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Papua-police suspect cannabis trade for weapons in border

The Papua Police Department suspect that cannabis was traded for weapons in the border areas between the Republic of ...

Police investigate cross-border arms-for-drugs barter in Papua

The Indonesian Police has investigated the cross-border marijuana barter trade with weapons that occurred at the ...

Myanmar`s Kachin armed group abducts 3

Myanmars ethnic Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has abducted three people including two local administration staff in ...

Pakistan journalism `under siege`, warns amnesty

Journalists in Pakistan are "under siege", Amnesty International warned Wednesday, living with the constant threat of ...

UN right chief hits Israel over settlements

The building of Israeli settlements and attacks by settlers on Palestinians are a major source of much abuse of ...

S. Korean trade official kidnapped in Libya

South Korea said Monday that a government trade official had been kidnapped in Libya, amid ongoing instability ...

Indonesian defense force sets target of 42% MEF

Indonesian Defense Force Commander General Moeldoko has targeted to reach 40 to 42 percent of Minimum Essential Force ...

UN Chief urges OIC to help mend rifts between Muslim communities

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to try its best to mend rifts ...

Damascus denies regime use of toxic gas

Syrian authorities denied charges that the army used chemical weapons in attacks on areas near the capital on ...

Terror perpetrators in Poso increasingly aggressive

Presidium Chairman of the Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) Neta S Pane said the perpetrators of terror acts in Poso, ...

Indonesian Government Condemns, Takes Firm Stand Against Papua Shootings

Twelve people consisting of eight Indonesian military officers and four civilians were killed in one day when armed ...

Indonesia`s military to take tactical action against armed groups in Papua

Indonesia`s Deputy Minister of Defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin has said the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) will take a ...

Chief security minister: Eight military members killed in Papua

Indonesia`s chief security minister Djoko Suyanto said armed groups had killed eight military (TNI) members in ...

Local police, an uncertain player in Afghan future

The Afghan Local Police, branded by some critics as an incompetent Taliban-linked militia, is one of the many security ...

Afghan minister repeats plea for militias to regroup and rearm - (d)

An Afghan cabinet minister and one-time warlord called on Monday on former anti-Soviet guerrillas to regroup and rearm ...