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  • Egypt's Mubarak denies killing protesters

    Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has denied he ordered security forces to kill protesters, as he faced a Cairo court over the deaths of 850 demonstrators during Egypt's 2011 uprising. Mubarak told the court he never handed down orders to kill protesters. "I, Mohammed Hosni Mubarak, who is standing before you today, never handed down orders.. More

  • Gaza ceasefire extended by five days

    Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have agreed to extend a ceasefire in Gaza for another five days after failing to reach a long term agreement in Cairo-mediated talks, Palestinian and Egyptian officials said on Wednesday. A previously agreed three-day truce was set to expire less than an hour afterwards, at midnight local time (2100 GMT). "We.. More

  • Israel-Hamas talks tackle Gaza blockade

    Negotiators in Cairo have addressed the issue of the Israeli Gaza blockade , as the clock ticks down to the 2100 GMT deadline that will end a current 72-hour truce. By that time on Wednesday, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in the Egyptian capital must have either agreed on a permanent ceasefire, accepted an extension or risk a resumption of more.. More

  • US sends 130 more military advisers to Iraq

    Another 130 US military personnel have arrived in Iraq on what the Pentagon described as a temporary mission to assess the scope of the humanitarian crisis facing thousands of displaced Iraqi civilians trapped on Sinjar Mountain. Chuck Hagel, the US defense secretary, announced the deployment on Tuesday, saying that "this is not a combat boots.. More

  • Gaza residents return to destroyed homes

    Palestinians were trying to return to a semblance of their normal lives in Gaza on Tuesday as a 72-hour truce entered its second day and negotiators sat down in Cairo to seek a permanent end to hostilities. The enclave was quiet following days of Egyptian-brokered mediation to stem violence which has killed 1,945 Palestinians and 67 on the Israeli.. More

  • Erdogan wins Turkey's presidential election

    Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, has won the country's first direct presidential election in the first round after taking more that 50 percent of the vote, according to Turkey's election board. Sunday's victory will extend Erdogan's more than 10-year rule over the country for another five years. "The provisional results show.. More

  • Israel's attacks in Gaza town 'a war crime'

    An Israeli bulldozer crushed the outside of Mohammed Khalil al-Najjar’s home, pushing rubble through his kitchen. Dozens of Israeli soldiers then entered his home, many of them masked, moving from room to room, weapons in-hand. "We are 14 family members inside this home, all civilian women and children, in addition to my two boys,".. More

  • Turks to vote in key presidential election

    Turks are preparing to head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president in a vote in which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the front running candidate. For the first time in Turkey's history, the president will be elected by a popular vote, in line with a constitutional amendment adopted in 2007. Erdogan is looking to extend his more than.. More

  • Syrian children 'torn apart' by barrel bomb

    At least 13 people were kiled and 17 wounded after a Syrian government helicopter dropped a barrel bomb on a rebel-held area in the city of Aleppo, residents and a monitoring group have claimed. Residents found children "torn apart" following the barrel bomb attack, AFP news agency reported on Saturday. The attack took place in Maadi in northeaster.. More

  • Cairo talks in disarray amid Gaza violence

    Palestinian negotiators will leave Cairo on Sunday unless Israel agrees to return to Egyptian-mediated negotiations to end the war in Gaza without setting conditions, the head of the delegation Azzam Ahmed has said. "Tomorrow we have a meeting with the Egyptian leadership in the morning and on the basis of that we will decide our future plan,".. More

  • NATO chief heads to Ukraine as crisis deepens

    NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen is set to arrive in Ukraine, amid growing fears of a major Russian incursion as the alliance warns of a troop build-up at the border. Thursday's visit comes a day after Ukrainian forces carried out their first air strike on the pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Donetsk, as they said they were preparing to liberate the.. More

  • Egypt upholds 12 Brotherhood death sentences

    An Egyptian court has upheld death sentences against 12 Muslim Brotherhood supporters convicted of killing a police officer last year, judicial sources have said. Judge Moataz Khafagy first passed the sentence against the men in June and referred the case to the Grand Mufti, the country's highest religious authority for approval, which is required.. More

  • Israel 'willing to extend Gaza ceasefire'

    Israel is willing to extend a ceasefire that ended a month of fighting in Gaza beyond a Friday deadline, an Israeli official has said. The official, quoted by the Reuters news agency, said: "Israel has expressed its readiness to extend the truce under its current terms," referring to the 72-hour deal brokered by Egypt that took effect on.. More

  • US destroys 60 percent of Syria chemicals

    The United States has informed the UN Security Council that it has neutralized about 60 percent of Syria's most toxic chemicals. Mark Lyall Grant, the British ambassador to the UN and the current president of the Security Council, said that the US made the report after a video-conference briefing by Sigrid Kaag, who heads the international effort to.. More

  • US destroys 60 percent of Syria chemicals

    The United States has informed the UN Security Council that it has neutralized about 60 percent of Syria's most toxic chemicals. Mark Lyall Grant, the British ambassador to the UN and the current president of the Security Council, said that the US made the report after a video-conference briefing by Sigrid Kaag, who heads the international effort to.. More