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Sri Lanka denies new video on war crimes

Sri Lanka Thursday rejected as "baseless and unacceptable" a new documentary by Britain`s Channel 4 suggesting the ...

13 women and children killed in Afghan bomb

A Taliban roadside bomb tore through a civilian vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing nine children and ...

Panetta acknowledges troubling events in afghanistan

The US defense chief held talks in Afghanistan on Wednesday, acknowledging that a series of "deeply troubling" ...

NATO chief expresses shock at US soldier`s shooting spree

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed shock and sadness at the shooting spree by a rogue US soldier in ...

Obama expresses shock over Afghan shooting

US President Barack Obama called Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday "to express his shock and sadness" over a ...

Sri Lanka to resist US war crimes resolution

Sri Lanka on Thursday dismissed as "ill-timed and ill-conceived" a US move at the UN Human Rights Council to censure ...

Boko Haram attacks kill 7 in northern Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked a police station and two banks in a remote part of northern Nigeria on ...

No group trying to topple government

The general chairman of the People`s Conscience Party (Hanura), retired general Wiranto, said here on Thursday that ...

Russia accuses Libya of harboring Syria rebels

Russia`s UN envoy on Wednesday accused the Libyan government of supporting a training camp for Syrian rebels who ...

Attack on US military base kills 2: Afghan official

Two civilians were killed Monday in a suicide attack at a gate to the US military base at Bagram north of the Afghan ...

Russia, China step up Syria peace efforts

Russia and China, who twice blocked UN resolutions to condemn ally Syria, were Monday stepping efforts to find a ...

AU-backed troops seize Shebab positions in Mogadishu

African Union-backed Somali government troops attacked and seized positions of hardline Shebab insurgents in the ...

US judge dismisses Sri Lanka President abuse suit

A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse alleging he was responsible for ...

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 ...