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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 ...

Pakistani president slams militants for exploiting religion of Islam

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday condemned the militants for "exploiting religion of Islam" through ...

East Timor votes in test for young nation

East Timor voted Saturday in the country`s second presidential election as a free nation, seen as a key test for a ...

US paid $30 mln in last 3 years to drug informants

The United States paid $10 million in each of the past three years to informants in an effort to capture major ...

New fighting in Sudan`s Darfur region

Sudan`s armed forces and a rebel group clashed in the Western Darfur region, both sides said on Wednesday, the latest ...

US judge dismisses Sri Lanka President abuse suit

A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse alleging he was responsible for ...

Airbus Military, Indonesia sign C295 purchase deal

Airbus Military has signed a deal with PT Dirgantara Indonesia to provide nine transport military planes for the ...

Xi backs expanding US-China military ties

China`s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping and US defense chiefs agreed on the need for expanding military relations between ...