Advancing Sri Lankan troops on Saturday captured the LTTE airstrip in the jungle district of Mullaitivu.
The Palestinian Authority president urged both Israel and Hamas to agree to an Egypt-brokered truce.
A top UN human rights official has asked for a mission to assess violations and possible war crimes, committed by both Israel and Hamas in the Gaza conflict, with death toll mounting to 750.
US Ambassador Ryan Crocker says the Iraqi government has promised it won`t forcibly evict an Iranian opposition group based in Iraq since Saddam Hussein`s era.
Japan`s unpopular Prime Minister Taro Aso on Saturday reiterated his intention not to call elections for now, while signalling he may not seek a grand coalition with the opposition.
South Africa`s ruling African National Congress prepared Saturday to launch its manifesto for an election in which it could finally face a serious political challenge from a breakaway faction.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Israel must accept an Egyptian-brokered plan to end the fighting in the Gaza Strip or responsibility for the war will be on the Jewish state.
A pirate and a port town resident say five Somali pirates who released a Saudi supertanker have drowned with their share of a reported USD 3 million ransom after their small boat capsized.
The Israeli air force has dropped leaflets on the Gaza Strip warning residents to escalate the war.
Israel`s ambassador to Venezuela left the country on Saturday, expelled by President Hugo Chavez in rejection of Israel`s attacks on Gaza.
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