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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

Chinese envoy heads to Syria after U.N. vote against Assad

YoopyaFeb 17, 20120

(Reuters) – A senior Chinese official was due to visit Damascus on Friday in a show of support for Bashar-al Assad after the U.N. General

Israel PM: Iran sanctions are not working

YoopyaFeb 16, 2012April 5, 20230

February 16, 2012 — NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says sanctions imposed on Iran are important but so far haven’t been

Syrian troops attack Deraa, day after referendum offer

YoopyaFeb 16, 20120

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian troops attacked Deraa on Thursday to try to stamp out rebels in the border city where the uprising