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Afghan protesters march towards presidential palace

YoopyaFeb 24, 20120

(Reuters) – Hundreds of demonstrators marched towards the palace of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Friday, as a fourth day of protests erupted

“Friends of Syria” to demand immediate access for aid

YoopyaFeb 24, 20120

(Reuters) – Western and Arab nations will demand on Friday that Syria allow aid to be delivered to desperate civilians in the absence of any

Saleh’s deputy takes power in Yemen vote as sole candidate

YoopyaFeb 22, 20120

(Reuters) – A general took power in Yemen Tuesday as the sole candidate in a presidential election after a year-long uprising that ousted long-serving ruler Ali Abdullah

Afghan demonstrators torch foreign compound in Kabul

YoopyaFeb 22, 20120

(Reuters) – Demonstrators in the Afghan capital Kabul set fire on Wednesday to part of a housing compound used by foreign contract workers during a

Syrian troops kill 27 in village raids

YoopyaFeb 22, 20120

(Reuters) – Troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 27 young men when they raided villages in a northern Syrian province,

Top UN inspectors in Iran for crunch nuclear talks

YoopyaFeb 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Senior U.N. inspectors arrived in Iran on Monday to push for transparency about its disputed nuclear program and several European states halted purchases of Iranian

Iranian ships reach Syria, China warns of civil war

YoopyaFeb 20, 20120

(Reuters) – China accused Western countries of stirring civil war in Syria and two Iranian warships docked at a Syrian naval base, underscoring rising international tensions over

400 Iran exiles reluctantly move to new Iraq home

YoopyaFeb 18, 20120

February 18, 2012 — BAGHDAD (AP) — Lugging clothes, tables and whatever else they could carry, roughly 400 members of an Iranian exile group reluctantly

Can Pakistan’s state airline fly through tough times?

YoopyaFeb 18, 20120

(Reuters) – On a recent Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, water flowed from the toilets through the aisles during the entire journey from London to Islamabad. “What

Mission impossible? U.S. wants sanctions to hurt only Iran

YoopyaFeb 17, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama hopes the toughest sanctions ever imposed on Iran will squeeze its oil exports – all without scaring markets, crimping growth, impoverishing ordinary