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- Gaza toll mounts as UN Security Council... 7 hours ago
Israel carried out new deadly air raids on the Gaza Strip on Friday as the UN Security Council called for an immediate ceasefire to end the two-week-old conflict in the Palestinian enclave. ...more
- Al Qaeda Pakistan Chief 'Is Dead' 7 hours ago
Al Qaeda's operations chief in Pakistan and his lieutenant are believed to be dead, a US counter-terrorism official has said. ...more
- China plans production controls for... 7 hours ago
China plans to impose production controls on melamine, the cheap industrial ingredient at the centre of a milk-contamination scandal that shocked China and the rest of the world last year, a newspaper said on Friday. ...more
- UN demands Gaza Strip ceasefire 7 hours ago
The United Nations has demanded an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. ...more
- EU seeks gas supply return after monitors... 8 hours ago
Europe on Friday looked for a swift restoration of gas supplies, after striking a deal with Moscow on monitoring gas shipments via Ukraine that have been halted by a rancorous pricing dispute with Kiev. ...more
- UN rights council to debate 'grave violations... 8 hours ago
The UN Human Rights Council was due to hold Friday a special session on the conflict in Gaza Strip to examine a motion by Egypt, Pakistan and Cuba seeking condemnation of the Israeli offensive and of "grave" violations. ...more
- West African nations meet amid split... 8 hours ago
West African foreign ministers were set to gather here Friday for the first part of a meeting that could formally suspend Guinea from the ECOWAS group following the recent coup there. ...more
- At least 40 dead in Pakistan slum fire... 8 hours ago
At least 40 people were killed, more than half of them children, when a fire tore through dozens of homes in a shanty town in Pakistan's largest city Karachi, officials said Friday. ...more
- US, Iran have shared interest in Afghanistan... 8 hours ago
Iran could become involved in a regional strategy to the conflict in Afghanistan, as Tehran shares common interests with the United States there, suggested General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command. ...more
- Two U.S. soldiers killed in Afghan suicide... 9 hours ago
Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a suicide car bomb attack in a market in southern Afghanistan, NATO said Friday, adding the Taliban had claimed responsibility. ...more
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