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Large protests in Vietnam over China oil rig

Protesters staged one of Vietnams largest ever anti-China demonstrations Sunday, decrying Beijings deployment of a ...

ASEAN expresses `serious concerns` over China sea spats

Southeast Asias regional bloc voiced alarm on Saturday over escalating tensions in the South China Sea after members ...

HRW denounces "pattern of serious abuses" in Venezuela

Venezuelas security forces have engaged in a "pattern of serious abuses" against anti-government protesters, including ...

Australia to host three-way meeting on MH370 search

Australia will host a meeting with Malaysia and China next week to determine the way forward in the frustrating search ...

NATO ships arrive in Lithuania amid Ukraine tensions

Five NATO ships arrived Friday in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda to bolster defence in the region amid tensions with ...

Pakistan journalism `under siege`, warns amnesty

Journalists in Pakistan are "under siege", Amnesty International warned Wednesday, living with the constant threat of ...

Putin to visit Crimea for May 9 military parade

President Vladimir Putin will make his first visit to the Crimean peninsula since Russia annexed the territory in ...

Putin says sanctions could hurt western energy firms in Russia

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned that new EU and US sanctions could impact the work of Western energy firms ...

Somali lawmaker shot dead, second in 24 hours

Insurgents assassinated a Somali lawmaker Tuesday, police and witnesses said, the second such killing in 24 hours and ...

"Deadly shootout" in east Ukraine shatters easter truce

Four people were reported killed Sunday in a gun battle in restive eastern Ukraine, shattering a fragile Easter truce ...

Australian captain loses command after Indonesia incursion

An Australian naval captain has been relieved of his command after his vessel was involved in an incursion into ...

Mortar fire on Syria schools kills child, hurts 40: Media

Mortar rounds fired on schools in the Syrian capital on Tuesday killed a child and wounded more than 40 people, among ...

Jordan King to hold Syria talks in Russia on Wednesday

Jordans King Abdullah II is to travel to Moscow on Wednesday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the ...

Al-Qaeda claims deadly attack on Yemen army HQ: SITE

Al-Qaeda has claimed an attack on a Yemeni army headquarters in a tightly secured district of Aden in which 20 people ...

N. Korea slams UN condemnation on rights abuses

North Korea lashed out Monday at the UNs top rights body for its "vicious, hostile" act in adopting a resolution ...