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  MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang on Monday responded to the head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) who urged President Aquino...

Mohammad Javad Zarif   Tehran--Iran's ultra-conservative weekly "9-Day" was banned on Monday for criticising the government over its negotiations with world powers on the...

  MAGUINDANAO, Philippines - Sporadic clashes since last week between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom fighters (BIFF) have...

  MANILA, Philippines - Soldiers will not join ouster plots against Presideng Benigno Aquino III because they have learned from the experiences of those...

Anwar Ibrahim   Kuala Lumpur--Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is jailed in "deplorable" conditions in a small cell equipped only with a thin foam...

  KARACHI: Six suspects allegedly involved in terrorism, extortion and gang war have been rounded up during search operations conducted by the paramilitary force...

  KARACHI: Demanding stern action against banned terrorist outfits, leaders of Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) and other religious parties on Sunday announced protests till...

  KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after arriving in Karachi on Monday, visited the Corps Headquarters to meet Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General...

  KARACHI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Monday said that the army will go to any length to restore peace...

  KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari at Governor House on Monday prior to the Apex...

Haidar al-Abadi   London--Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said Monday there had been a recent "acceleration of support" from the US-led coalition in the...

Pavlo Klimkin   Sofia--Ukrainian forces have come under fire from pro-Russian rebels over 100 times in the last 24 hours, despite a ceasefire coming...

  Nairobi--South Sudan government and rebel forces are both recruiting children as young as 13 to fight in the country's civil war, a rights...

  Kiev--Ukraine's army is not planning to pull its heavy weapons back from the frontline late Monday, as it is meant to do under...

  Paris--France and Egypt on Monday urged the UN Security Council to meet and mull fresh measures against Islamic State jihadists after militants posted...

  Amman--Bahrain has deployed fighter jets to Jordan to support the US-led air campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group, Jordan's information minister said...

Sameh Shoukry   Cairo--Egypt said on Monday "tough intervention" against militants in Libya is needed or they would threaten world peace, hours after its...

  Ankara--Turkey on Monday said it was temporarily closing its embassy in Yemen, the latest foreign mission to do so following the takeover of...