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S.korea--Japan postpone landmark military pact

South Korea Friday postponed at the last minute the signing of a landmark military agreement with Japan, amid anger in ...

Yemen arrests Qaeda cell suspected of deadly Sanaa attack

Yemeni forces have arrested a cell of Al-Qaeda operatives suspected of carrying out a suicide bombing in Sanaa in May ...

Yemen fm admits US drones used against Qaeda

Yemen has asked for US drones to be used "in some cases" to target Al-Qaeda leaders in the country, its foreign ...

Israel starts West Bank outpost evacuation

Residents of Israel`s Ulpana settlement outpost neighbourhood in the West Bank began evacuating their homes on Tuesday ...

Prison raid frees 40 inmates in restive Nigerian city

Attackers with guns and explosives raided a jail in a restive Nigerian city on Sunday, leaving four prison guards dead ...

Nearly 100 still missing in boat capsize near Australia

Nearly 100 suspected asylum seekers are still missing a day after a boat capsized about 200 km north of ...

Hamas says two fighters found dead in bombed Gaza tunnel

Palestinians said Thursday they had recovered the bodies of two militants from a tunnel damaged by an Israeli air ...

Saudi appoints Prince Salman crown prince - state tv

Saudi Arabia`s King Abdullah has appointed Defence Minister Prince Salman as crown prince and heir apparent, ensuring ...

Belarus to open embassy in Jakarta

Belarus will soon open an embassy in Jakarta, according to visiting Belarus Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Martinov. ...

France determined to get troops out of Afghanistan

The French defence minister told the US commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan on Monday that Paris was determined to ...

France to begin Afghan pullout in July and finish end 2012

French President Francois Hollande said Saturday France will begin its pullout from Afghanistan next month and ...

Attacks in Iraq kill four: officials

Shootings and bombings in Iraq on Friday killed four people, including a parliamentary official and a senior emergency ...

Karzai condemns NATO air strike on civilians

Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday condemned as unacceptable a NATO air strike that killed 18 civilians and would ...

RI, China ramp up defence cooperation

The defense cooperation between Indonesia and China continues to increase, according to Indonesian Ambassador to China ...

Vietnam opens new areas for US MIA hunt - (d)

Vietnam will open up three new areas to American teams hunting for missing war-time soldiers, its defence chief ...