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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 ...

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 ...