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The Bangladesh army said Thursday it had foiled a plot last month by some "religiously fanatic" serving officers to ...

Syria is ready to let Arab monitors extend their mission beyond this week, an Arab League source said, but U.S. ...

Free at last after years locked up by the junta, prominent Myanmar dissidents have vowed to keep up their fight for ...

Human rights activists, some dressed in orange prison jumpsuits, protested in front of the White House Monday to ...

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon travels to Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates this month, where he will discuss the ...

British Foreign Secretary William Hague Thursday called on Myanmar to release all its political prisoners and make ...

It might be a small step forward, but it`s a victory any way for Palestine which became a full member of UNESCO ...

A woman writer was sentenced to five years in prison in Vietnam for spreading anti-government propaganda, state media ...

China said Thursday police killed seven "terrorists" who took hostages in the nation`s restive Xinjiang region during ...

Thousands of workers have gone on strike at a factory in eastern China owned by the South Korean conglomerate LG ...

Saudi Prince Walid bin Talal bin Abdul Azis al Saud has promised to help save Indonesian migrant worker Tuti ...

Former president BJ Habibie was scheduled to leave for Suadi Arabia on Saturday in an effort to save the live of Tuti ...

Thailand's powerful army chief expressed opposition Tuesday to amending the country's lese majeste law, recently ...

Syria agreed on Monday to let Arab states monitor its compliance with an Arab League peace agreement aimed at stopping ...

Hollywood actor Christian Bale was roughed up by Chinese security guards as he attempted to visit a blind legal ...