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Insight: Pakistan’s Dr Afridi, from CIA asset to solitary cell

YoopyaJun 25, 20120

(Reuters) – There can be few jail cells in Pakistan as lonely as the one occupied by Shakil Afridi, the doctor who helped the CIA

Japan Inc’s ritual hiring past sell-by date

YoopyaJun 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Each April, hundreds of new graduates report for work in Japan’s corporate world, all on the same day, all dressed in standard business

“Double Happiness” for China’s matchmaking firms

YoopyaJun 24, 2012June 24, 20120

(Reuters) – Li Wenqi decided that it was time to take marriage more seriously than her career – especially with her parents gently pushing her

Israel bombs Hamas security targets in Gaza: officials

YoopyaJun 23, 20120

(Reuters) – Israel launched air raids against Hamas security targets in Gaza early on Saturday, wounding at least 17 people, and Palestinian militants fired 18

Twenty dead in Taliban siege of Afghan hotel; NATO blames Haqqanis

YoopyaJun 23, 20120

(Reuters) – Elite Afghan police backed by NATO forces ended a 12-hour siege on Friday at a popular lakeside hotel outside Kabul, leaving at least

As militants join Syria revolt, fears grow over arms flow

YoopyaJun 23, 20120

(Reuters) – As evidence mounts of Islamic militant forces among the Syrian opposition, senior U.S. and European officials are increasingly alarmed by the prospect of

Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan, gets asylum

YoopyaJun 22, 20120

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) – A Syrian air force pilot flew his MiG-21 fighter plane over the border to Jordan

Afghan forces end Taliban siege of hotel, 13 dead

YoopyaJun 22, 20120

(Reuters) – Thirteen people were killed before a long siege was ended at a popular hotel outside the Afghan capital, during which Taliban gunmen took

Insight: Children of Mao’s wrath vie for power in China

YoopyaJun 22, 20120

(Reuters) – Forty five years before ambitious Chinese politician Bo Xilai fell from power accused of flirting with Cultural Revolution extremism, he stood as a

Iran says detected “massive cyber attack:” state TV

YoopyaJun 21, 20120

(Reuters) – Iran has detected a planned “massive cyber attack” against its nuclear facilities, state television said on Thursday, after talks with major powers this