Personnel of the Indonesian military have been told to be on their highest alert in the running up to the announcement of vote real count results slate for July 22, anticipating public disturbance from possible clashes between supporters of the two president hopefuls running in the election.
A senior intermediary of the Pakistani Taliban, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, Wednesday said that he would urge the Taliban to extend their ceasefire to take the dialogue process forward.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday pledged American commitment to Haiti in its rebuilding process after a devastating earthquake struck the impoverished Caribbean nation four years ago.
Fourteen members of the Taliban insurgent group surrendered in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, said the provincial governor on Wednesday. "A 14-member group of Taliban under Gulan Khan renounced the violence and joined the peace and reintegration process in Sawkai district earlier on Wednesday," governor Shujah ul-Mulk Jalala told Xinhua.
The joint team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations said here that the process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons program began Sunday.
Forty-five Taliban rebels surrendered in Afghanistan, sources said Sunday.
Pakistan admitted on Thursday that the Afghan reconciliation process face many challenges but all sides will have to show patience to achieve the goal of elusive peace.
Thousands of Sri Lankans marched against a government move to impeach the Chief Justice here on Monday demanding that the process be withdrawn.