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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 ...

Yemen separatists urge supporters to disrupt poll

A faction of Yemen`s separatist Southern Movement on Saturday called for a day of "civil disobedience" to disrupt next ...

UN chief marks one-year anniversary of revolution in Libya

Marking the one-year anniversary of the revolution in Libya, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that Libyans ...

China opposes forced regime change in Syria: envoy

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun said Beijing opposed armed intervention and forced "regime change" in Syria, a ...

Russia to sell tanks to Algeria, Turkmenistan

Russia has signed contracts to sell 120 T-90C tanks to Algeria and 30 to Turkmenistan, Vedomosti business daily ...

news focus: RI concerned over violence in Syria, calls for peaceful solution

The anti-government protests in Syria and the harsh responses by President Bashar Al-Assad`s regime has reportedly ...