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Bali meeting adds 11 items to UNESCO`s intangible heritage list

The 6th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage ended in Nusa Dua, ...

Saudi urges its citizens to leave unrest-hit Syria

The Saudi foreign ministry on Tuesday urged its citizens to leave Syria and not to travel to the Arab nation that has ...

Yemen opposition to nominate ex-minister to form govt

Opposition parties agreed on Friday to nominate the head of an alliance that led months of protests against ...

news focus: Aceh`s Saman dance joins UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage

Aceh`s Saman dance, well-known abroad as "Thousand hands" dance, is something warranting a sense of national pride ...

Yemen troops kill 12 Qaeda suspects

Yemeni forces shelled a suspected Al-Qaeda hide-out in the restive southern city of Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan ...

Yemen`s Saleh signs deal to quit power

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah signed a deal on Wednesday to hand over his powers after 33 years in office which Saudi ...

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 ...

Captured Mexican cartel `boss` faces US charges

A "plaza boss" for Mexico`s deadly Gulf cartel was indicted on drug trafficking charges Friday, nearly a month after ...

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 ...

Nigerian Chevron vessel hijacked, 3 hostages taken

Eight pirates boarded an oil supply vessel contracted by Chevron Corp (CVX.N) off the Nigerian coast and took three ...

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 ...

Shelling kills 13 in Yemen, UN envoy pushes for peace

At least 13 people were killed in heavy fighting in the Yemeni city of Taiz on Friday, a day after a U.N. envoy began ...

UN envoy back in Yemen to tackle crisis

The UN envoy to Yemen returned to Sanaa on Thursday to revive efforts aimed at resolving the political turmoil rocking ...

Iran surrounded by Western spy centers

- An Iranian lawmaker said Wednesday that Iran has been surrounded by Western spying centers near its borders in ...