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Suicide attack kills four in Afghan city, wounds 34

A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in the southern Afghan city of Lashkar Gah on Thursday, killing at least ...

RI women should stop working in informal sector abroad : Minister

Women`s Empowerment and Children Protection Minister Linda Gumelar said Indonesian women migrant workers should no ...

Mogadishu fighting kills at least 9 Somalis

Somali militants firing vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft guns clashed with African Union forces for a second night in ...

Suicide attack kills seven at Afghan airport

A suicide bomber killed at least seven people and wounded eight Thursday in an attack at Kandahar international ...

Police act to prevent renewed anti-Shiite conflict in Sampang

Police and Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel on Wednesday conducted a house-to-house search for sharp weapons in ...

US troubled at `alarming` attacks in S. Sudan

The United States voiced concern Tuesday at the latest deadly inter-ethnic clashes in South Sudan, which it said had ...

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 ...

Indonesia successfully takes ASEAN to greater height

When Indonesia assumed the ASEAN chairmanship in January 2011, ASEAN Secretary General Dr Surin Pitsuwan expressed ...

White House denounces suicide bombings in Afghanistan

The United States "strongly condemns" the two suicide bombings on Tuesday that left at least 59 people dead and 154 ...

Bombs targeting pilgrims kill 22 in Iraq`s Hilla

Three bombs tore through crowds of Shi`ite pilgrims celebrating a major ritual in Iraq`s Hilla city on Monday, killing ...

Indonesia needs to make improvement

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said Indonesia had to do improvement in various fields, although it has made a ...

UN chief to see Bangkok flood zones on Asia tour

UN leader Ban Ki-moon will inspect flood-stricken zones of Bangkok during a three-nation Asian tour next week taking ...

Breastfeeding tied to lower blood pressure risk-study

Mothers who breastfeed for the recommended period of time, at least six months exclusively, may have a somewhat lower ...

Iraq violence leaves five dead

Gun and bomb attacks in Iraq`s restive Diyala province to the north of Baghdad killed five people -- three soldiers ...

Police rescue five human trafficking victims from brothel

Riau`s Integrated Service Center for Empowerment of Women and Children (P2TP2A) is currently taking care of five ...