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Bomb kills powerful Assad kin; battle in Damascus

YoopyaJul 18, 20120

(Reuters) – A bomber killed three of Bashar al-Assad’s top military officials on Wednesday – including his powerful brother-in-law – in a devastating blow to

Bomb kills Syrian ministers in blow to Assad

YoopyaJul 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Syria’s defense minister and President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law were killed in a Damascus suicide bomb attack carried out by a bodyguard on Wednesday,

Taliban bomb destroys 22 NATO supply trucks in Afghan north

YoopyaJul 18, 20120

(Reuters) – A bomb planted by the Taliban destroyed 22 NATO trucks carrying supplies to their forces in northern Afghanistan, the Taliban and police said

Syria: Assad regime ‘ready to use chemical weapons’

YoopyaJul 17, 2012July 17, 20120

The most senior Syrian politician to defect to the opposition has told the BBC the regime will not hesitate to use chemical weapons if it

North Korea military head Ri Yong-ho ‘relieved of post’

YoopyaJul 16, 20120

North Korean military chief Ri Yong-ho has been removed from all official posts, according to state media. As well as being head of the army,

Space station crew launches into orbit on Russian craft

kiemtarJul 15, 20120

A Russian Soyuz rocket launched into orbit late Saturday, carrying three new crewmembers toward the International Space Station. The rocket rose from the Baikonur Cosmodrome

Saudi religious police accused over fatal accident

YoopyaJul 14, 20120

A family in Saudi Arabia has accused religious police of being responsible for a fatal car accident. Morality police argued with the driver of a

U.N. observer patrol heads to Syria massacre site

YoopyaJul 14, 20120

(Reuters) – U.N. observers were on their way to the central Syrian village of Tremseh on Saturday, two days after activists said some 220 people

Suicide bomber kills top official, 22 more at Afghan wedding

YoopyaJul 14, 20120

(Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed a prominent anti-Taliban politician and 22 other guests at a wedding reception in the northern Afghan province of Samangan

Insight: Syria rebels get light arms, heavy weapons elusive

YoopyaJul 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian rebels are smuggling small arms into Syria through a network of land and sea routes involving cargo ships and trucks moving through