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Obama, Uzbek leader discuss Afghan supply route

President Barack Obama and Uzbekistan`s President Islam Karimov discussed expanding U.S. use of the central Asian ...

Egypt elections to start on November 28

Egypt will hold on November 28 its first parliamentary election since a popular revolt ousted president Hosni Mubarak ...

U.S. says won`t ignore Iran-backed attacks in Iraq

The United States will not "sit idly by" while its forces are harmed by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, the top U.S. ...

32nd Asean interparliamentary assembly kicks off in Cambodia

The 32nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-32) was held here on Tuesday to promote ...

Battle in Kabul heightens Afghan security fears

A deadly 19-hour Taliban assault on Kabul that turned its most heavily secured district into a battle zone has ...

Indonesian workers `paid to abuse cattle for TV`

A Liberal senator has told a parliamentary hearing meat workers in Indonesian abattoirs were paid to abuse live cattle ...

Head of U.S. cyber agency resigns suddenly

The head of a U.S. agency that helps respond to cyber attacks resigned suddenly after several high-profile attacks on ...

US says dialogue crucial in Yemen

The United States said Tuesday that dialogue was essential to resolve Yemen`s political crisis and played down the ...

NATO not targeting Kadhafi: Obama adviser

The United States and its NATO allies are not targeting Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi with military strikes, a top ...

US senate deplores China action in South China Sea

The US Senate on Monday unanimously approved a resolution that "deplores the use of force" by Chinese vessels in ...

Obama names Sung Kim as top envoy to Korea

U.S. President Barack Obama has formally nominated Sung Kim, a career diplomat with expertise in Korean affairs, as ...

United States is talking to Taliban - Karzai

The United States and other foreign powers are engaged in preliminary taks with the Taliban about a possible ...

Hackers claim breach of US senate website

A shadowy group of hackers behind a string of recent cyberattacks claimed on Monday to have stolen internal data from ...

1,000 Al-Qaeda fighters still in Iraq: Panetta

CIA chief Leon Panetta told lawmakers Thursday that 1,000 Al-Qaeda fighters are still operating in Iraq and said US ...

Somali militants aiming to attack abroad: CIA chief

Al-Qaeda linked militants who control much of Somalia are looking to extend their operations and carry out attacks ...