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China opposes forced regime change in Syria: envoy

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun said Beijing opposed armed intervention and forced "regime change" in Syria, a ...

Russia to sell tanks to Algeria, Turkmenistan

Russia has signed contracts to sell 120 T-90C tanks to Algeria and 30 to Turkmenistan, Vedomosti business daily ...

news focus: RI concerned over violence in Syria, calls for peaceful solution

The anti-government protests in Syria and the harsh responses by President Bashar Al-Assad`s regime has reportedly ...

Malaysia defends deporting Saudi in Ttwitter row

Malaysia on Monday defended its deportation of a Saudi journalist wanted at home for comments deemed insulting to the ...

Iran supplying weapons to Syria crackdown

The United States believes Iran is supplying munitions to aid Syria`s bloody protest crackdown in an initiative ...

Al-qaeda trying to recruit fighters in Libya

Al-Qaeda has sent militants to Libya in a bid to recruit a fighting force after the fall of Moamer Kadhafi`s regime, ...

Panetta calls Egypt strongman over NGO raids

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta conveyed his "deep concern" to Egypt`s military ruler over police raids on ...

RI`s opposition parties failed to function optimally : observer

Indonesia`s opposition parties failed to fulfill their political function optimally in 2011, a political affairs ...

Arab Spring makes 2011 busy year for Indonesia

Geographically Indonesia is quite far from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen - Arab countries that experienced popular ...

Saudi woman beheaded for `sorcery`

A Saudi woman was beheaded Monday after being convicted of practising sorcery, which is banned in the ...

Ex-opposition leader Marzouki elected Tunisia`s President

Tunisia`s veteran opposition leader Moncef Marzouki was elected president Monday, a month and a half after the north ...

NATO allies to meet amid Russia anger over missile shield

NATO allies will strive to convince Moscow this week that their European missile shield is not aimed at Russia after ...

Moroccan king appoints Islamist party chief as pm

Morocco`s King Mohammed VI on Tuesday named the head of the Islamist party that won last week`s election as prime ...

Morocco king names moderate Islamist as new pm

Morocco`s King Mohammed on Tuesday appointed Abdelilah Benkirane as the new prime minister after his moderate Islamist ...

Egypt military apologises for protest deaths

Egypt`s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces apologised on Thursday for the deaths of demonstrators during six ...