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Re-elected Obama might lower Indonesia`s exports: Observer

An observer of international relations in Indonesia University, Makmur Keliat has said that the re-election of Barack ...

PDIP rejects national security bill over potential human rights violation

The secretary general of the Indonesian Democratic Party Struggle (PDIP), Tjahjo Kumolo, has said his party has ...

Obama throws down gauntlet to Romney on debate

US President Barack Obama prepared Monday for his first debate with Mitt Romney, saying the clash was about security ...

US, Indonesia hold third joint commission meeting in Washington

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa co-chaired the third ...

Taliban "open" to ceasefire, US presence to 2024

The Taliban are open to a general ceasefire as well as a political agreement which could lead to a US military ...

11 killed as NATO helicopter crashes in southern Afghanistan

A total of 11 people including four NATO and three U.S. soldiers were killed Thursday when a NATO military helicopter ...

Iran says alliance with Syria will not be broken

Iran assured President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday that Syria was a vital partner in its regional anti-Israeli ...

Arab nations urge Assad to give up power

Arab nations have called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to swiftly give up power in order to end his country`s ...

Iran reaffirms full support for Annan`s Syria plan

Iran on Tuesday reaffirmed its full support for international envoy Kofi Annan`s peace plan aimed at ending the Syria ...

Azerbaijani newspaper editor accused of spying for Iran

The chief editor of an Azerbaijani newspaper has been arrested over accusations of collaboration with Iranian ...

Iran wraps up missile drill

The Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) concluded the three-day missile drill on Wednesday with Iranian ...

S. Korea mourns sailors killed in N. Korea clash

South Korea on Friday mourned the death of six sailors in a naval clash with North Korea 10 years ago, with President ...

Yemen arrests Qaeda cell suspected of deadly Sanaa attack

Yemeni forces have arrested a cell of Al-Qaeda operatives suspected of carrying out a suicide bombing in Sanaa in May ...

Prison raid frees 40 inmates in restive Nigerian city

Attackers with guns and explosives raided a jail in a restive Nigerian city on Sunday, leaving four prison guards dead ...

US general accuses Haqqani network of Kabul attack

The US commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday accused the Pakistan-based Haqqani network of orchestrating a ...