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Airlifts of Haiti quake victims to resume
12:06 GMT

The US military was to resume medical airlifts of critically injured Haiti earthquake victims on Monday after a dispute over who would pay for their care halted evacuations.

©The attack took place while the pilgrims had stopped over at a rest station as they made their long journey to Karbala

Female suicide bomber kills 41 in Baghdad
12:05 GMT

A female suicide bomber blew herself up among a crowd of Shiite pilgrims on their way by foot to a shrine city in central Iraq on Monday, killing 41 people, including women and children, officials said.

©International law prohibits the use of white phosphorous in heavily populated civilian areas

Israel disciplines top officers over Gaza war
10:01 GMT

The Israeli military has disciplined two senior officers for the firing of white phosphorous shells toward a UN compound during the Gaza war, Israeli media said on Monday.

©China has said it will suspend military and security ties with Washington

China press furious at US 'arrogance' on Taiwan
12:31 GMT

China's state media on Monday lashed out at Washington's "arrogance" and "double standards" in going ahead with arms sales to Taiwan, saying Beijing's threat to penalise US companies over the deal was very real.

©Chinese paramilitary police at the Potala palace in Lhasa

China says won't relax grip on Tibet
11:12 GMT

China said on Monday it made no concessions on Tibetan sovereignty during talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama over the future of the region -- the first such negotiations in more than a year.

©An African Union Mission in Somalia watches a building where a suspected Islamist sniper is hiding

Mogadishu shelling kills 12 civilians
12:15 GMT

Heavy mortar fire between African Union peacekeepers and Islamist insurgents killed at least 12 civilians and left scores wounded in the Somali capital, officials and medics said Monday.

©United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) shakes hands with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias

UN's Ban seeks to boost Cyprus peace push
08:36 GMT

UN chief Ban Ki-moon was in Cyprus on Monday on a mission aimed at trying to inject new life into flagging talks to reunify the eastern Mediterranean island, which has been divided for decades.

©Relatives in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico mourn the loss of loved ones after gunmen killed 13 at a high school party

Mexico mass shootings kill 23 in one day
07:13 GMT

At least 23 people were killed in separate mass shootings in northern Mexico as the country continued to reel from drug-related violence.

©The US has stepped up its drone war against the Taliban since the start of the year

Mystery over fate of Pakistani Taliban leader
11:26 GMT

Mystery deepened over the fate of Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud Monday following fresh reports of his death as his militant faction promised he would appear alive in a video.

©Feng Zhenghu says he has been denied re-entry to China 8 times since June

Chinese 'Terminal' activist to end airport protest
10:09 GMT

A Chinese human rights activist camped inside Tokyo airport for three months said on Monday he would end his protest within days after Beijing officials had signalled they would let him come home.

©Benjamin Netanyahu is headed for Cairo

Netanyahu to Cairo as US pushes Mideast peace
19:55 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due in Cairo on Tuesday as Washington is drafting documents to serve as a basis for resuming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.