AFP - Afghan and NATO forces cleared Taliban militants from villages near Kandahar on Thursday, killing or wounding hundreds of rebels in a major operation, a provincial governor said.
AFP - A fragile truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas came into force in the Gaza Strip on Thursday amid scepticism over how long the Egyptian-brokered deal would hold.
Reuters - Four U.S. helicopter engines worth more
than $13 million have been stolen while they were being trucked
from Afghanistan to a port in Pakistan to be shipped home, the
U.S. military said.
Reuters - Iraqi security forces launched a
crackdown on Shi'ite militias in the southern city of Amara on
Thursday, the latest drive in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's
campaign to restore order to Iraq.
Reuters - China has evacuated more than
70,000 people near the epicenter of last month's devastating
earthquake to avoid further casualties from landslides and
other disasters during the annual flood season.
Reuters - Iran said on Thursday it was ready to
negotiate over a new package of economic incentives put forward
by major powers seeking to persuade Tehran to curb its nuclear
work.
Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition MDC has launched
an urgent court action to appeal a state-media ban on its
advertisements and cover of the party ahead of next week's
presidential run-off election, a spokesman said on Thursday.
Reuters - Afghan and NATO-led
forces cleared out Taliban militants from the outskirts of
Kandahar city on Thursday, killing or wounding hundreds of the
insurgents, the provincial governor said.
Reuters - Israel and Hamas halted fighting in the
Gaza Strip on Thursday but, with peace prospects dim, both
sides voiced doubt over how long the Egyptian-brokered
cease-fire might hold.
Reuters - Volunteers and relief workers
fortified levees on the rising Mississippi River on Thursday to
prevent more flooding that has caused billion-dollar losses and
ignited global food inflation fears.
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday he would bring Osama bin Laden to justice in a way that wouldn't allow the terrorist mastermind to become a martyr, but he may be killed if the U.S. government finds him.
AP - Sen. John McCain called Wednesday for the construction of 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 and pledged $2 billion a year in federal funds "to make clean coal a reality," measures designed to reduce dependence on foreign oil.
