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A number of Indonesian NGOs, organized as Indonesian Solidarity for ASEAN Peoples (SIAP), wrote a letter to ASEAN ...

Violence at a prison on the outskirts of Mexico`s northern business city Monterrey killed at least 20 people on ...

Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin has categorically denied an allegation his ministry had received Rp1 ...

The Attorney General`s Office (AGO) is to do a recount of prisoners sentenced to death for drug-related offenses in ...

Fierce clashes broke out near the Syrian capital on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad`s opponents sought to crank up ...

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday praised the government of Myanmar for its democratic reforms and said ...

The top US Senate Republican on Tuesday said he could back easing sanctions on Myanmar if it advances a host of ...

A key US senator on Sunday said the United States was "pleased with the progress" of Myanmar`s reforms but urged the ...

The Palestinians urged Israel to free dozens of Palestinian lawmakers during a new round of exploratory talks held in ...

Free at last after years locked up by the junta, prominent Myanmar dissidents have vowed to keep up their fight for ...

Syria`s President Bashar al-Assad has decreed a general amnesty for crimes committed during unrest in the country over ...

Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs Surapong Tovichakchaikul on Saturday hailed the move by Myanmar government to free ...

Somali Islamist rebels stormed a remote police camp in northeastern Kenya, killing seven people and kidnapping several ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Wednesday called for Western nations to lift sanctions against ...

A US congressman who has spearheaded sanctions aimed at pressuring Myanmar will pay his first visit to the country ...