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Saudi reopens Baghdad embassy after 25 years

Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Baghdad Tuesday, a quarter of a century after relations were broken over Iraqs ...

Papuan official suspected of being involved in weapon smuggling

Papuan Provincial Police Chief Inspector General Tito Karnavian suspected a local official of being involved in ...

French journalist killed in Central Africa: Hollande

A French photojournalist has been killed while on a reporting assignment in conflict-torn Central African Republic, ...

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 ...

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 Papua. ...

10 killed in fresh Yemen Qaeda battles

Yemen`s army raided Al-Qaeda positions in the southern province of Abyan on Thursday, killing eight militants as ...

Syrian government pulls back troops from armed conflict areas: fm

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said on Tuesday that the Syrian government has pulled back troops from cities in ...

Syria accuses gunmen of shooting Al-Jadeed TV crew

Syrian official news agency SANA said Monday`s shooting on the Lebanese-Syrian border that killed a cameraman of ...

Death toll from Somali theatre bombing rises to 6: minister

The death toll from an attack on Somalia`s newly reopened national theatre by a female suicide bomber last week has ...

Syria denies receiving special forces from Russia

A Syrian military source on Monday refuted as "baseless" some media reports about the arrival of Russian warships ...