The Irish Republican Army has finally destroyed its complete arsenal of military weapons, retired Canadian General John de Chastelain, announced Tuesday in Belfast. He claims that this time the entire arsenal has been disarmed and IRA has no more weapons
Al-Qaeda have made their first television news broadcast, via the Internet, media reported. The 16-minute bulletin entitled Sout al-Khalifa (the Voice of the Caliphate) had the newsreader's face covered, and there was a rifle and a Koran at his side, acco
The No 2 al Qaeda leader in Iraq was killed Sunday night, US officials say. Abu Azzam, reportedly the deputy to Abu Musab al Zarqawi, was shot during a house raid in Baghdad, according to Pentagon officials.
A suicide car bomber killed at least six people and wounded 13 outside the oil ministry in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Monday. Those, who were killed were mostly police officers and all the wounded were civilian government employees.
Swiss approved the government-sponsored proposal to allow citizens from the ten new EU members to work in Switzerland. About 59% from the voters approved citizens of eight Eastern European and two Mediterranean countries to travel and work freely in Switz
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair denied reports that British soldiers will start withdrawing from Iraq next May. Any exit strategy "depends on the job being done", he told in an interview for BBC.
Switzerland voted in a nationwide referendum to open its job market to workers from the 10 newest European Union countries. Fifty-six percent voted for the proposal, with 44% voting against, a clearer majority than expected.
Four militiamen loyal to Iraq's radical Shia cleric, Moqtada Sadr, have been killed in clashes with US forces in Baghdad overnight. It is the first such fighting since a rebellion by supporters of the cleric ended more than a year ago.
A US helicopter has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing all five crew on board. The CH-47 Chinook helicopter came down during an operation near Day Chopan, in the southern Zabul province.
Israeli helicopters fired missiles at targets in the northern Gaza. The attack came after more than 21 rockets from the Gaza Strip hit Sderot in Israel, injuring five people.
A huge explosion at a parade by the resistance group Hamas in the Gaza Strip killed more than ten Palestinians. Reports say a truck carrying fighters exploded during the parade in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza.
A man was arrested under the Terrorism Act at Manchester Airport, following a struggle with officers. Police carried out a controlled explosion on a suspect package, following a struggle with officers.
Ukraine's parliament confirmed President Viktor Yushchenko's nominee for prime minister. Economist Yuriy Yekhanurov becomes Ukraine's prime minister after earlier this week an initial vote failed to approve the candidate amid ongoing political turmoil in
US President George W. Bush has declared a state of emergency in Texas and Louisiana, as hurricane Rita's winds were at 265 km/h early on Thursday.
As hurricane Rita draws nearer, the big petrol companies have started evacuating their staff from the Mexican Gulf. British Petroleum, announced that they would cut in half the number of employees in the endangered area, now totaling 1,500 people.
The International Day of Peace is observed on September 21 each year, an initiative of the United Nations to encourage all nations to cooperate in ending memories of war.The event is intended as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence and an opportunit
The suicide bombers who attacked London on 7 July staged a practice run nine days before the bombings, police say. Detectives studied the CCTV footage as part of their investigation into the attacks, which killed 52 people and the bombers.
An earthquake measured 4.9 on the Richter scale rocked the Greek Island of Kefalonia, some 400 km west of Athens, ANA news agency informed.
In an historic joint statement North Korea agrees to give up all its nuclear activities, abandon all its nuclear programmes and rejoin the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which North Korea has abandoned three years ago. As a compensation the six partie
A car bomb explosion at a market near Baghdad on Saturday killed more than 30 people and wounded many others. The explosion was caused by a car, parked near a stall in the middle of the square and it was not a suicide bombing attack, a police spokesman s
A bomb has exploded inside the British Embassy in Croatia, Sky News reported. An embassy spokeswoman said one person has been slightly injured in the blast.
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