallah Kherati was riding a motorcycle in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, the Palestinian enclave bordering Israel to the west, when he was struck by a missile at around six GMT on Sunday, according to medical sources at the city's.. More

  • Iran offers more nuclear sites for inspection

    Iran has agreed to an inspection of the Saghand uranium mine, as part of a seven-step plan with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to ease international fears about its nuclear programme. The IAEA also announced on Sunday that Tehran was ready to "provide information and explanations" for experiments in a type of detonator that.. More

  • Hundreds evacuated from Homs in Syria

    Six hundred people - mostly women, children and the elderly - have been evacuated from the Syrian city of Homs, according to non-governmental organizations. They were brought out by humanitarian assistance teams on Sunday despite mortar attacks and shooting. More civilians may be rescued as rebels and the Bashar al-Assad government have extended the.. More