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A Japanese man who was swept 15km out to sea by Japan`s deadly tsunami was plucked to safety on Sunday after being ...

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

Three Dutch marines to be released from captivity by Libyan government forces will be evacuated aboard a Greek ...

Representatives of the Libyan opposition seeking endorsement for their rebel administration met the EU foreign policy ...

Russia is opposed to any form of military intervention in Libya, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday as the ...

Taiwan plans to slash the number of its troops by 9,200 this year amid warming ties with China, but the cut will be ...

Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed six soldiers, including two officers, in three separate attacks Sunday in several ...

Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed four soldiers from Yemen`s elite Republican Guard in an attack east of the capital ...

Algerian police and pro-government activists on Saturday foiled another attempt by opposition protesters to march in ...

Taiwan will not engage in an arms race with China but will focus instead on making optimal use of its defense budget, ...

China`s defence budget will rise 12.7 percent in 2011 to 601.1 billion yuan ($91.7 billion), a government spokesman ...

Two US warships carrying marines and equipment on Wednesday steamed into the Mediterranean Sea en route to Libya, the ...

Britain said Tuesday it would axe around 11,000 armed forces jobs as part of defence cuts brought in to help reduce ...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy named former premier Alain Juppe as his new foreign minister Sunday, after Michele ...

Michele Alliot-Marie resigned as French foreign minister on Sunday following a series of gaffes over Tunisia which ...