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Egypt military calls for crisis talks with political forces

Egypt`s ruling military on Monday called for crisis talks with the country`s political forces, as deadly clashes raged ...

Egypt cabinet resigns: spokesman

Egypt`s cabinet said on Monday it had resigned, as clashes raged for a third day in Cairo`s Tahrir Square, pitting ...

EU condemns bloodshed in Egypt, calls for order

The European Union`s on Sunday condemned the bloodshed in Egypt, where security forces killed at least seven people as ...

Qatar presses Yemen`s Saleh on power transfer deal

Qatar pressed Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to sign a Gulf power transfer deal and a U.N. envoy on a mission to ...

S. Africa`s Zuma pledges to help stabilise Libya

South Africa pledged on Thursday to work with the United Nations and Arab states to help bring stability to Libya, ...

Seven suspected rebels dead in Colombia army raid

Seven suspected leftist FARC rebels were killed and five others captured in an overnight army raid on a camp operated ...

Nato says will not keep troops around Libya

NATO is not planning to leave forces around Libya following the end of its military mission in the country, NATO ...

Seven dead in Thai South attacks

Suspected Muslim insurgents have killed at least seven people in back-to-back shooting and bomb attacks in Thailand`s ...

CIA-controlled drones carried out 248 strikes under Obama

A total of 248 US drone strikes have occurred during President Barack Obama?s first three years, rising to a ...

Spain requests extradition of ETA suspect from Cuba

Spain said Friday it will request the extradition from Cuba of an alleged member of the Basque separatist group ETA ...

Laos congratulates TNI on 66th anniversary

The Laotian government has congratulated the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) on its 66th anniversary which ...

Several dead after Iraq forces end hostage siege

Up to 15 people were killed on Monday after Iraqi security forces fought gunmen and suicide bombers who had seized ...

Returned Darfur leader says working to topple regime

A top Darfuri rebel leader, back from Libya, told AFP he is working with other armed groups to topple the Sudanese ...

World Youth Forum opens in Ambon amid conducive security conditions

Security conditions in Maluku`s provincial capital of Ambon are proving to be quite conducive as a two-day "World ...

President leads Pancasila sanctity day observance

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Saturday morning presided over a ceremony to mark Pancasila Sanctity Day at the ...