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US closes its Yemen embassy after Al-Qaeda threats »
The American embassy in Yemen closed on Sunday after Al-Qaeda threats to attack US interests, as Britain and the United States vowed to support the impoverished country in its fight against Al-Qaeda.
Search continues as Brazil landslides kill 63 »
The search continues for more bodies from an avalanche of mud and rock that buried a luxury Brazilian hotel filled with new year’s revellers, as the death toll from heavy rains in the country’s south rose to 63.
US baulks at Iran’s nuclear demand »
White House tells Iran that it is ”standing in its own way” by imposing ultimatum on world powers.
Positions must be open to ex-Taliban, says general »
British general in charge of new NATO unit seeking to reintegrate former insurgents expects to see Taliban commanders take senior positions within Afghan Government.
Iran issues ‘ultimatum’ to West »
Iran has given the West an “ultimatum” to accept a uranium swap deal or else it will produce its own nuclear fuel for a Tehran reactor.
Natural disasters kill 60 in Brazil »
Rescuers have pulled more bodies from an avalanche of thick mud and rock that buried a luxury hotel filled with New Year revellers.
Pakistan suicide bomb toll nears 100 »
Families in a northwest Pakistani village that tried to resist Taliban infiltration are mourning 96 people killed in an apparent revenge suicide bombing.
Revellers unfazed by greater security »
Revellers ring in the new year across the globe with spectacular fireworks displays and big parties against a backdrop of tightened security.
US deaths raise fears over Taliban infiltration »
The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and wounded six others at an Afghanistan CIA base was a Taliban infiltrator in an Afghan army uniform, according to US officials and claims from the Taliban.
Taliban claims attacks that killed Americans, Canadians »
The Taliban said Thursday it was behind bombings that killed eight Americans, most of them CIA employees, and five Canadians in one of the deadliest bouts of violence against Westerners in Afghanistan.