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Minister Linda attends women`s session in New York

Minister of Women`s Empowerment and Child Protection Linda Amalia Sari Gumelar is attending the 56th session of the UN ...

US envoy to meet north Koreans

A senior US envoy will hold talks this month in Beijing with North Korea, resuming a dialogue put on hold last year by ...

UN declares Somali famine over for now

An exceptional harvest after good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia for now but ...

Al Shabaab rebels ban red cross in Somalia

Al Shabaab rebels in Somalia have expelled the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from areas they control ...

Mogadishu fighting kills at least 9 Somalis

Somali militants firing vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft guns clashed with African Union forces for a second night in ...

AU backs Kenyan troops joining its Somali force

The African Union said Friday it supported Kenya`s offer to send troops to bolster its force protecting the embattled ...

Regions must brace for weather extremes

Southern Europe will be gripped by fierce heatwaves, drought in North Africa will be more common, and small island ...

Ways to Reach Peacefullness

Day 2 (12/11), the 3rd International Bali Mediators' Festival 2011 is featuring Ida Pedanda Sebali Tianyar, Swami ...

World of "contradiction" awaits 7 billionth person

The world`s seven billionth person will be born Monday into what UN leader Ban Ki-moon calls a "world of ...

Aid agency MSF pulls foreign staff from Kenyan camp

Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres said Friday it has pulled all its foreign staff from Kenya`s Dadaab refugee camp ...

Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Kenya

Somali Islamist Shebab rebels on Thursday kidnapped two female Spanish aid workers from Kenya`s Dadaab refugee camp, ...

Turkey evacuates dozens of Somali blast victims

Turkey evacuated dozens of severely wounded blast victims from the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, two days ...

RI to bring up global issues at UNGA sessions

Indonesia will bring up global matters at the United Nations (UN) 66th general assembly which will be held in New York ...

Turkish aid workers freed in Mogadishu

Somali authorities have released three Turkish aid workers they detained for delivering aid to drought victms in an ...

Almost 96,000 people facing food crisis

A serious food crisis threatens 95,973 people in NTT Province, an official said. "The total of 95,973 people ...