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`Act of war` if Iran closes strait of Hormuz: Romney

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Monday he would consider it an "act of war" if Iran was to shut down ...

China`s wen defends oil trade with Iran

Premier Wen Jiabao has defended China`s vast oil trade with Iran as legitimate while stressing the Beijing ...

Russia`s Pacific fleet task force pays visit to Indonesia

A Pacific Fleet task force led by the Admiral Panteleyev destroyer docked at the Indonesian port of Surabaya on ...

2nd round of flooding hits Thailand

A hundred of households in southern province of Songkhal`s Hat Yai district were inundated by a second round of ...

Iran supplying weapons to Syria crackdown

The United States believes Iran is supplying munitions to aid Syria`s bloody protest crackdown in an initiative ...

UN leader meets Nigeria minister amid fears over attacks

UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday met Nigeria`s Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru as the UN expressed fears about ...

Yemen`s Saleh asks to withdraw his U.S. visa application: official

Yemeni outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh`s office asked the U.S. embassy in Sanaa to return Saleh`s passport, ...

Afghan peace council to send mission to Qatar

A senior member of Afghanistan`s peace-making body will travel to Qatar soon to gather more details about plans for a ...

China opposes `unilateral` US sanctions on Iran

China said Wednesday it opposed "unilateral" sanctions against Iran, after US President Barack Obama signed into law ...

Iran warns US aircraft carrier away from Gulf

A US aircraft carrier deployed in the Middle East should "not return" to its base in the Gulf, the head of Iran`s ...

Evacuation ordered in flood-hit southern Thailand

Residents in some part of south Thailand were ordered to evacuate immediately from ravaging and expanding floods ...

Iran dismisses U.S. warnings over Strait of Hormuz

A senior Iranian military commander dismissed on Thursday the U.S. warnings over Iranian threats to close Strait of ...

Yemen demo attacked, 7 soldiers killed in an ambush

Loyalists of Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Friday attacked demonstrators gathered south of the capital calling ...

Yemenis protest against amnesty for Saleh

Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated Friday across the country rejecting an amnesty given to President Ali ...

Indonesia concerned about stalled Doha round

Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan has expressed concern about the stalled Doha round of trade talks which led to ...