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Britain summons Israeli envoy over settlements

Israel's ambassador to Britain was summoned to the Foreign Office on Monday to discuss plans for new settlements, ...

`Now we have a state,` Abbas says after UN bid

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas returned to the West Bank on Sunday after winning upgraded UN status for the ...

Top Yemen army officer escapes assassination bid

A top Yemeni army commander, in charge of a southern region where the strategic Al-Anad air base is located, escaped ...

Pakistan seizes 14 tonnes of bomb-making chemical

Pakistani authorities seized nearly 14 tonnes of potassium chlorate, a key ingredient in bomb-making, from a bus in ...

Two dead as Nigeria gunmen attack churches, border posts

Suspected members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram set fire to churches and border posts in northeastern ...

Pesawat tak berawak AS tewaskan penduduk Pakistan

Satu pesawat tak berawak Amerika Serikat(AS) dilaporkan menembakkan dua peluru kendali ke lapangan terbuka di daerah ...

`Friends of Syria` agree to step up pressure on Assad

Delegates from more than 60 countries agreed in Tokyo Friday to ramp up pressure on Bashar al-Assad`s regime and urged ...

S. Korea chief prosecutor resigns over scandals

South Korea`s chief prosecutor resigned Friday, apologising publicly for a series of "embarrassing" scandals that ...

Weapons stolen from Australian navy vessel

An intruder robbed an Australian navy vessel of a cache of weapons Friday after overpowering military personnel on ...

"Dangerous" Qaeda leader arrested in South Yemen

Security forces on Thursday arrested a "dangerous" Al-Qaeda chief in southern Yemen who took part in several attacks, ...

US clashes with France over Palestinians

The United States publicly disagreed with France, one of its closest allies, on Tuesday, after Paris said it would ...

Abbas hails Gaza pm `victory` in phonecall

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas spoke by telephone on Thursday with Gaza`s Hamas premier Ismail Haniya and ...

Pakistan to host Muslim leaders in rare summit

Muslim leaders gather Thursday for a rare summit in Pakistan designed to increase trade and investment but likely to ...

US blocks UN Council statement on Gaza

The United States on Tuesday blocked a UN Security Council statement on the Gaza conflict, saying it was ...

10 Arab ministers to enter Gaza

Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi accompanied by 10 Arab foreign ministers will cross into Gaza from Egypt on Tuesday ...