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Israeli war jets strike Gaza targets in response to rockets firing

Israeli war jets carried out successive airstrikes early on Thursday morning on training facilities that belong to ...

US slams Syrian elections as `a disgrace`

The United States on Tuesday denounced Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assads attempt to shore up his authority by staging ...

Papuan leader says Netherlands created OPM to oppose Indonesia

A Papuan community leader, Nicolaas Jouwe, said the Netherlands officers created the Free Papua Movement (OPM) in ...

Myanmar`s Kachin armed group abducts 3

Myanmars ethnic Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has abducted three people including two local administration staff in ...

China steps up purge of online porn amid wider censorship push

China has shut down more than 100 websites carrying pornography and closed thousands of accounts on social media sites ...

Task force seizes 450 tons of wood from biosphere reserve

The Riau haze mitigation task force has seized more than 450 tons of illegal wood during a crackdown on encroachers at ...

Beijing security head detained in China graft probe

China has detained the head of Beijings state security bureau as part of a wider investigation into powerful ...

Jihadist group claims Egypt police general killing

An Al-Qaeda inspired group said it carried out the assassination on Tuesday (Jan. 28) of a top Egyptian police general ...

Govt urged to sternly deal with Australia`s boat turn-back policy

Indonesia is observing a moratorium on cooperating with Australia on people-smuggling following a spying scandal ...

Clashes across Egypt leave 3 dead

Muslim Brotherhood supporters and police clashed across Egypt on Friday, leaving at least three dead in protests after ...

Kerry expresses concern over Egypt crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood

US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed concern Thursday over Egypts intensified crackdown on the Muslim ...

China Vice Police Minister sacked

A senior official in Chinas Ministry of Public Security has been sacked for "disciplinary violations", state media ...

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 ...

Egypt court orders end to three-month state of emergency

An Egyptian court ordered an end to a state of emergency Tuesday, two days ahead of schedule and three months after it ...

Amnesty International highlights deteriorating human rights situation in Saudi Arabia

Amnesty International has accused Saudi Arabia of failing to live up to all promises to address the dire human rights ...