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The UN chief Sunday announced an initiative to protect oceans from pollution and over-fishing and to combat rising sea ...

The Security Council is skeptical about creating "a neutral force" to drive away armed groups in the eastern ...

The United Nations said Friday that 25,000 people have been displaced in Sudan`s Darfur region after unrest that began ...

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak landed Friday on remote islands disputed with Japan, according to Japanese news ...

Israel on Thursday gave Cairo its approval to deploy helicopter gunships in the neighbouring Sinai peninsula, where ...

Jihadists occupying northern Mali on Thursday said they had cut off the hand of a thief in accordance with strict ...

Iran on Thursday hosted a 29-nation conference on Syria with the aim of stopping bloodshed there and forging a role ...

Egypt`s military on Wednesday said a campaign against militants in Sinai was "a complete success and will continue," ...

Israel hailed as positive a reported Egyptian military operation in northern Sinai on Wednesday aimed at tracking down ...

Southeast Asian nations are considering humanitarian assistance for Muslim-minority Rohingya facing "pain and ...

A truck bomb exploded at a NATO military base south of the Afghan capital Tuesday, wounding at least a dozen ...

Hamas` leader in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniya, on Monday accused Israel of carrying out a weekend raid on an Egyptian ...

White House contender Mitt Romney attacked President Barack Obama for "refusing to recognize Jerusalem" as the capital ...

A Spanish judge on Sunday jailed two Chechens suspected of belonging to Al-Qaeda and possessing bomb-making material, ...

A Muslim religious leader in northeastern Nigeria escaped a suicide attack on Friday, when the bomber was thwarted by ...