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US blasts ICC war crimes probe of Israel as ‘tragic irony’
The US has criticised the ICC’s preliminary probe into war crimes allegedly committed by Israel in Gaza as "counterproductive to the cause of peace".
US shutdown: Gunslinging and standoffs straight out of fiction
Democrat sheriff Barack Obama and his Republican foes have been on the brink many times but the final two days are bizarre and unpredictable.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood calls for election boycott
The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest opposition force, called on Egyptians on Monday to boycott local council elections due on Tuesday in protest at the disqualification of…
Bush orders clampdown on flights to US
The United States administration is pressing the 27 governments of the European Union to sign up for a range of new security measures for transatlantic travel, including allowing…
Eritrea accuses Ethiopia of plotting to invade
Eritrea accused arch-foe Ethiopia on Saturday of plotting to invade it ahead of a late-November deadline to mark their disputed border on maps. Analysts and diplomats fear…