#civil war

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Indonesia Ready to Play Active Role in Syrian Peace Process

Since the beginning of armed conflict in Syria, Indonesia has been calling for a compromise and negotiations between ...

Saudi Arabia to give Lebanese army US $3 billion

Saudi Arabia is giving the Lebanese army $3 billion in aid, Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman said on Sunday, ...

UN reinforcements start arriving in S. Sudan

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

China to send special envoy to South Sudan

China will soon dispatch a special envoy to conflict-wracked South Sudan, Beijings foreign ministry said Thursday. In ...

Fighting rages in South Sudan oil regions

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

Arab Spring Adds To Palestinian Refugees` Suffering

On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, commemorated on November 29, the ...

Second worst year for journalists in jail

The number of journalists killed and imprisoned fell in 2013 but it was still the second worst year on record for ...

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 ...

Saudi Arabia officially rejects 2-year term on UN Security Council

Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented moved, formally rejected on Tuesday its two-year term on the UN Security Council, ...

Indonesian peace keeping contingent receives UN medal

The fifth Indonesian policy-military contingent in the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has ...

China's Xi says political solution for Taiwan can't wait forever

Chinese President Xi Jinping told a senior envoy from self-ruled Taiwan on Sunday that a political solution to a ...

President praises peace and development achieved in Aceh

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has praised the peace and economic achievements in Aceh, calling on the public to ...

Syrian chemical arms plan "important step"

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared Monday (Sept. 9) to give cautious support to an initiative to ...

Bombings kill at least 54 in Iraq

Attacks including car bombs mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Iraq killed at least 54 people on Monday, ...

Iraq violence could spark civil war

Violence in Iraq is on the rise and could lead towards civil war, the head of the UN human rights mission warned. ...