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Govt keeps monitoring RI citizens` conditions in Philippines

The government is continuously monitoring the conditions of Indonesian citizens in the Philippines after tropical ...

Karzai wants immediate halt to NATO night raids

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday demanded an immediate halt to controversial NATO-led night raids and for ...

Thai army chief opposes change to royal insult law

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

Iraq issues arrest warrant for vp: officials

An Iraqi judicial committee issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi based on ...

23-year-old U.S. soldier last killed in Iraq War

The last US soldier identified as killed in combat in Iraq -- the 4,474th -- was a 23-year-old from Greensboro, North ...

Syria opposition holds talks in Tunisia

Leaders of Syria`s largest opposition movement met behind closed doors in Tunisia on Saturday to discuss ways of ...

US `ready` to help Philippines after deadly storm

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent condolences to the Philippines Saturday after more than 600 people were ...

UK questioned on links to US drone strikes in Pakistan

Lawyers for a Pakistani man who says his father was killed in an American drone strike called on Britain Saturday to ...

Sri Lanka ex-army chief loses appeal

A Sri Lankan Appeal Court on Friday dismissed former army chief Sarath Fonseka`s plea against his 30-month prison ...

Yemenis protest against amnesty for Saleh

Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated Friday across the country rejecting an amnesty given to President Ali ...

Italian hostage freed in Sudan`s Darfur: report

An unidentified Italian hostage has been released in Sudan`s Darfur region, the Sudan Media Centre, close to the ...

Tunisia lifts arrest warrant against Arafat widow

Tunisia has decided to lift an international arrest warrant for alleged corruption issued in October against Suha ...

Last US base handed to Iraq ahead of pullout

Iraq took control of the last US military base in the country on Friday, a day after US forces formally marked the end ...

Toxic liquor kills 143 in eastern India

A batch of home-brewed liquor thought to have been laced with the highly toxic chemical methanol has killed 143 people ...

Roadside bomb kills four civilians in Afghanistan

A roadside bomb killed four civilians in Afghanistan`s southwestern province of Farah Thursday, the provincial police ...