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The White House said on Tuesday that "no evidence" shows that the Syrian rebels have used chemical weapons in their ...

China described the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez as a "great friend of the Chinese people" on Wednesday, ...

The White House said on Tuesday that the United States continues to seek a "productive" relationship with Venezuela, ...

The Obama administration on Monday urged both the Palestinians and the Israelis to exercise restraint as tensions were ...

As a mega biodiversity nation, Indonesia sees the urgency to sign the Nagoya Protocol protect its rich genetic ...

Indonesia urgently needs to ratify the Nagoya Protocol to protect the rights of indigenous people, Miranda Risang, a ...

Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said on Wednesday that the plan to acquire 10 coast guard ...

About 1 million Syrians are going hungry due to the difficulty of getting supplies into conflict zones and the fact ...

The provincial government of West Sumatra will send 30 potential entrepreneurs to Japan in 2013, to take part in ...

Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank) has asked all banks in Indonesia to distribute 20 percent of their credit to ...

U.S. President Barack Obama is calling for calm in Egypt and for the country to resolve differences over its ...

The upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related meetings in Phnom Penh from November 15 ...

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told a conference Tuesday that Hurricane Sandy has left at least 10 people dead and ...

An international economic delegation made up of 24 CEOs from 22 companies in the United States, Canada, Scotland, ...

The Taliban are open to a general ceasefire as well as a political agreement which could lead to a US military ...