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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, ...

Philippines unfazed by Taiwan Spratly missile plan

The Philippines said Sunday it was prepared to defend its claims in the South China Sea, but downplayed a plan by ...

British army soldier shot dead in Afghanistan

A British army soldier was shot dead Saturday while manning a checkpoint in Afghanistan`s troubled Helmand province, ...

Gaza prepares to receive prisoners as `heroes`

Palestinian groups are planning celebrations to mark Israel`s imminent release of hundreds of prisoner "heroes" in ...

US, British forces free hijacked italian ship off Somalia

British and US commandos on Tuesday freed an Italian vessel with a crew of 23, which had been hijacked by pirates off ...

Laos congratulates TNI on 66th anniversary

The Laotian government has congratulated the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) on its 66th anniversary which ...