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US drones kill four in NW Pakistan

At least four militants have been killed by a US drone strike on Sunday (April 14) in Pakistan`s northwestern tribal ...

Guam heightens alert level after N. Korea threats

Guam has raised its official threat level and on Thursday tested its emergency alert system after warnings from North ...

U.S. radar in place to counter N. Korea threat: official

A powerful US military sea-based radar is now in place to detect any possible missile launches by North Korea, ...

Red Cross appeals for $43mn for war-hit Mali

The Red Cross has appealed for an additional $43 million to help hundreds of thousands of people in war-torn Mali, and ...

Most conflict-zone sex crimes are against children

Save the Children on Wednesday urged action after releasing a report claiming that most rape and sexual abuse victims ...

Obama speaks to Karzai, days after strike kills civilians

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, for what officials said were regular ...

France withdraws first batch of soldiers from Mali

France has withdrawn its first batch of soldiers from Mali, the army said Tuesday, as it begins to pull out troops ...

US navy readies "laser attack" weapon in 2014

The US Navy said it is preparing to roll out a sea-based laser weapon capable of disabling small enemy vessels and ...

UN`s Ban urges N. Korea to refrain from `further provocation`

UN chief Ban Ki-moon made an urgent appeal to North Korea on Monday to refrain from "any further provocation", ...

Japan orders shooting down of N Korea Missile

Japan has ordered its armed forces to shoot down any North Korean missile headed towards its territory, a defence ...

British intelligence had role in plot to kill Lumumba

A former British intelligence officer claimed that Britain played a role in the assassination of Congolese ...

Abbas blames Israel for prisoner`s cancer death

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas blamed the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday for ...

Palestinian prisoner serving life of cancer

A Palestinian prisoner, who was serving a life sentence in an Israeli jail, died of throat cancer on Tuesday, the head ...

Bangladesh arrests three atheist bloggers

Bangladesh police have arrested three atheist bloggers for defaming Islam and the prophet Mohammed, police said ...

US deploys destroyer off tense Korean peninsula

The United States has placed a destroyer off the South Korean coast to defend against a possible missile strike, the ...