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The Yemeni government made limited progress in protecting human trafficking victims over the past year and generally failed to identify traffickers, says a new report by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

Authorities in Dubai have foiled a bid to smuggle 1.57 kg of crystal narcotics brought in by a passenger from an African country.

Israel's ambassador to Turkey has been asked to explain recent remarks made by his country's defence minister regarding concerns he has about Turkey's new intelligence chief, Turkish officials said Tuesday.

Fighting on the Israel-Lebanon border has erupted, with the violence leading to the deaths of three Lebanese soldiers, a Lebanese journalist and an Israeli officer.

The toll in two bomb blasts in Iraq's Kut city Tuesday has risen to 20, Xinhua reported.

Fighting on the Israel-Lebanon border has erupted, with the violence leading to the deaths of three Lebanese soldiers, a Lebanese journalist and an Israeli officer.

The Taliban in Afghanistan has released a document which outlines a code of conduct for fighters.

An attack has been launched on the largest foreign military base in Afghanistan.

At least 12 people have been killed in the Iraqi city of Kut in southern Iraq.

NEW YORK, 4 August 2010 (IRIN) - The decades-long civil war in Sri Lanka ended more than a year ago, but emergency powers are still in place, sending the wrong message, Amnesty International says.