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36 dead as Taliban attack Afghan road company

Thirty-six people were killed and 20 wounded Thursday when the Taliban stormed an Afghan road construction company, ...

ASEAN defence ministers agree on five focuses of cooperation

ASEAN defence ministers have agreed to work more closely in five areas of cooperation based on future regional and ...

British operation in Iraq comes to an end

Britain`s military operation in Iraq will finally end this weekend when the Royal Navy completes its mission to train ...

Libya says civilians killed by western airstrikes

Civilians, including women, were among those killed in the latest Western air strikes in the Libyan capital Tripoli, ...

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 ...

Romania sends troops to NATO effort on Libya embargo

Romania will contribute 207 troops to NATO efforts to enforce an arms embargo on Libya, as requested by the alliance, ...

13 Qaeda militants killed : South Yemen official

Thirteen Al-Qaeda militants were killed in clashes on Tuesday with Yemeni soldiers in the southern province of Abyan, ...

Indonesia, China to strengthen defense Cooperation

Indonesia and China have agreed to strengthen their defense cooperation, including in the joint-production of ...

19 US planes in Libya raid Sunday - US Africa command

Nineteen US planes, including three B2 stealth bombers, took part in early morning raids Sunday on targets in Libya, ...

AU panel opposed to military intervention in Libya

A high-level African Union panel on the Libyan crisis Saturday rejected "any kind of foreign military intervention" in ...

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 ...

Japan resumes dousing overheating atomic plant

Japan resumed throwing water at a quake-hit nuclear plant early Saturday to avert a catastrophe in what the head of ...

Military strikes on Libya within hours: France

Military action to protect civilians from Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi`s forces will come within "hours" and France ...