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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 ...

UN says ready to aid Arab peace mission to Syria

The United Nations is ready to support a proposed Arab League peace monitoring mission to Syria, where an ...

Libya has obligation to surrender Seif : ICC spokesman

Libya has an obligation to surrender Moamer Kadhafi`s son Seif al-Islam, a spokesman for the International Criminal ...

EU invites Arab League chief to talks on Syria

European Union chief diplomat Catherine Ashton has invited the Arab League`s chief to attend talks to discuss ways to ...

Syrian generals among 18 hit by new EU sanctions

The European Union added Tuesday the commander of Syria`s special forces, a militia chief and a slew of generals to a ...

Arab League stand shows Syria`s "isolation": EU

The European Union backed the Arab League`s decision Saturday to suspend Syria until President Bashar al-Assad ...

Huge military base blast kills guards commander, 16 others

A massive explosion at a Revolutionary Guards base just west of the Iranian capital on Saturday killed 17 members of ...

Crowds attack diplomatic missions in Syria - residents

Crowds armed with sticks and knives attacked the Saudi Arabian embassy in Damascus and French and Turkish consulates ...

Kadhafi son Saadi in Niger on humanitarian asylum: president

Niger has decided to grant Moamer Kadhafi`s son Saadi asylum for humanitarian reasons, President Mahamadou Issoufou ...

Britain urges sanctions, not military force, against Syria

British Foreign Minister William Hague called Monday for "ever-increasing" international pressure, rather than ...

Saudi interior minister named crown prince

Saudi Arabia`s interior minister, 78-year-old Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, was named the new heir to the throne in a ...

news focus: police deploy more personnel to defuse tensions in Papua

Following a series of shooting incidents in Papua Province that killed several people, including Mulia Sector Police ...

Syria, US recall envoys in new spat

Syria has recalled its ambassador to Washington, an official television station reported Monday, shortly after the ...

NU leader asks govt to handle Papua problems without violence

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) leader KH Said Aqil Siroj on Friday asked the government to handle the problems in Papua "with ...

Syrian forces kill leading activist in tribal east

Government troops on Saturday shot dead a prominent activist in eastern Syria who helped organise peaceful ...