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Al Jazeera
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Russia's defence ministry published a statement on Thursday which said 14 Russian strategic bombers had started routine patrol operations on Wednesday evening over the Pacific, the Atlantic and the Arctic. "The planes flew only over neutral water and did..
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Al Jazeera
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The statement, which was not posted on websites usually used by al-Qaeda, said Sarkozy was "thirsty for the blood of Muslim children, women and old people and eager to carry out the mission set by his masters in the Black [US White] House".
It said th..
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BBC News
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The UN Security Council has adopted a statement deploring Burma's military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
The agreement came after China lifted its objections to a statement first drafted by the US, UK and France.
It represents the first tim..
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USA Today
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The party of Burma democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi issued a statement Tuesday calling for no preconditions for dialogue with the military junta.
The junta's leaders have offered to meet with Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest, but only on condition s..
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Al Jazeera
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Task Force 134, the (US-led) organisation responsible for detainee operations, expects to release between 50 and 80 detainees per day during this holy month," a US military statement said.
Major-General Douglas Stone, commander of Task Force 134, said..
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FOX News
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The strike, which had the support of Afghan troops, was launched Sunday on a compound that also contained a mosque and a madrassa, or Islamic school, in the Zarghun Shah district of Paktika province, a coalition statement said.
"Coalition forces confir..
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CNN
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Basque separatist group ETA called off a unilateral cease-fire it declared more than a year ago, a statement published in a Basque newspaper said on Tuesday.
The ETA statement was published overnight in the Basque-language newspaper Berria and it warne..
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CNN
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A terror group with links to al Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility Sunday for the weekend attack that sparked a manhunt for three missing U.S. soldiers, according to a statement on the Internet.
Islamic State of Iraq -- an umbrella insurgent group th..
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USA Today
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After marathon negotiations, the U.N. Security Council agreed on a watered-down statement Thursday expressing "grave concern" at Iran's capture of 15 British sailors and marines and calling for an early resolution of the problem including their release...
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