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`25 soldiers killed` in Yemen-Qaeda battles

At least 25 soldiers have been killed in a friendly fire incident and clashes with militants linked to Al-Qaeda in ...

Oil refinery explosion kill four workers in Kuwait

Four workers were killed and two others injured Saturday in a gas unit blast at an oil refinery in Kuwait, the Kuwait ...

Ministry checking ship operators` adherence to safety rules

Following the recent spate of tragic shipping accidents, the Transportation Ministry has begun an audit of marine ...

Two dead in north Iraq bomb attack: police

A suicide bomber who detonated his explosives-packed truck outside a bank in the disputed northern Iraqi city of ...

Taliban kill 8 police with insider help: govt official

Eight Afghan police were killed early Wednesday when Taliban militants apparently helped by an insider overran their ...

Scores of shop houses destroyed in Samarinda

A big fire had destroyed scores of shops at Pasar Pagi, Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Pelabuhan village, Samarinda, East ...

Somalia peacekeepers admit killing Malaysian journalist

The African Union peacekeeping force fighting Islamist rebels in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, acknowledged on Monday ...

India successfully test-fire "prithvi-ii" ballistic missile

India has successfully test-fired its nuclear capable `Prithvi-II` ballistic missile, with a range of 350 kms, Monday ...

Wamena Airport gutted by fire

Wamena Airport in Jaya Wijaya District, Papua Province, was gutted by fire early Monday. The fire, which ravaged ...

Fire guts passenger ship, three killed, over 100 injured

A passenger ship, the MV Marine Nusantara, was gutted by a fire that killed three people, injured 26 others seriously ...

More aggressive action on pirates, EU

European Union states on Friday called for "more robust" action from the international fleet in the Indian Ocean to ...

New seismograph installed on mount Lewotobi

A seismograph near the top of Mount Lewotobi was damaged in a recent forest fire but has now been replaced, a local ...

Tectonic earthquake jolts Tual

A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Southeast Maluku district`s capital of Tual at 11.40 ...

Anti-Kadhafi fighters take a pounding in Sirte

Anti-Kadhafi fighters on Wednesday admitted heavy losses and hospitals full of wounded from their assault on the ...

Bbomb blast injures at least 15 in Ankara

A powerful bomb explosion wounded at least 15 people in the center of the Turkish capital Ankara Tuesday, a government ...