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New US 7th fleet commander visits Indonesia

The new US 7th Fleet commander, Vice Admiral Scott Swift, on Friday visited Indonesia`s National Defence Forces ...

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 ...

Somali pirates release greek-owned ship

Somali pirates have released a Greek owned bulk carrier with 24 crew members in the Gulf of Aden, about 490 nautical ...

US dismisses Iranian long-range naval reach

The United States Wednesday treated an Iranian claim that it would send ships close to US waters with derision, saying ...

US hikers freed from Iran arrive in Oman: AFP

The plane carrying two US hikers, released from Iran after more than two years in jail on charges of spying and ...

Yemen security forces kill 20 in Sanaa: medics

Yemeni security forces killed 20 people, including three dissident soldiers and two children, in the capital Sanaa on ...

Pirates say holding British hostage in central Somalia

A British woman, who was kidnapped in Kenya after her husband was killed, is in the hands of Somali pirates in the ...

Yemen security forces kill 26 protesters: medics

Yemeni security forces opened fire on anti-regime demonstrators in Sanaa on Sunday, killing at least 26 and wounding ...

9 killed in fighting north of Yemen capital: tribal source

Nine people were killed in two days of clashes between tribal fighters who are opposed to Yemeni President Ali ...

Seven pirates held in rescue of French hostage: Spain

Troops from a Spanish warship Saturday detained seven pirates when they rescued a French hostage taken from her yacht ...

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 ...

Four missing after French boat found off Yemen

Four people were thought to have been kidnapped by pirates after international forces found a French yacht lying ...

RI govt must apologize for bad "mudik" services

The government should apologize for bad services during this year`s Idul Fitri exodus locally known as "mudik", Yudi ...

Bahrain King pardons protest abusers

King Hamad of Bahrain said Sunday he was pardoning all those who insulted him during a month of Shiite-led ...