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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 ...

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 ...

Yemen opposition asks West to freeze Saleh assets

A leading member of Yemen`s opposition called on Western countries to freeze the assets of President Ali Abdullah ...

Yemeni tribesmen kill militant leader in south

Armed Yemeni tribesmen said on Wednesday they had killed a militant leader in the country`s south during a campaign by ...

Kuwait has no plan to expel Syrian ambassador

The Gulf state of Kuwait, which has called for a halt to bloodshed in Syria, said on Sunday it has no plans to expel ...

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 ...

Yemen opposition rejects government plan for talks

Yemen`s opposition dismissed on Monday a government plan for talks aimed at easing unrest after months of mass ...