Kavkaz News

Gunbattle in the area of Shalazhi village Kavkaz Center sources reports that the village of Shalazhi (Urus-Martan district) has been blocked by the invaders since the early morning of 13 June.

In occupied Kashmir, the Srinagar based Human Rights group, Coalition of Civil Society has demanded formation of an International Tribunal for War Crimes to investigate into the gross human rights violations by the Indian armed forces.

Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah say they have agreed to the terms of a new truce to end days of fighting in Gaza that has left 80 people dead. In a joint statement, leaders from both sides called for an end to fighting.

June 11, 2007: Russians have been rewriting their own history, more so than most nations, for a long time. The most recent example is their current attitude towards the Cold War, how it ended, and the legacy of 70 years of communist tyranny.

Up to 11,000 British soldiers have deserted the Army fearing they could be deployed in violence-racked Iraq amid a steady rise in the number of soldiers going Absent Without Leave (AWOL) in the occupied country, British Ministry of Defense figures show.

About 1,500 anti-government protesters, led by chess legend Garry Kasparov, have rallied in central Moscow.

One person has been killed in violence outside a polling station in Egypt’s northern Nile Delta region, as Egyptians go to the polls in parliamentary elections. A number of opposition groups boycotted Monday’s election, the first held under constitutional amendments approved by a referendum in March, but the Muslim Brotherhood …

A court in Ethiopia has found 38 senior opposition figures guilty of charges connected to mass protests after disputed elections two years ago.  The charges ranged from armed rebellion to “outrage against the constitution”.

Pakistan’s suspended chief justice has won the first round in a lengthy legal battle with the government. The Supreme Court decided on Monday to consider his challenge against accusations of misconduct.

A pre-dawn incursion by zionist occupants into the largest West Bank city of Nablus ended Monday morning with the arrest of six citizens from the city itself and the nearby Asker refugee camp.