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Gunmen kill Iraq border forces general

Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi border forces brigadier general on Monday, among two people killed and five wounded in ...

U.S. military chief wraps up Iraq visit

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki`s media adviser confirmed Wednesday that the Chairman of U. S. Joint Chiefs of ...

Iraq closes major border crossing point with Syria

Iraq on Wednesday closed a major border checkpoint with Syria in the country`s western province of Anbar, a source ...

Iraq to get first US F-16s in Sept 2014: officials

The first batch of F-16 fighter jets bought by Iraq are due to be delivered in two years, US officials said on Tuesday ...

Afghanistan rocket attack damages US military chief's plane

A rocket fired on a US airbase in Afghanistan early Tuesday damaged the aircraft of America's top military officer and ...

U.S. refuses to recognize diplomatic asylum of Wikileaks founder

The U.S. government on Friday (August 17) refused to recognize the diplomatic asylum that Ecuador granted to WikiLeaks ...

Algeria`s Brahimi named Syria envoy to replace Annan

UN Secretary-general Ban Ki- moon on Friday announced the appointment of Lakhdar Brahimi, a veteran Algerian diplomat, ...

Smoke, donkey mascot for U.S. marines in Iraq, dies in Nebraska

Smoke, the Iraqi donkey whose journey from a desert battleground to a peaceful retirement in the United States ...

At least 8 dead in wave of Iraq attacks

At least eight people were killed and more than 50 wounded in a spate of attacks in Baghdad as well as northern and ...

Brahimi to be new UN envoy to Syria

Former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar Brahimi is to be named as the new United Nations and Arab League peace envoy ...

Iran hosts Syria talks, calls for national dialogue

Iran on Thursday hosted a 29-nation conference on Syria with the aim of stopping bloodshed there and forging a role ...

Pertamina`s oil production target 2.2 m barrels per day

State oil and gas company PT Pertamina said it sets production target equivalent to 2.2 million barrels of oil per ...

200,000 flee Syria's aleppo in two days

The United Nations said Sunday that 200,000 people have fled the Syrian city of Aleppo in two days as President Bashar ...

Navy sends ship to evacuate stranded immigrants in Madura

The Indonesian Navy`s Eastern Fleet Command has sent a ship to evacuate the stranded illegal immigrants on Guagua ...

Algeria rejects Arab League call for Assad to go

Algeria on Monday rejected an Arab League call for Syria`s President Bashar al-Assad to step down, saying that was a ...