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Egyptian police fought gunmen in northern Sinai`s main town of al-Arish on Thursday, state television reported, a day ...

Iran on Thursday hosted a 29-nation conference on Syria with the aim of stopping bloodshed there and forging a role ...

Iranian police shut down dozens of restaurants and coffee shops over the weekend, Iranian media reported, in a renewed ...

Myanmar on Saturday released student leaders held in the country`s largest crackdown on dissent since the end of ...

-     This week a delegation of Thai citizens held preliminary meetings with prosecutors of the ...

Iran has urged Ankara and Damascus to show "restraint" over Syria`s shooting down of a Turkish fighter jet, Iranian ...

France`s President Francois Hollande said Tuesday after the G20 summit that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was ...

A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into the entrance of the police headquarters of northeast ...

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Sunday voiced concern about violence in Syria, but said the alliance has "no ...

Police in Cuba on Sunday released Jose Daniel Ferrer, a political dissident arrested shortly after the visit to the ...

Russia on Saturday condemned what it called "barbaric" attacks in Syria, stepping up criticism of rebels a day ...

The Dalai Lama said Monday there are hopeful signs that China will push through political reforms in China and Tibet ...

At least a million people have been displaced inside Syria during a 13-month crackdown on dissent, United Nations ...

Syria`s opposition on Saturday hailed the UN Security Council resolution on the deployment of observers as a "first ...

Syria should heed the will of its people by implementing political reforms and allowing free elections, Turkish Prime ...