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Fallout from Afghan Koran burning widens

The fallout from Koran burnings at a US airbase, which triggered a week of violence, has widened as Afghan ministers ...

Xi backs expanding US-China military ties

China`s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping and US defense chiefs agreed on the need for expanding military relations between ...

us presence in asia to secure region`s stability : Cohen

The United States` presence in Asia is meant to secure stability in the region, a visiting former US defense secretary ...

Panetta calls Egypt strongman over NGO raids

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta conveyed his "deep concern" to Egypt`s military ruler over police raids on ...

Israel welcomes additional U.S. military aid

Israel applauded on Sunday a decision by the U.S. Congress to approve 235 million U.S. dollars in aid to Israel`s ...

White House says IAEA report on Iran "very alarming"

The White House said on Thursday that this week`s International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran`s nuclear program ...

Obama meets NATO chief. aides laud Libya role

President Barack Obama on Monday met NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen, as top officials again defended the US role in ...

RI, US continue to step up cooperation in various fields

Positive relations between Indonesia and the United States have advanced since the election of President Susilo ...

President Yudhoyono hopes RI-US defense cooperation stepped up

During a courtesy call by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Bali`s Nusa Dua resort, Bali, on Monday morning, ...

RI, US discuss F-16 grant

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Monday. The ...

President receives US defense secretary

United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta paid a courtesy call on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at a hotel in ...

U.S. to pull out troops from Iraq by end-2011

U.S. President Barack Obama said all American troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year, ending a long war which ...

US defense minister to meet asean counterparts

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is scheduled to meet with counterparts from the ten ASEAN countries informally in ...

U.S. says won`t ignore Iran-backed attacks in Iraq

The United States will not "sit idly by" while its forces are harmed by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, the top U.S. ...

RI to strengthen defense cooperation with USA : Minister

Indonesia and the US will strengthen and expand their defense and military cooperation in anticipation of regional ...