BAGHDAD (Reuters) Iraq’s prime minister extended a deadline for Shi’ite militants in southern Basra to hand over their weapons from Saturday to April 8 and said they would receive a financial reward if they complied.

GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli troops killed one Hamas militant and wounded two during clashes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the Islamist group and the army said on Friday.

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada expects to win new military assistance from its NATO allies, which will allow it to extend its combat mission in southern Afghanistan, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Friday.