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Kenya calls for end to hostilities after ethnic clash kills 48

The Kenyan government on Wednesday called for immediate observance of peace and cessation of hostilities after Tuesday ...

Massive fire reduces Dubai perfume factory to rubble

A fire broke out in a perfume factory in Dubai`s industrial district Ras al-Khor and destroyed the factory along with ...

U.S. military chief wraps up Iraq visit

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki`s media adviser confirmed Wednesday that the Chairman of U. S. Joint Chiefs of ...

Iraq closes major border crossing point with Syria

Iraq on Wednesday closed a major border checkpoint with Syria in the country`s western province of Anbar, a source ...

Russia denies supplying Syria with chemical weapons

Russia has never supplied Syria with chemical weapons, a senior Russian official in charge of chemical weapons safety ...

Lebanese pm calls for end to Tripoli clashes

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati called Tuesday on the security forces to put an end to the ongoing clashes in the ...

Israel asks Egypt to pull armor, jets out of Sinai: report

Israel has urged Egypt to limit or remove its heavy armor and war aircraft from the Sinai peninsula -- ostensibly ...

Al Qaeda militants blow up gas pipeline in Yemen

Militants of the Yemen-based Al Qaeda offshoot blew up a natural gas pipeline in Yemen's southeastern province of ...

Iran`s supreme leader accuses "enemies" of sowing discord among Muslims

Iran`s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the "enemies" are using a "divide and rule" scheme to sow ...

Malaysia temporarily closes embassy in Syria

The Malaysian government has decided to temporarily shut down its embassy in Syria amid escalating conflict in the ...

Storm Kai-Tak death toll rises to 27 in Vietnam

Twenty-seven people have died since tropical storm Kai-Tak hit northern Vietnam on Friday, according to the National ...

DPRK condemns upcoming S. Korea-U.S. drills

The Democratic People`s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sunday condemned the upcoming South Korea-U.S. annual joint exercises ...

Syrian shells hit Jordan, child wounded

Four shells fired from Syria landed on Jordanian territory on Sunday, injuring a Jordanian girl, said the Minister of ...

DPRK leader visits front-line artillery unit ahead of S.Korea-U.S. drills

Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People`s Republic of Korea (DPRK), inspected a front-line artillery unit ...

U.S. refuses to recognize diplomatic asylum of Wikileaks founder

The U.S. government on Friday (August 17) refused to recognize the diplomatic asylum that Ecuador granted to WikiLeaks ...