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The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has condemned today's assassination of Maulawi Arsala Rahmani, a senior member of the country's High Peace Council, and stated its continued commitment to supporting the locally-led peace and reconciliation process.

The ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Syria stressed on Saturday the EU's commitment to the initiative for peace by the UN-Arab League joint envoy for Syria Kofi Annan.

A former top CIA covert officer has said there are currently more foreign spies on American soil than there were even at the peak of the Cold war.

Objections from Russia notwithstanding, the US has said that it along with NATO would go ahead with a European missile defence programme.

Asian-Americans have largely been ignored by U.S. politicians, but they could provide a valuable edge in the upcoming presidential election, says new polling data.

Special Representative Martin Kobler. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

The wreckage of a missing Russian Sukhoi Superjet that disappeared over Indonesia during a demonstration flight with 50 people on board was found Thursday on the side of a mountain volcano.

In apparent punitive economic actions against the Philippines, China Thursday barred its nationals from traveling there, raised trade barriers on imported fruits as the row over a disputed fishing territories got more intense between the neighbors.

Special Representative Ian Martin.