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Poland hopes to increase business cooperation with RI

The government of Poland hopes to improve business relations with Indonesia, said Polish Ambassador to Indonesia ...

Five Colombian troops, three civilians killed: army

Colombia`s leftist FARC rebels killed five government troops in a battle Friday and a separate attack on a police ...

Illegal fishing targeted in joint Australia-RI operation

Illegal fishing has been the focus of a joint Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Indonesian Armed Forces operation ...

Darfur rebels `seize` army posts near Heglig

Rebels from Sudan`s Darfur region on Thursday said they seized two Sudanese military positions north of the Heglig oil ...

Ahmadinejad vows to defend territorial integrity

Iran will respond with force to any threats to its territorial integrity, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on ...

Former GAM minister elected as Aceh governor

Former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) foreign affairs and health minister Zaini Abdullah has been elected Aceh Province ...

Iraq Kurd leader accuses PM Maliki of `dictatorship`

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is monopolising power and preparing the ground for a return to dictatorship, ...

Yemeni forces kill 38 Al Qaeda suspects:official

Yemen`s armed forces killed 38 suspected members of Al-Qaeda in two days of air raids and shelling of their hideouts ...

Israel`s next-generation drones: smaller, smarter, deadlier

David Harari nostalgically recalls the day the Israel Air Force, stunned by the loss of fighter jets and aviators to ...

Tuareg rebels attack key town in northern Mali

Tuareg rebels fighting alongside an armed Islamist group on Thursday attacked the key town of Kidal in northern Mali, ...

South Sudan will not return to war with Khartoum: minister

South Sudan will not return to war with Khartoum despite a second day of airstrikes and bloody ground assaults in ...

Ban calls for calm in Sudan after clashes

UN chief Ban Ki-Moon appealed for calm after Sudan on Tuesday suspended an April summit between President Omar ...

West to pay Afghan military $4 bln a year: Karzai

The international community will subsidise Afghan security forces by more than $4 billion a year for a decade after ...

President Yudhoyono: SE Asia stable and secure region

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Southeast Asia is a stable and secure region thanks to the ever increasing ...

Indonesian president opens Jakarta international defense dialogue

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened the Jakarta International Defense Dialogue (JIDD) at the Jakarta ...