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Yemen sole presidential candidate starts campaign

Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, Yemen`s acting head of state since veteran leader Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to ...

Yemen to kick off one-man presidential campaign

Yemen`s one-candidate presidential election campaign, as part of a UN-backed power transfer deal to ease the 33-year ...

Iran hails Russia, Chinese UN veto on Syria

Iran on Sunday welcomed the Russian and Chinese veto on a UN Security Council resolution condemning its ally Syria for ...

Russian Islamist chief orders halt to civilian attacks

The leader of Russia`s Islamist rebels ordered a halt to attacks on civilians, saying mass opposition protests showed ...

Kidnapped aid workers released in Yemen, 5 militants dead

Six kidnapped foreign aid workers have been released in Yemen, the defence ministry said on Thursday, and a military ...

Militants kill 2 in oil-producing Yemen province

Al Qaeda militants killed at least two government soldiers when they ambushed a patrol in central Yemen on Wednesday, ...

China says to increase police in Xinjiang for stability

China will boost police forces in its western Xinjiang region, state media said on Monday, in an effort to tackle ...

Yemeni president arrives in U.S. - state department

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in the United States for medical treatment on Saturday, a week after ...

UN security council meets on Syria draft

The UN Security Council on Friday met behind closed doors to discuss a Western-Arab draft resolution on Syria with the ...

UN chief praises Myanmar, plans visit there soon

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

Canada backs Arab League plan on assad departure

Canada supports the Arab League plan for an immediate departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and urges the UN ...

RI govt looks set to cut subsidized fuel consumption despite protests

The government looks set to limit the use of subsidized fuel oils and implement an oil-to-gas conversion program ...

Libya would fall into civil war if NTC resigns: leader

Libya would fall into a "civil war" if the National Transitional Council resigns, the chief of the nation`s ruling ...

Coup plot foiled in Bangladesh, says army

The Bangladesh army said Thursday it had foiled a plot last month by some "religiously fanatic" serving officers to ...

Radioactive material said stolen from Egypt plant

Radioactive material has been stolen from a nuclear power station on Egypt`s Mediterranean coast that was the site of ...