A Palestinian man walks past a poster showing Israeli President Shimon Peres, from left, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014.

Kamis , 06 Mar 2014, 23:57 WIB

Abbas aide: Gap between Palestine and Israel widen

A general view of damage after what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Al-Maysar neighbourhood of Aleppo February 23, 2014.

Rabu , 05 Mar 2014, 19:32 WIB

UN: World powers responsible for failing to stop Syria war crimes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledges applause as he arrives to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), in Washington, March 4, 2014.

Rabu , 05 Mar 2014, 11:21 WIB

Netanyahu asks the world powers to increase pressure on Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledges applause as he arrives to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), in Washington, March 4, 2014.

Rabu , 05 Mar 2014, 11:12 WIB

Netanyahu: I will do whatever I must to defend the Jewish state of Israel

US President Barack Obama (file photo)

Senin , 03 Mar 2014, 12:11 WIB

Obama 'warns' Israel

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (right) talks with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida during the 2nd Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development (CEAPAD) in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, March 1, 2014.

Ahad , 02 Mar 2014, 23:29 WIB

Indonesia's President: Palestine will gain its independence

Prime Minister of Palestine Rami Hamdallah (second right) and Indonesia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Marty Natalegawa visit an expo displaying products from Palestine at Hotel Borobudur, Jakarta, on Saturday.

Sabtu , 01 Mar 2014, 21:15 WIB

CEAPAD II reiterates commitment to support Palestine

Civilians sift through rubble and stand in the ruins of a home after a car bomb attack in the Shula neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014.

Sabtu , 01 Mar 2014, 20:21 WIB

UN says 703 Iraqis killed in violence in January

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (file photo)

Jumat , 28 Feb 2014, 07:18 WIB

UN chief: Syria shameful

A Free Syrian Army fighter carries his weapon on one of the battlefronts in Jobar, a suburb of Damascus February 22, 2014.

Rabu , 26 Feb 2014, 23:59 WIB

Pro-Assad forces kill 175 opposition members in ambush

Egypt's Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (file photo)

Rabu , 26 Feb 2014, 23:55 WIB

Egypt's Sisi to stay on as defense minister

Egypt's Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (file photo)

Egypt's Sisi to stay on as defense minister

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CAIRO - Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will keep his post as defense minister in a new government, an official source said on Wednesday, quashing speculation he was about to announce a widely expected bid for the presidency. Sisi is tipped to win the upcoming presidential election but has yet to announce his candidacy. He must...

Egypt's Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (file photo)

Rabu , 26 Feb 2014, 23:55 WIB

Egypt's Sisi to stay on as defense minister

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (right) greets the visiting King of Jordan Abdullah II at the presidential palace in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Rabu , 26 Feb 2014, 18:10 WIB

Indonesia, Jordan agree conflicts in Syria must be settled politically

Palestine demands pre 1967 border as condition to resume talks with Israel. Israel bluntly rejects the idea. (map of Palestine and Israel)

Selasa , 25 Feb 2014, 22:51 WIB

Is Israel 'the Jewish state'?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during her meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime minister's residence in Jerusalem February 24, 2014.

Selasa , 25 Feb 2014, 19:11 WIB

Merkel: Iran a threat not just to Israel

Iraqi soldiers take part in an intensive security deployment in Sulaiman Pek, 160 km (99 miles) north of Baghdad, February 21, 2014.

Selasa , 25 Feb 2014, 16:00 WIB

Iraq to buy arms, ammunition from Iran

A man stands on a bridge where huge posters of Egypt's Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are hanged in central Cairo February 3, 2014.

Senin , 24 Feb 2014, 19:43 WIB

Egypt government resigns

Children react after losing their mother in what activists said where explosive barrels thrown by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Al-Andhirat neighbourhood of Aleppo February 22, 2014.

Ahad , 23 Feb 2014, 06:11 WIB

UN Security Council unanimously approves Syria aid access resolution

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (file photo)

Sabtu , 22 Feb 2014, 22:20 WIB

Merkel: We need a stable two state solution of Israel and Palestine

European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton (left) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, speak to the press after closed-door nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014.

Kamis , 20 Feb 2014, 21:42 WIB

Iran nuke talks end, next round March 17

A man walks amid rubble of damaged buildings in the al-Myassar neighbourhood of Aleppo February 19, 2014.

Kamis , 20 Feb 2014, 20:52 WIB

UN Syria aid vote likely Friday, Russia or China support unclear

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah is scheduled to deliver opening remark CEAPAD II in Jakarta on March, 1, 2014.

Kamis , 20 Feb 2014, 20:42 WIB

CEAPAD II to bring together businessmen from East Asia and Palestine

An Israeli soldier walks near the launcher of an Iron Dome missile interceptor battery deployed in Ashkelon January 16, 2014.

Sabtu , 15 Feb 2014, 23:56 WIB

Israel's Star Wars style technology to become reality

An Israeli soldier walks near the launcher of an Iron Dome missile interceptor battery deployed in Ashkelon January 16, 2014.

Israel's Star Wars style technology to become reality

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SINGAPORE - An Israeli state-owned arms company developing a laser-based missile shield that evokes "Star Wars" style technology says its deployment over the country is closer to becoming a reality. The laser technology behind the missile shield called Iron Beam is not that far removed from fiction. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems said development of the system was advanced enough...

An Israeli soldier walks near the launcher of an Iron Dome missile interceptor battery deployed in Ashkelon January 16, 2014.

Sabtu , 15 Feb 2014, 23:56 WIB

Israel's Star Wars style technology to become reality

UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi addresses the media after a meeting at the Geneva Conference on Syria at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva February 15, 2014.

Sabtu , 15 Feb 2014, 22:16 WIB

Brahimi: I apologize to the Syrian people

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (center) shakes hands with Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy (left) as Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi looks on during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, February 13, 2014.

Kamis , 13 Feb 2014, 21:06 WIB

Putin tells Sisi: I wish you luck

A man reacts at a site hit by what activists said were explosive barrels thrown by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Al-Haidariya neighbourhood of Aleppo February 12, 2014.

Kamis , 13 Feb 2014, 15:56 WIB

Russia: Syrian aid draft could lead to military action

Free Syrian Army fighters pull carpets along a rubble-filled street as they prepare to use them as curtains to provide cover from snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria February 11, 2014.

Rabu , 12 Feb 2014, 17:03 WIB

Russia says will veto current resolution on Syria

A man walks along a street lined with damaged buildings in the besieged area of Homs February 5, 2014.

Jumat , 07 Feb 2014, 23:59 WIB

Syria starts evacuating civilians from Homs

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah sits (file photo)

Kamis , 06 Feb 2014, 20:30 WIB

Saudi's top cleric warns against fighting abroad

Egypt's Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Kamis , 06 Feb 2014, 20:19 WIB

Egypt's Sisi will run for president

Syrian refugees, fleeing the violence in Syria, wait to enter Turkey on the Syrian-Turkish border in Shamm Alqrain village, northern countryside of Aleppo February 5, 2014.

Kamis , 06 Feb 2014, 13:40 WIB

Russia: It is not the time for UN resolution on aid to Syria

UN chemical weapons experts prepare before collecting samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus' suburb of Zamalka August 29, 2013.

Selasa , 04 Feb 2014, 18:15 WIB

Russia says Syria to ship more chemical arms

One of two cargo ships intended to take part in a Danish-Norwegian mission to transport chemical agents out of Syria docks in Limassol, December 14, 2013. (File photo)

Kamis , 30 Jan 2014, 16:00 WIB

Syria ships out only 4.1 percent of its chemical weapons

Egyptian security officers stand guard at the entrance of the Museum of Islamic Art after an explosion at the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014.

Ahad , 26 Jan 2014, 19:42 WIB

Egypt: UNESCO to help museum recover from blast

Egyptian security officers stand guard at the entrance of the Museum of Islamic Art after an explosion at the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014.

Egypt: UNESCO to help museum recover from blast

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CAIRO - Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Mohammed Ibrahim said a UNESCO team would travel to Cairo to assess damage inflicted on a renowned Islamic art museum by a blast targeting a nearby security headquarters. At a news conference Sunday, Ibrahim also said the museum would receive 100,000 USD from the UN cultural agency to help with restoration efforts. The...

Egyptian security officers stand guard at the entrance of the Museum of Islamic Art after an explosion at the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014.

Ahad , 26 Jan 2014, 19:42 WIB

Egypt: UNESCO to help museum recover from blast

President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (file photo)

Sabtu , 25 Jan 2014, 21:29 WIB

UAE president suffers stroke, has surgery

This undated activist photo provided by the group Palestinians of Syria shows Israa al-Masri, a baby who later died of hunger-related illness on Jan. 11, 2014 in the Palestinian neighborhood of Yarmouk in Damascus, Syria.

Jumat , 24 Jan 2014, 23:02 WIB

Activists: 63 people die in Syria refugee camp

Free Syrian Army fighters inspect a crater caused by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by government forces at the Jabal al-Akrad area in Syria's northwestern Latakia province January 23, 2014.

Jumat , 24 Jan 2014, 18:13 WIB

Syria opposition refuses to meet government at Geneva's meeting

A general view shows Tunisia's Constituent Assembly during a vote over the composition of an election commission to oversee a vote later this year in Tunis January 8 , 2014.

Jumat , 24 Jan 2014, 08:10 WIB

Tunisia finishes new constitution, an Islamist and secular compromise

Syrian President Bashar Assad (file photo).

Rabu , 22 Jan 2014, 08:00 WIB

Today, Syrian warring sides to meet for the first time

A grab from a page of a report shows an undated photograph, taken by a former Syrian military police photographer who has since defected.

Selasa , 21 Jan 2014, 21:49 WIB

Report details 'industrial' killing of 11,000 in Assad jails

Jordanian Foreign Minister and President of the United Nations Security Council Nasser Judeh (right) has a conversation with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the Security Council meeting began at UN headquarters, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014.

Selasa , 21 Jan 2014, 06:36 WIB

UN withdraws invitation to Iran to attend Syria talks

The Field Deployable Hydrolysis System used to destroy and neutralize chemical weapons is watched by US Navy Commander Bill Speaks as it sits aboard the MV Cape Ray before its deployment from the NASSC0-Earl Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, January 2, 201

Kamis , 16 Jan 2014, 22:53 WIB

Final destruction of Syrian chemicals slides to end June

Officials count ballots after polls closed in Cairo, January 15, 2014.

Kamis , 16 Jan 2014, 16:33 WIB

Official: Most Egyptian voters favor constitution

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah (center), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid al-Hamad al-Sabah (right) attend during the opening session of the Syrian Donors Conference at Bayan Palace Liber

Rabu , 15 Jan 2014, 20:58 WIB

Western, Arab states pledge 1.4 billion USD in fresh Syria aid

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon walks out to prepare to greet US Secretary of State John Kerry (not pictured) before the start of their meeting at Bayan Palace in Kuwait City, January 15, 2014.

Rabu , 15 Jan 2014, 15:42 WIB

Kuwait pledges 500 million USD in Syria aid

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon walks out to prepare to greet US Secretary of State John Kerry (not pictured) before the start of their meeting at Bayan Palace in Kuwait City, January 15, 2014.

Kuwait pledges 500 million USD in Syria aid

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait's emir promised 500 million USD on Wednesday for UN humanitarian efforts in Syria, devastated by almost three years of civil war. Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah made the pledge at an international donor conference intended to help the world body reach a 6.5 billion USD aid target for the crisis in 2014. "The flames of the...

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon walks out to prepare to greet US Secretary of State John Kerry (not pictured) before the start of their meeting at Bayan Palace in Kuwait City, January 15, 2014.

Rabu , 15 Jan 2014, 15:42 WIB

Kuwait pledges 500 million USD in Syria aid

A soldier stands guard as women queue outside a polling center to vote in a referendum on Egypt's new constitution in Cairo January 14, 2014.

Selasa , 14 Jan 2014, 23:59 WIB

Egyptians vote constitution