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S. Korea`s Park urges Japan to apologise to "comfort women"

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Sunday repeated a call for Japanese leaders to apologise to former wartime sex ...

Indonesia and Jordan condemn ISIS

Indonesia and Jordan voiced their condemnation for the atrocities committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ...

Bangladeshi ex-minister sentenced to death for war crimes

A former junior minister in a Bangladeshi military government was sentenced to death on Tuesday after a war crimes ...

Iran rejected US request for cooperation against IS: Khamenei

Iran rejected a US request for cooperation against the jihadist Islamic State group early in its advance in Iraq and ...

UNAOC Promotes Diversity As Key Factor To Create World Unity

The Sixth Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilization (UNAOC), in Bali, on Friday, highlighted the ...

UN reinforcements start arriving in S. Sudan

The first United Nations (UN) peacekeeping reinforcements arrived Friday in South Sudan, where the government is said ...

Fighting rages in South Sudan oil regions

Heavy fighting between government forces and rebels was raging Thursday in South Sudans key oil-producing north, ...

Commonwealth leaders meet, Sri Lanka human rights under scrutiny

Leaders of the Commonwealth of mostly former British colonies gathered in Colombo on Friday for a biennial summit ...

Moscow strongly condemns terrorist acts against civilians in Northeastern Syria

Moscow strongly condemned the barbaric acts committed by terrorists against the civilians in northeastern Syria. ...

Mexico captures leader of Zetas drug cartel

The Mexican government said on Monday it had captured the leader of the Zetas drug cartel, delivering a boost to ...

UN rights team believes chemical weapons used in Syria

United Nations human rights investigators said on Tuesday they had "reasonable grounds" to believe that limited ...

Jose Ramos-Horta named UN envoy to G. Bissau

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has tapped Jose Ramos-Horta, a former East Timor president and Nobel ...

Palestine`s cause is also Indonesia`s cause, minister says

As a staunch supporter of Palestine, Indonesia has often expressed its commitment to helping prepare the establishment ...

Thai Delegation Meets with ICC as Country Faces Risk of Renewed Hostilities

-     This week a delegation of Thai citizens held preliminary meetings with prosecutors of the ...

Turkish PM to visit China

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Erdogan was leaving Saturday for the first official visit to China by a Turkish premier ...