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Australians warned to leave Benghazi immediately

Australia on Friday joined three European nations in urging its citizens to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi due to a ...

Obama vows to build alliances, not `perpetual war` - (d)

President Barack Obama on Monday vowed to renew "strong alliances" around the world, saying that the United States was ...

Suicides in US military rise to record level

Suicides in the US military rose to a record level last year, with 349 troops taking their lives, despite concerted ...

US focused on Syria`s chemical arms after Assad

The United States is increasingly focused on how to secure Syria`s chemical weapons if President Bashar al-Assad falls ...

Myanmar denies using chemical weapons on rebels

Myanmar on Thursday denied accusations it had used chemical weapons against ethnic minority rebels in the northern ...

US says crashed drone drifted into Philippine Sea

The United States confirmed Tuesday that it owned a drone found in Philippine waters, but said the craft only drifted ...

Obama, Karzai meet, Afghan peace effort show flickers of life

President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will discuss matters of war, including future U.S. troop ...

Japan to boost military budget amid China row

Japan will increase military spending in 2013 for the first time in more than a decade, the ruling party said Tuesday, ...

Britain would fight to keep the Falklands

Prime Minister David Cameron said a strong message Sunday Britain was prepared to fight militarily to keep the ...

US draws plans for up to 9,000 troops in Afghanistan

The US Defense Department has prepared plans for a smaller presence in Afghanistan after the White House insisted on ...

Jose Ramos-Horta named UN envoy to G. Bissau

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has tapped Jose Ramos-Horta, a former East Timor president and Nobel ...

Nearly 90% of Syria conflict dead killed in 2012

Nearly 90 percent of those who have died in Syria`s 21-month conflict were killed in 2012, the Syrian Observatory for ...

Local police, an uncertain player in Afghan future

The Afghan Local Police, branded by some critics as an incompetent Taliban-linked militia, is one of the many security ...

NATO extends an-124 airlift contract until 2015

NATO will continue chartering Antonov An-124 Ruslan heavy lift transport planes until at least December 31, 2014, ...

Russia demands South Sudan punish guilty for downed UN chopper

Russia urged South Sudan on Saturday to punish those responsible for shooting down a UN helicopter and killing all ...