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Rape "significant" factor in Syria conflict: Watchdog

Rape has been a "significant" weapon of war in the conflict raging in Syria since March 2011 and is the "primary" ...

Indonesia Calls for Trust Building, Reconciliation in Myanmar's Rakhine State

Following his visit to Myanmar's State of Rakhine, Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa has called ...

UN unable to get food to 1 million hungry Syrians

About 1 million Syrians are going hungry due to the difficulty of getting supplies into conflict zones and the fact ...

Security Council president reaffirms responsibility for international peace and security

Recognizing the constant threats to international peace and security, which include armed conflicts, terrorism acts, ...

UN chief "deeply troubled" by approval of israeli settlements in West Bank

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday said that he is "deeply troubled" by Israel`s announcement that it has ...

Developing countries need chance to join int`l development: minister

Minister of Foreign Affairs Marty Natalegawa said global financial stakeholders should give a chance and role to ...

Annan asks Syria to stop using heavy weapons

UN envoy Kofi Annan on Sunday asked the Damascus regime and the opposition to immediately halt violence and the use of ...

Syria oposition calls for UN military intervention

The opposition Syrian National Council renewed on Saturday its call for the United Nations to intervene militarily in ...

TNI assigns six officers to join UN monitoring team in Syria

The National Defense Forces (TNI) is to send six of its officers to join the UN team to monitor the implementation of ...

Darfur rebels `seize` army posts near Heglig

Rebels from Sudan`s Darfur region on Thursday said they seized two Sudanese military positions north of the Heglig oil ...

30 illegal immigrants sent to Tanjungpinang

Cilegon immigration authorities are moving 30 illegal immigrants to immigration detention centers on Tanjungpinang, ...

Asia-Africa conference members continuously support Palestine

Members of the Asia-Africa Conference are continuously gathering support for Palestine`s bid to become a full member ...

Ahmadinejad vows to defend territorial integrity

Iran will respond with force to any threats to its territorial integrity, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on ...

One million displaced in Syria: UN chief

At least a million people have been displaced inside Syria during a 13-month crackdown on dissent, United Nations ...

Syria opposition hails UN vote on observers

Syria`s opposition on Saturday hailed the UN Security Council resolution on the deployment of observers as a "first ...