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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...