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Tunisia gets new premier after new violence

Tunisia`s prime minister Mohammed Ghannouchi resigned Sunday and was replaced by Beji Caid Essebsi, a former minister, ...

Egypt army apologises for beating Tahrir protesters

Egypt`s ruling military council apologised on Saturday after military police beat protesters in Cairo`s Tahrir Square, ...

Somali rebels cede more ground in Mogadishu - president

Somali forces pushed deeper into rebel-controlled pockets of Mogadishu, the president said on Friday, as the ...

RI, S`pore agree to step up intelligence cooperation

The Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) have agreed to step up cooperation ...

Libya blames "criminals" for anti-Gaddafi uprising

Violence that has rocked Libya in the last few days is the work of gangs of delinquent youths manipulated by foreign ...

Asean members agree to foster defence cooperation

Ten ASEAN member countries have agreed to expand defence cooperation to foster regional security stability in both ...

Pakistan intelligence considers US gunman CIA

Pakistani intelligence considers that an American in custody nearly month for killing two Pakistani men on ...

Three German soldiers shot dead at Afghan base

Three German soldiers were killed and six others wounded Friday when a man in Afghan army uniform opened fire at a ...

Three British troops killed in Afghanistan

A British soldier was killed Monday by an explosion in Afghanistan after it was announced earlier in the day that two ...

Egypt military rulers dissolve parliament: state tv

Egypt`s new military rulers on Sunday suspended the constitution and dissolved a parliament dominated by the ruling ...

Gantz appointed new Israel military chief

Israel`s cabinet on Sunday approved the appointment of Major General Benny Gantz as the next chief of staff of the ...

Russia and Japan to hold islands crisis talks

The top diplomats of Russia and Japan will hold tense talks Friday amid a bitter war of words over a chain of disputed ...

Japan PM remarks on islands `undiplomatic`: Russia

The war of words between Russia and Japan escalated on Monday when Moscow called Tokyo`s latest comments on a disputed ...

Karzai to announce security transition March 21

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday he would announce the start of the transition of security responsibility ...

Egypt Overshadows Mideast Quartet Talks

Egypt loomed large over talks of the Middle East Quartet in Germany on Saturday, with fears that a change of regime in ...