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US pressing Turkey to join anti-IS coalition

The United States is pushing Turkey to join the fight against Islamic militants, amid frustration and wariness in both ...

ASEAN condemn downing of MAS flight MH17

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has condemned the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over ...

Red Cross hails Pacific disaster aid breakthrough

The Red Cross said Tuesday that an agreement with Pacific island nations designed to stop bureaucracy hampering ...

Ansell Announces Record Product Donation To Direct Relief In Response To Typhoon Haiyan In The Philippines

- Ansell (ASX: ANN), a global leader in protection solutions, today announced that it has donated medical and ...

Abe visits Yasukuni war shrine

Japan's nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid tribute at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni war shrine on Thursday, ...

World Monuments Fund Announces 2014 World Monuments Watch, Identifying Cultural Heritage Sites At Risk

- At a press conference today, World Monuments Fund (WMF) President Bonnie Burnham announced the 2014 World Monuments ...

Step up community vigilance against disaster

Community vigilance against disaster should be stepped up in order to reduce the number of victims and material damage ...

6.2-magnitude quake jolts Aceh

An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Aceh province on Tuesday at 02.37 p.m Western Indonesia ...

Russian military to develop anti-meteorite defences

The Russian Aerospace Defense Forces will develop a series of measures aimed at protecting the Russian soil from ...

Impacts of Cyclone Narelle, Typhoon Bopha make Indonesia very windy

Indonesia has been very windy over the past two weeks as the impacts of Cyclone Narelle that has been developing in ...

Wildfires rage in U.S.West, destroy 60 homes in Washington state

Firefighters battled wildfires across the U.S. West on Tuesday, including a massive out-of-control blaze that has ...

Madagascar rivals hold first reconciliation talks

Madagascan leader Andry Rajoelina and the man he toppled in 2009, Marc Ravalomanana, met behind closed doors on a ...

Iraq Kurd leader accuses PM Maliki of `dictatorship`

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is monopolising power and preparing the ground for a return to dictatorship, ...

Afghan defense minister warns about US plan

The Afghan defense minister warned late Friday that a US proposal to cut the size of Afghan security forces by more ...

Marsh: Asia Property Insurance Rates to Climb in 2012 for Disaster-Hit Areas

-Other Lines Flat or Decreasing as Competition and Capacity Remain     Commercial insurance rates ...