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President of UN General Assembly calls for order in hall in an unusual manner

Peter Thomson, president of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, on Tuesday banged the gavel several times in ...

More active role needed to settle refugee problems: Indonesian VP

Indonesia has urged the international community to play a more active role to resolve the refugee problem. ...

NAM must be ready to meet 21th century challenges: VP

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said member countries of the Non-Alligned Movement (NAM) must be able and ready ...

Explosion rocks Manhattan neighborhood, at least 29 hurt

An explosion rocked the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on Saturday night, injuring at least 29 people, authorities ...

Malaysian democracy group to stage 1MDB protest, calling for PM to resign

Malaysian democracy group Bersih said on Wednesday it would hold a protest rally calling for the immediate resignation ...

Duterte says he wants U.S. special forces out of southern Philippines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called for the withdrawal of U.S. military from a restive southern ...

Jokowi, Turnbull agree to strengthen bilateral ties

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull agreed to intensify bilateral ...

Jokowi holds informal conversation with Duterte

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) engaged in an informal dialog with his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte after the ...

President Jokowi calls on ASEAN countries to maintain regional stability

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged ASEAN member countries to maintain regional peace and stability. "ASEAN ...

President Jokowi attends ASEAN leaders` retreat

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) attended the ASEAN Leaders Retreat along with leaders of nine ASEAN members on day two ...

G20 member countries committed to combating terrorism

The leaders of G20 member countries are committed to fighting terrorism in all its shapes and forms. The leaders ...

Obama presses China`s xi on South China Sea ahead of G20

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on territorial disputes in the ...

U.S. forces hit ISIL targets in Syria: Envoy

US forces hit ISIL targets overnight near Turkeys border with Syria using a newly deployed mobile rocket system, a ...

Uzbekistan buries President Islam Karimov

Islam Karimov, president of Uzbekistan for the past quarter of a century, was buried in his home city of Samarkand on ...

Putin offers condolences to Karimov`s death

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (Sept. 2) offered his condolences to the death of Uzebk President Islam ...