The Public Health Ministry on Sunday confirmed the fifth case of AH1N1 flu in Cuba, state media reported. The patient is a 62-year-old Canadian tourist who arrived from Toronto in the eastern city of …
Pakistan tribesmen battle Taliban
Hundreds of tribesmen are continuing an offensive against Taliban militants in north-west Pakistan, officials say. Full Story …
TV Reporter Gunned Down in Guatemala
A reporter for the Tele Diario news show of Guatemala’s Channel 3 television was gunned down in the eastern city of Chiquimula, police said on Sunday. Marco Antonio Estrada was killed after parking …
Don’t discount Israel pre-emptive strike, Hillary Clinton warns Iran
Hillary Clinton refused yesterday to rule out a pre-emptive Israeli military strike on Iran. It was the first time that a senior member of the Obama Administration had openly discussed such a …
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Lebanon's pro-Western bloc claims election win
BEIRUT – Lebanon's Western-backed coalition declared victory Monday in the nation's parliamentary election and its supporters set off fireworks in street parties. But if official results confirm a …
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Deadly Baghdad blast strikes bus
A bomb explosion on a minibus has killed seven people and wounded dozens more at a bus terminal in southern Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. Full Story …
One dead in new clashes in troubled south Yemen
DUBAI, June 8 (Reuters) - One person died and other was wounded in clashes between security forces and protesters on Monday in south Yemen, where secessionist sentiment is strong, Al Jazeera …
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Four militants killed in Gaza border battle
At least four Palestinian militants were killed on Monday in a gunbattle with Israeli soldiers along the border of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, the deadliest such incident in months, medics said. Full …
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Palestinian tensions on the rise in West Bank town
QALQILYA, West Bank (Reuters) - "You are a traitor," grieving mother Um Mohammad Atiyyeh shouted at a Palestinian security man guarding the house where her son, a Hamas militant, was shot dead in a …
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Second video from German terrorist turns up online
A second video from German Islamist extremist Eric Breininger shows a direct connection between al Qaida and the Uzbekistan-based terrorist group the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), daily Die Welt reported …
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