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UK Secretary of State for Defence to visit Indonesia

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond MP is scheduled to arrive in Indonesia on Tuesday for a ...

Myanmar denies using chemical weapons on rebels

Myanmar on Thursday denied accusations it had used chemical weapons against ethnic minority rebels in the northern ...

Japan to boost military budget amid China row

Japan will increase military spending in 2013 for the first time in more than a decade, the ruling party said Tuesday, ...

16 Qaeda suspects killed in Yemen: ministry

At least sixteen suspected Al-Qaeda operatives have been killed in Yemen in ongoing battles between the army and ...

17 Qaeda militants killed in Yemen air raid: ministry

Seventeen suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed in an air raid that struck one of their hideouts in the southern ...

Police to interrogate four military members over violence

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police plans to question four military (TNI) members suspected of involvement in a bikers` ...

Yemeni troops kill seven Qaeda suspects in south

Seven Al-Qaeda suspects, including four Somali nationals, have been killed in battles with Yemeni troops near the ...

Govt discusses implementation of revised 2012 budget

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led a limited cabinet meeting here on Thursday to discuss the implementation of the ...

Yemen air strikes kill 6 Qaeda militants: ministry

An air strike on an Al-Qaeda position near the southern Yemeni town of Loder killed six militants on Wednesday, the ...

Karzai says NATO failed as 18-hr Kabul attack ends

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday that a coordinated Taliban attack showed a "failure" by Afghan ...

Children killed in restive Yemen south

Three children were among four people killed on Sunday in Yemen`s restive east and south by suspected Al-Qaeda ...

RI concerned about N Korea`s rocket launch

Indonesia through a press statement released by the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Friday expresses concern about North ...

N. Korea launches rocket: defence ministry

North Korea on Friday launched a long-range rocket, South Korea`s defence ministry and US officials said, with Japan ...

Japan on full alert ahead of north Korean launch

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Thursday that the country was on full alert against North Korea`s planned ...

Yemen air force, troops kill 62 militants

Yemen`s air force and ground troops killed at least 62 suspected al Qaeda-linked fighters on Wednesday, officials and ...