Nine policemen were killed in Afghanis-tan on Sunday in international military air strikes called in when police and troops clashed after mistaking each other for Taliban, authorities said. The "friendly fire" incident occurred before dawn when Afghan and international soldiers
US human rights lawyers charged Sunday that US military prisons are "legal black holes" and the force is detaining journalists to "shut people up" about activities in Iraq and Afghanistan. A vast detention camp planned for the main US base
Lawyers for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday they would prove that the testimony of a US millionaire at the heart of a corruption probe of the embattled premier was "null and void." "We are going to prove in
Pakistani troops and gunships killed 15 pro-Taliban militants and captured 60 others while clearing a restive northwestern town near the Afghan border, the military said Sunday. Authorities launched the offensive in the increasingly troubled district of Hangu Wednesday after Taliban
The rights group run by Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi issued a stark warning on Sunday to the Iranian authorities about what it called growing public despair over human rights and economic pressures. In its quarterly report the Defenders of
A special military trial at Guantanamo is due to open Monday as detainee Salim Hamdan, who worked as a driver for terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, faces the first US war-crimes tribunal since the end of World War II. Hamdan,
An Israeli soldier shot an arrested and bound Palestinian in the leg with a plastic bullet, footage released by an Israeli human-rights group showed on Sunday. B'Tselem's video shows the Palestinian demonstrator - identified as Ashraf Abu Rahman, 27 -
Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc on Saturday ended an almost year-long boycott of Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government, in a major boost for reconciliation in the deeply divided country. Parliament overwhelmingly endorsed the appointment of six ministers from the
Kurdish rebels on Sunday freed three German climbers they had kidnapped this month in eastern Turkey, surrendering the men unharmed as the army closed in, the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced. "[Turkish] Foreign Minister Ali Babacan called his opposite number in
Rebels in northern Iran have killed two members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the latest deadly clashes in the region, the Fars news agency reported on Sunday. "Two Revolutionary Guards were killed on Saturday in the East Azarbaijan province
King Abdullah II was urged on Sunday to pardon a Jordanian soldier who is serving a life sentence for killing seven Israeli schoolgirls in 1997. "After around 12 years in prison, Ahmad Dakamseh deserves your majesty's special pardon," a group
As Hizbullah boasted of victory in this week's prisoner swap with Israel, analysts said that the exchange gave the resistance group increased political leverage at home. On Wednesday Israel handed over its last five Lebanese prisoners, including the longest serving
Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis called on Turkey on Sunday to end the "unacceptable" division of the island of Cyprus and help find a solution. "There must be an end to this unacceptable situation and a fair and viable solution
An Indian soldier and a police officer were killed and three others were seriously wounded in a gunbattle with militants in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir on Sunday, an official said. The fighting came a day after nine Indian soldiers were killed
Jordan has granted entry visas to around 17,000 Iraqis in less than three months, the local press reported on Sunday, as the tiny kingdom struggles to cope with a huge influx of refugees. "There have been 9,489 visa requests for
Arab League chief Amr Moussa headed for Khartoum on Sunday with a plan aimed at stalling possible legal moves against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, accused of masterminding genocide in Darfur. Bashir was to receive Moussa Sunday evening, bolstered by an
Iran was on Sunday facing a two-week deadline to give a final answer to world powers seeking a breakthrough in the nuclear crisis, after talks with the EU foreign-policy chief ended in stalemate. Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday pledged new aid to the Palestinians and called for a freeze on Israeli settlement building to bolster the Middle East peace process. "We have pledged $500 million for economic development in Palestine over
