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Russians vote as Putin seeks return to presidency

Russians voted on Sunday in presidential polls likely to return strongman Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin for a record ...

ban demands unconditional humanitarian aid to Syria

UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Friday demanded unconditional humanitarian access to Syrian cities, saying there were ...

Suicide bomber attacks NATO convoy, 7 wounded: official

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a NATO convoy in Afghanistan`s southern province of Kandahar Friday, ...

UN calls on Koran burners to be punished

The United Nations said Thursday the perpetrators of the Koran burning in Afghanistan should be punished, but insisted ...

Two NATO troops killed by Afghans

Two NATO troops were killed Thursday when an Afghan soldier and a civilian turned their weapons against them in ...

5 Syrian troops killed in clash with deserters

Five Syrian soldiers were killed on Tuesday in fighting with deserters in the restive southern province of Daraa, a ...

Sri Lankans protest US move over `war crimes`

Tens of thousands of ruling party supporters led by cabinet ministers staged demonstrations across Sri Lanka Monday to ...

Fallout from Afghan Koran burning widens

The fallout from Koran burnings at a US airbase, which triggered a week of violence, has widened as Afghan ministers ...

NATO probes food after Taliban poison claim

The Taliban claimed Monday it was behind the poisoning of coalition troops` food in eastern Afghanistan as NATO ...

Taliban say airport attack is "revenge" for Koran burnings

The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility on Monday for an attack on the Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan, ...

Syria-based PFLP leader on first Gaza trip

A senior leader of the Syria-based leadership of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine arrived on Sunday ...

Soldiers kill 5 Qaeda suspects: Yemeni official

Yemeni troops killed five suspected Al-Qaeda militants early on Sunday in an artillery attack in the southern city of ...

Pro-autonomy activist killed in south Yemen: witnesses

Yemeni security forces shot dead a southern activist and wounded six others at Mukalla in the southeast on Thursday ...

Obama expresses "deep regret" over Koran burning

US President Barack Obama sent Afghan President Hamid Karzai a letter of apology over the burning of copies of the ...

RI protests US draft policy on palm oil

Indonesia and Malaysia have launched a strong protest against a clause in the US government`s draft policy on ...