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60 illegal immigrants from Middle East held in Madiun

The immigration office of Madiun, East Java, held 60 illegal immigrants from Middle East arrested by police at the ...

Putin urges West rethink on Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Western and Arab governments on Thursday to review their policy on war-torn ...

Illegal immigrants nabbed in W. Sumatra

A joint team of military and police officers have caught 93 illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka attempting to go to ...

NAM`s ministerial level meeting starts in Iranian capital

Foreign ministers from members of the Non-aligned Movement (NAM) attended on Tuesday the organization`s ministerial ...

U.S. refuses to recognize diplomatic asylum of Wikileaks founder

The U.S. government on Friday (August 17) refused to recognize the diplomatic asylum that Ecuador granted to WikiLeaks ...

U.K. may enter Ecuador Embassy to arrest Wikileaks founder

Ecuadorian authorities have accused Britain of threatening to enter Ecuador`s embassy in London to arrest Wikileaks ...

Australia says refugee boat missing with 67 people on board

Great fears are held for 67 people, presumed to be asylum seekers, on board a boat that has been missing since it left ...

Navy sends ship to evacuate stranded immigrants in Madura

The Indonesian Navy`s Eastern Fleet Command has sent a ship to evacuate the stranded illegal immigrants on Guagua ...

UNHCR: asylum seekers continue to increase in Indonesia

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the number of political asylum seekers in Indonesia ...

UNHCR assures no Timor Leste refugee stranded in Indonesia

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has assured that there has been no Timor Leste refugee being ...

West Timor care supports Australia freeing children imprisonment

Chairman of the West Timor Care Foundation (YPTB) Ferdi Tanoni supports the plan mooted by the Australian Government ...

Yemen fm admits US drones used against Qaeda

Yemen has asked for US drones to be used "in some cases" to target Al-Qaeda leaders in the country, its foreign ...

Ship carrying illegal immigrants capsized near Christmas islands

A ship carrying more than one hundred illegal immigrants has capsized in the waters between Indonesia and Australia`s ...

Saddam `nephew` seeks asylum in austria: report

A man claiming to be the fugitive nephew of late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has requested asylum in Austria after ...

Nearly 100 still missing in boat capsize near Australia

Nearly 100 suspected asylum seekers are still missing a day after a boat capsized about 200 km north of ...