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Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday she was confident about prospects for democratic reforms in Myanmar, ...

The Syrian government released Wednesday 912 prisoners who were arrested during the months-old unrest and "don`t have ...

Myanmar`s president has approved changes to a law on political parties, paving the way for democracy leader Aung San ...

China repatriates about 5,000 North Korean refugees each year even though they often face harsh punishment on their ...

Gaza militants fired rockets at southern Israel on Monday, in violence that tested a shaky truce brokered by Egypt ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday said the convoy carrying Moamer Kadhafi posed no danger when attacked ...

Israel is releasing 1,027 Palestinians in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, in a two-stage operation that ...

Palestinian groups are planning celebrations to mark Israel`s imminent release of hundreds of prisoner "heroes" in ...

Police in Aceh have arrested four men suspected of having committed piracy against ships passing through the Malacca ...

Rival groups of inmates rioted in Pattani provincial central prison, Monday, morning resulting in one prisoner dead ...

India on Friday urged Sri Lanka to examine claims made in a British documentary that said it targeted civilians while ...

The UN`s human rights chief Thursday warned Sri Lanka not to take too long in probing war crimes allegations, saying ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa has expressed concern about the conditions of Palestinian political ...

Justice minister Patrialis Akbar has vowed to fire penitentiary officers who mistreat prisoners."I do not like to hear ...

The reported use of "Geronimo" as a codeword in the operation that led to Osama bin Laden`s killing has angered some ...