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Christmas Day blast near church in Nigeria kills 15

A suspected bomb blast near a church outside the Nigerian capital on Christmas morning killed at least 15 people, a ...

Yemen demo attacked, 7 soldiers killed in an ambush

Loyalists of Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Friday attacked demonstrators gathered south of the capital calling ...

Syria to let in Arab monitors as deaths mount

Syria agreed on Monday to let Arab states monitor its compliance with an Arab League peace agreement aimed at stopping ...

Yemenis protest against amnesty for Saleh

Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated Friday across the country rejecting an amnesty given to President Ali ...

"Batman" star roughed up in bid to visit Chinese blind activist

Hollywood actor Christian Bale was roughed up by Chinese security guards as he attempted to visit a blind legal ...

Syria`s Assad says not responsible for deaths

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denies he is responsible for the killing of thousands of protesters, telling a US ...

China arrests 608 people for child trafficking

Police in China have arrested 608 people suspected of selling children and freed 178 children, including some infants, ...

French ambassador returns to Damascus

The French ambassador to Syria has returned to Damascus after being recalled to Paris in mid-November following ...

Arab League approves travel ban on Syrian VIPs

The Arab League`s ministerial meeting on Saturday approved a travel ban on Syrian high-ranking officials and a freeze ...

Arab League gives Syria Sunday deadline on observers

An Arab League ministerial committee on Saturday slapped 19 Syrian officials with a ban on travel to Arab states and ...

Russia says UN rights council vote on Syria "unacceptable"

Russia on Friday lambasted the UN Human Rights Council`s findings of gross violations by Syria as "unacceptable" and ...

Syria civilian death toll at least 4,000: UN rights chief

The number of people killed in Syria following a crackdown on protesters since March has reached at least 4,000, the ...

President Yudhoyono orders RI ambassador to Syria`s recall

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed the foreign minister to recall the Indonesian ambassador to Syria ...

Saudi urges its citizens to leave unrest-hit Syria

The Saudi foreign ministry on Tuesday urged its citizens to leave Syria and not to travel to the Arab nation that has ...

Arabs plan travel ban on Syrian officials-document

The Arab League plans to impose a travel ban on top Syrian officials as it steps up pressure to end a crackdown on ...