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The Wall Street Journal to launch news sites in bahasa

The Wall Street Journal, a US-based business news media company, will launch a website and a mobile news reader ...

US-Afghan pact `does not rule out drone strikes`

The pact between the United States and Afghanistan could leave the door open for continued drone strikes against ...

Tehran hails Switzerland move to reject banking sanctions on Iran

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast praised Switzerland's decision to reject sanctions on Iran's banking ...

UN says one million Syrians need humanitarian help

At least one million Syrians need humanitarian assistance, a UN spokesman said Thursday at the end of an assessment ...

Obama, Karzai reaffirm 2014 withdrawal: US

US President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Friday reaffirmed that US troops would leave ...

President Yudhoyono to receive honorary doctorate from Chinese university

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will receive a doctorate honoris causa from Tsinghua University on his visit to ...

U.S. welcomes Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire

U.S. State Department on Tuesday welcomed the newly-reached ceasefire deal between the Israelis and the militants in ...

U.S. hails deal with Afghanistan over handover of detention center

The U.S. State Department on Friday hailed a deal signed by the Afghan government and U.S. forces on the handover of a ...

US warns against military action toward Iran

The White House warned Wednesday that any military action against Iran would create "greater instability" that could ...

1 peacekeeper killed, 3 injured in Darfur: UN spokesman

One UN peacekeeper was killed and three others injured in an ambush in the Sudanese region of Darfur, a UN spokesman ...

Malaysia frees 13 Indonesian fishermen

The Government of Malaysia has released 13 traditional fishermen from Batu Bara Region in North Sumatra, after they ...

Israel should accept Palestinian unity bid: China`s mideast envoy

Chinese special envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike said that Israel should accept the reconciliation between Palestinian ...

Pakistan denies sending NATO supply via its airspace

Pakistan`s Interior Minister Rehman Malik has categorically denied the U.S. claim that the country`s air space is ...

Russia: strike on Iran would be `catastrophe`

Russia warned Wednesday that a military strike on Iran would be a "catastrophe" with the severest consequences which ...

RI`s GDP predicted to grow six percent in 2012

Fitch ratings agency predicts Indonesia`s gross domestic product will grow six percent in 2012. Fitch`s head of ...