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18th Syrian general defects to Turkey: diplomat

A Syrian general and several soldiers crossed into Turkey on Monday, a Turkish diplomat told AFP, bringing the number ...

Russia rejects UN sanctions against Syria

Russia rejected calls for sanctions against Syria on Thursday, while the United States warned the UN mission to the ...

Annan proposes transitional government for Syria: Envoys

International envoy Kofi Annan has proposed setting up a Syrian transitional government that could include followers ...

Malaysia not to claim Tor-Tor dance as its own?

The Indonesian people have often been upset when Malaysia claims some aspects of their culture as its own, yet the ...

Iran nuclear talks resume in nervous atmosphere

World powers will seek to avert a collapse of diplomacy over Iran's nuclear programme at talks starting in ...

Australia expels two Syrian diplomats over massacre

Australia Tuesday expelled two Syrian diplomats in response to the massacre at Houla of more than 100 people with ...

Iran deplores terrorist attacks in Syria`s Houla

Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast condemned the latest terrorist attacks on the civilians in the ...

Indonesian Ambassador hands credentials to Irish President

Indonesian Ambassador to Great Britain and Northern Ireland T.M. Hamzah Thayeb has handed his credentials to Irish ...

German diplomat admires Indonesian cultural diversity

German Cultural Center "Goethe-Institute" Director Franz Xaver Augustin has admired the Indonesian cultural ...

Qaeda claims Yemen attack on advisers, US denies

Al-Qaeda militants on Monday claimed they raked with gunfire a convoy carrying four US military advisers in Hudaida, ...

Medvedev creates commission to investigate superjet incident

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the Industry Ministry, the Foreign Ministry and the United ...

Annan says he will return to Damascus soon: diplomat

UN and African Union envoy Kofi Annan Tuesday told the UN Security Council he intends to return to Damascus in the ...

Qaeda holding Saudi diplomat kidnapped in Yemen

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is holding a Saudi diplomat kidnapped last month in Yemen`s main southern city of ...

World Bank picks Korean-American Kim as president

The World Bank chose Korean-American physician Jim Yong Kim as its next chief Monday in a decision that surprised few ...

Indonesia welcomes Jim Yong Kim as new World Bank president

Indonesia welcomes the election of Jim Yong Kim as the new president of the World Bank to replace Robert Zoellick who ...