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GCC to pull Syria observers, urge world pressure

Gulf Arab states will pull out their observers sent to Syria as part of an Arab League mission, they announced in a ...

2,300 indonesians are still in Yemen

Some 2,300 Indonesians are still staying in Yemen and hundreds already evacuated back to Indonesia in the worsening ...

Yemen`s Saleh signs power transfer deal

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a Gulf initiative on Wednesday to hand over power to his deputy as part of ...

UN urged to take Saleh to criminal court

An opposition MP on Friday urged the UN Security Council, which is to meet on Yemen, to refer President Ali Abdullah ...

SecurityCcouncil to put new focus on Yemen crisis

The UN Security Council will on Monday discuss the refusal of Yemen`s President Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power ...

Qatar presses Yemen`s Saleh on power transfer deal

Qatar pressed Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to sign a Gulf power transfer deal and a U.N. envoy on a mission to ...

US plans to bolster military presence in Gulf

The United States plans to bolster its military presence in the Gulf after the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq ...

Renewed protests, clashes in Yemeni capital

Thousands of Yemenis took part in a protest on Sunday calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to be put on trial, as ...

UN Council to hold Yemen vote Friday

The UN Security Council will vote Friday on a resolution condemning the worsening violence in Yemen and calling on ...

Eight killed, Yemenis hope for UN pressure on Saleh

Eight Yemenis, including five protesters, were killed in a new upsurge in violence in the capital on Sunday, hospital ...

Arab foreign ministers to discuss Syria on Sunday

Arab foreign ministers will meet in Cairo on Sunday to discuss Syrian President Bashar al-Assad`s crackdown on ...

ASEAN Senior Officials to meet in Medan on Sept 13

An ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) will be organized in Medan, North Sumatra, on September 13, 2011 to discuss ...

Informal ASEAN ministerial meeting to be held in New York

An Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting will be organized in New York on September 24, 2011, on the sidelines of the ...

Yemeni President slams opposition, vows to return soon

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh slammed the opposition and promised to his supporters that he will return to Yemen ...

Syria vows `free elections`

Syria vowed on Saturday to hold "free and transparent" elections by the end of 2011 as Arab states in the Gulf joined ...