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Russia, US sign chopper deal for Afghanistan: report

Russia has signed a contract with the US Army to deliver 21 MI-17 helicopters to Afghanistan, new agencies quoted the ...

Italian killed in Lebanon blast against UN: ANSA

An Italian peacekeeper was killed and several people wounded in an explosion targeting a UN peacekeeping patrol in ...

Ammunition store blast kills 28 in Yemeni capital

An ammunition store belonging to the powerful Al-Ahmar tribe has exploded in the Yemeni capital Sanaa killing 28 ...

France, Britain to deploy helicopters to Libya: Paris

France and Britain are deploying attack helicopters to strike Moamer Kadhafi`s forces, top French ministers said ...

Defence ministry to phase out 30 general-level posts by 2015

South Korea`s defense ministry will gradually eliminate at least 30 posts for general-grade officers by the end of ...

Protesters, police clash outside Israeli embassy in Cairo

Egyptian protesters demanding the expulsion of Israel`s ambassador clashed with riot police outside the Israeli ...

Thai, Cambodian troops exchange heavy border fire

Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged heavy weapons fire on their disputed border again early Saturday, a day after a ...

Taliban breaches Afghan defence hq, kills two

A gunman in Afghan army uniform opened fire inside Kabul`s defence ministry Monday, killing two soldiers and wounding ...

RI still waiting for Thailand`s signal to meet Cambodia

Indonesia`s Foreign Affairs Ministry said it had yet to receive an official statement from Thailand regarding its ...

British missiles target Libyan air defences

A British submarine launched a fresh salvo of Tomahawk missiles at Libyan air defence systems in a coordinated strike ...

First shot fired in Libya destroyed vehicle - France

The first shot in a U.N.-mandated intervention in Libya was fired by a French aircraft and destroyed a military ...

Coalition Launches Military Action In Libya

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday announced the launch of military action in Libya, backed by Western ...

Yemen clashes kill `Qaeda militants, police`

Al-Qaeda members launched an attack on a security post in Yemen`s eastern province of Marib on Thursday, leading to ...

Radiation "not threat outside nuclear plant zone"

Radiation from a quake-hit Japanese nuclear power plant poses no immediate health threat outside a zone which has ...

Japan disaster death toll likely to pass 1,000: Kyodo

More than 1,000 people probably died in the massive quake and tsunami disaster that devastated large parts of northern ...