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U.S. treasury secretary appeals to China over Iran

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appealed for Chinese cooperation on nuclear non-proliferation on Wednesday in ...

US Marine said "shoot first, ask later" in Iraq slayings

A US Marine ordered his men to "shoot first and ask questions later," triggering one of the Iraq war's most ...

Two britons charged over weapons in Afghanistan

Two British men arrested in Afghanistan with 30 AK-47 assault rifles have been charged with weapons smuggling, a ...

China opposes `unilateral` US sanctions on Iran

China said Wednesday it opposed "unilateral" sanctions against Iran, after US President Barack Obama signed into law ...

U.S. presidential candidate threatens to bomb Iranian nuclear sites

Rick Santorum, an ultra-conservative Republican presidential candidate, has vowed to ensure that Iran cannot produce a ...

Russia to modernize 60MiG-31 interceptors by 2020

The Russian Air Force will receive over 60 modernized MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor aircraft by 2020, the Defense ...

Afghan army soldier kills two NATO troops

A man wearing an Afghan army uniform on Thursday shot dead two members of NATO`s US-led International Security ...

Mobs besiege Shiite leader`s residence in Sampang

Mobs wielding sharp weapons besieged the house of a local Shiite leader in Sampang on Madura island, East Java, ...

RI demonstrates stronger commitment to nuke-free world

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono when speaking at an International Defense Dialog in March 2011 said a real push ...

Pakistan, India to hold talks on nuclear CBMs next week

Pakistan and India will hold talks on nuclear and conventional confidence-building measures ( CBMs) next week as part ...

Mother, son murdered mysteriously in their Bengkulu home

A mother and her 18-year-old son are reported to have become the victims of a brutal but mysterious murder in their ...

Indonesia must be more peaceful in 2012

Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent ...

U.S. envoy on North Korea arrives in Japan

The top US envoy on North Korea arrived in Tokyo on Sunday on the latest leg of his first Asian tour in the wake of ...

Papan extends sanctions against Iran

Japan on Friday decided to extend its sanctions on Iran after similar moves by other nations to beef up international ...

news focus: RI applauded for ratifying nuclear test ban treaty

Fifteen years after the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) was opened for signature, Indonesia has finally ...