Cease-fire Deadline

The Philippine president has withdrawn a cease-fire order after communist guerrillas killed a government militiaman and failed to declare their own truce by today, deadline he had given.

Two rockets fired by Gaza militants slammed into southern Israel before dawn on Friday, heightening fears that a 72-hour truce nearing its end would not be renewed.

Syrian opposition groups say government shelling and firefights between troops and army defectors have killed at least 24 in a village in central Syria. Syrian forces have launched offensives across the country as a cease-fire deadline brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan nears. UN leader Ban Ki-moon said on Friday that increased attacks by ...

The Philippine president has withdrawn a cease-fire order after communist guerrillas killed a government militiaman and failed to declare their own truce by today, deadline he had given.

Two rockets fired by Gaza militants slammed into southern Israel before dawn on Friday, heightening fears that a 72-hour truce nearing its end would not be renewed.

Syrian opposition groups say government shelling and firefights between troops and army defectors have killed at least 24 in a village in central Syria. Syrian forces have launched offensives across the country as a cease-fire deadline brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan nears. UN leader Ban Ki-moon said on Friday that increased attacks by ...