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News Focus: Mt Lokon eruption forces mass evacuation

A major eruption of Mount Lokon in Tomohon, North Sulawesi, on Thursday evening (July 14) has struck local villagers ...

Number of Mt Lokon refugees increases to 4,446

The number of refugees from the eruption of Mount Lokon increased to 4,446 on Friday, following a major eruption on ...

Israelis kill Hamas man in West Bank: Palestinians

Israeli soldiers killed a member of Hamas during a raid on a northern West Bank refugee camp on Wednesday, Palestinian ...

Poor countries host 80% of world`s refugees: UN report

An estimated 80 per cent of the world?s refugees now live in developing countries and yet anti-refugee sentiment is ...

Syrian president to address nation on TV Monday

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is expected to make a TV-address on the situation in the country on Monday, the ...

NATO jets batter Tripoli, Kadhafi defiant

A wave of NATO air strikes battered Tripoli early Wednesday, piling pressure on embattled Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi ...

38,000 internally displaced persons in Pakistan return homes: UN

The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday that 38,000 people, who had been displaced as the result of fighting ...

NAM meeting to produce five documents

Indonesian permanent representative to the UN, ambassador Hasan Kleib said the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) will at its ...

Fire kills four at Tunisian refugee camp

A fire killed four Eritreans at a refugee camp in Tunisia near the Libyan border on Sunday, provoking a protest ...

At least 34 killed in protests across Syria

Syrian security forces shot dead at least 34 people Friday, including a child, as pro-democracy protests swept the ...

14,000 have fled to Italy, Malta from Libya - UNHCR

Some 14,000 people have fled to Italy or Malta by boat from Libya since the beginning of the conflict and thousands ...

Australia appreciates RI for human smuggling eradication

The Australian government appreciated the Indonesian government for its efforts to stop human smuggling to its ...

Aceh students rally to support Palestinian sovereignty

Some 100 students staged a rally at Simpang Lima roundabout here on Saturday to express their support for Palestinian ...

Boat with 500 Libya refugees runs aground in Italy

A boat carrying some 500 refugees from Libya ran aground as it neared an Italian port on Sunday, forcing many of those ...

New strikes as Libya vows to leave Misrata to tribes

NATO launched fresh air raids on the Libyan capital Saturday as Moamer Kadhafi`s government said it was ready to ...