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President assigns Kalla as special envoy for Rohingya issue

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hopes former vice president M Jusuf Kalla to act as an Indonesian special envoy for ...

ASEAN mulls assistance for Myanmar Rohingya

Southeast Asian nations are considering humanitarian assistance for Muslim-minority Rohingya facing "pain and ...

House delegation to leave for Myanmar

A delegation composing of House of Representatives (DPR) members and mass organization activists will soon leave for ...

Rohingya issue should not create religious enmity

Indonesia hopes that the conflict between the Rohingya and Rakhine ethnic groups that has claimed at least 77 lives in ...

Syrian general among 1,000 refugees fleeing to Turkey

About 1,000 Syrians, including a defecting brigadier-general, have fled to Turkey in the past 24 hours to escape ...

Violence in Myanmar not linked to persecution: Myanmar govt

Myanmar government has stated that the current riots in Rakhine state are not linked to the persecution of any ...

Arab nations urge Assad to give up power

Arab nations have called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to swiftly give up power in order to end his country`s ...

Security Council fears Syria impact on Lebanon

The UN Security Council has expressed "grave concern" about cross-border attacks on Lebanon from Syria. The ...

18th Syrian general defects to Turkey: diplomat

A Syrian general and several soldiers crossed into Turkey on Monday, a Turkish diplomat told AFP, bringing the number ...

UNHCR: asylum seekers continue to increase in Indonesia

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the number of political asylum seekers in Indonesia ...

UNHCR assures no Timor Leste refugee stranded in Indonesia

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has assured that there has been no Timor Leste refugee being ...

Yemen fm admits US drones used against Qaeda

Yemen has asked for US drones to be used "in some cases" to target Al-Qaeda leaders in the country, its foreign ...

Turkish-Syrian relations plunge with fallen fighter jet

On the eve of the NATO meeting called by Turkey to discuss Syria`s downing of its plane, relations between the two ...

1-1.5 mln Syrians need humanitarian help-U.N.

The number of people needing humanitarian assistance in Syria has risen to 1.5 million from the previous ...

Nearly 100 still missing in boat capsize near Australia

Nearly 100 suspected asylum seekers are still missing a day after a boat capsized about 200 km north of ...