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Regional environmental security conference being held in Jakarta

Military representatives from 13 countries are attending the Southeast Asian Regional Environmental Security ...

Libya pm says truce agreed after desert clashes

Libya`s transitional government head Abdel Rahim al-Kib on Saturday announced that a ceasefire deal has been struck ...

US might fly drones from Australian territory

Australia said Wednesday it may allow the United States to use its territory to operate long-range spy drones, as part ...

Ban calls for calm in Sudan after clashes

UN chief Ban Ki-Moon appealed for calm after Sudan on Tuesday suspended an April summit between President Omar ...

Somali pirates hijack Iran cargo ship in Maldives

Somali pirates seized an Iranian-owned cargo ship and its 23-strong crew in the first hijacking within Maldivian ...

Indonesia-China agree to revive joint commission

President Susilo Yudhoyono said Indonesia and China have agreed to revive a joint commission to expand the existing ...

US warns N. Korea rocket aimed South

A senior US official has warned North Korea`s upcoming rocket launch would be aimed south for the first time and ...

Russia`s Medvedev warns west over missile shield

President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday time was running out for the West to come up with new proposals to secure ...

China urges restraint ahead of N Korea rocket launch

China on Friday urged restraint ahead of the launch of a North Korean rocket, after Tokyo said it was readying its ...

West to pay Afghan military $4 bln a year: Karzai

The international community will subsidise Afghan security forces by more than $4 billion a year for a decade after ...

President Yudhoyono: SE Asia stable and secure region

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Southeast Asia is a stable and secure region thanks to the ever increasing ...

Indonesian president opens Jakarta international defense dialogue

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened the Jakarta International Defense Dialogue (JIDD) at the Jakarta ...

Ban Ki-moon to discuss RI`s peacekeeping troops with Yudhoyono

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will hold talks with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on UN ties with Indonesia, ...

Three soldiers shot dead in France

Three uniformed French soldiers were shot dead on Thursday as they tried to withdraw money from a cash machine in ...

Envoy: China backs RI`s military modernization

China supports Indonesia`s military modernization by among others establishing cooperation in defence industry, ...