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Iran wraps up missile drill

The Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) concluded the three-day missile drill on Wednesday with Iranian ...

Indonesia invited to participate in reconstruction of iraq

The recent visit of Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Hussain Ibrahim Saleh Al-Shahristani to Indonesia is expected to ...

Yemen arrests Qaeda cell suspected of deadly Sanaa attack

Yemeni forces have arrested a cell of Al-Qaeda operatives suspected of carrying out a suicide bombing in Sanaa in May ...

Iraq wants to supply oil to Indonesia

Iraq wishes to supply oil to developing countries, including Indonesia, according to visiting Iraqi Deputy Prime ...

30 Qaeda fighters dead in Yemen air raids: local official

Thirty suspected militants were killed as Yemeni aircraft pounded Al-Qaeda positions between the southern provinces of ...

Yemen foils plot against embassies in Sanaa: report

Yemeni security forces have foiled a militant plot to attack embassies in Sanaa, state news agency SABA reported on ...

Mali Islamist leader rejects independence

The leader of the Anshar Dine Islamic group in northern Mali has rejected any form of independence of the northern ...

US drone strike kills 56 Al-Qaida militants in SE Yemen

At least seven members of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch were killed Monday when a US drone bombed their pick-up ...

Seven dead in clashes in Libyan oasis town

Seven people were killed and more than 20 wounded as gunmen raided the oasis town of Ghadames on the border with ...

New armed Arab group takes control of Timbuktu

A newly formed group of armed Arab fighters tightened its grip on the northern Malian desert city of Timbuktu on ...

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 ...

Tuareg rebels seize Timbuktu, say Malian `occupation` over

The Tuareg rebel movement Sunday said it had wrested control of the legendary desert town of Timbuktu, the last ...

Libya pm says truce agreed after desert clashes

Libya`s transitional government head Abdel Rahim al-Kib on Saturday announced that a ceasefire deal has been struck ...

16 dead in tribal clashes in Libya's sabha

At least 16 people were killed on Saturday in new clashes between the Toubou people and Arab tribesmen in the southern ...

Tuareg rebels attack key town in northern Mali

Tuareg rebels fighting alongside an armed Islamist group on Thursday attacked the key town of Kidal in northern Mali, ...