Taliban leader killed
After initially denying reports of his death, Taliban spokesmen have now confirmed that Mullah Dadullah, their most public and prominent leader, has been killed in clashes with
Israeli air-strike on Islamic Jihad unit
An Israeli military aircraft targeted a Islamic Jihad unit on Monday, as their car drove in the Gaza Strip, wounding one of the fighters.
Israeli foreign minister criticises Olmert
Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, has told Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that he should resign in the wake of the Winograd commission's findings.
Al-Qaida head in Iraq 'killed'
Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the head of al-Qaida in Iraq, is reported to have been killed in an "internal battle" between militants
Crisis in Turkey
A memorandum issued over the weekend by the Turkish military has prompted words of caution and outrage inside Turkey. The memorandum, which threatened army intervention in defence
Hamas militants end truce
Combatants of Hamas' military wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, have ended their five-month truce with Israel, firing 61 mortars and 30 rockets into Israel on
Georgia
The Council unanimously renewed the mandate for the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG), which was set to expire 15 April, for six months.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has
Pentagon defends Baghdad security policy
US defence officials have defended their efforts to improve security in Baghdad, despite recent high-profile incidents. After all, Pentagon spokesperson Bryan Whitman conceded, "Any
Afghanistan: the civilian toll
A new Human Rights Watch report accuses the Taliban, Hezb-e-Islami and other armed groups in Afghanistan of war crimes as they slaughter civilians through suicide bombings,
Tycoon pursues Russian coup d'état
Exiled Russian multimillionaire, Boris Berezovsky, has disclosed that he intends to instigate a coup in the Kremlin to oust President Putin. Based in
Last week's kidnapping of fifteen western tourists in Ethiopia underlined the vulnerability of tourists and foreign workers in the unstable parts of the middle east and north Africa.
This week's attack on the "Samjhauta Express" train between India and Pakistan shocked the world after a symbol of friendship and reconciliation was reduced to carnage
