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Indonesia worried over possible impact of Egypt`s upheavals

Indonesian Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa expressed worries here on Thursday over possible impact of political ...

Uganda interested in Indonesian military industry products

Uganda Defense Minister Kiyonga Cripus has expressed interest in Indonesian military industry products including CN ...

US navy football players face charges over alleged rape

Several football players at the US Naval Academy are due to face criminal charges in connection with the alleged rape ...

Russia announces permanent Mediterranian naval presence

Russia has deployed a naval unit to the Mediterranean Sea, it said on Thursday, a move President Vladimir Putin ...

Russia hosts European security conference

An international conference on European security opens on Thursday in Moscow with Russia hoping to discuss approaches ...

Venezuela`s Maduro warns of "psychological war"

President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday denounced as "psychological war" a leaked audio recording that purports to show a ...

Senegal intends to buy two CN-235-220s

Senegal intends to buy two CN-235-220 planes from state aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) to meet ...

Global Leaders Support New Six-Year Plan to Deliver a Polio-Free World by 2018

- Today, at the Global Vaccine Summit, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) presented a comprehensive ...

First Global Vaccine Summit Highlights Remarkable Progress Towards Vaccinating Every Child

- More than 300 global leaders, health and development experts, vaccinators, celebrities, philanthropists, and business ...

UN`s Ban urges N. Korea to refrain from `further provocation`

UN chief Ban Ki-moon made an urgent appeal to North Korea on Monday to refrain from "any further provocation", ...

Japan orders shooting down of N Korea Missile

Japan has ordered its armed forces to shoot down any North Korean missile headed towards its territory, a defence ...

President appreciates progress in prison attack investigation

President Susilo Yudhoyono has expressed his appreciation to the Indonesian Army for making progress in Cebongan ...

Colombian police seize 7.7 tons of marijuana

Colombian police have seized more than 7.7 tons of marijuana that allegedly belonged to Revolutionary Armed Forces of ...

China to buy Russian fighters, subs

China has agreed to buy two dozen fighter jets and four submarines from Russia, state media reported Monday, the ...

Analyst says Yudhoyono-Prabowo meeting benefits both sides

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is chief patron of the Democratic Party (PD) and Prabowo Subianto, chief ...