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Pakistani doctors angered by failure to halt abductions

YoopyaOct 29, 2013February 14, 20240

On the evening of 17 September Dr Abdul Manaf Tareen, a renowned heart specialist in Pakistan, was about to go home when a group of

China Tiananmen Square car blaze kills three people

YoopyaOct 28, 2013March 6, 20240

Chinese state media say three people have died after a vehicle crashed in Tiananmen Square in the capital, Beijing. Eleven other people, including tourists, were

Police: Suspect pins Indian blasts on terror group

YoopyaOct 28, 2013February 14, 20240

PATNA, India (AP) — A man in custody blamed an outlawed Islamic group for ordering a series of deadly bomb blasts near an Indian opposition

Saudi government warns women over driving protest

YoopyaOct 26, 2013February 14, 20240

The authorities in Saudi Arabia have stepped up warnings to women not to defy a ban on female drivers by taking part in a mass

Bangladesh politics focused on 2 moms, and 2 sons

YoopyaOct 26, 2013February 14, 20240

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The future of Bangladesh depends on two men who don’t live there, both heirs apparent to the South Asian nation’s most

Chinese court rejects Bo Xilai appeal and upholds life sentence

YoopyaOct 25, 2013February 14, 20240

A Chinese court has rejected the appeal of former politician Bo Xilai and upheld his life sentence for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. The

North Korea returns six South Koreans to Seoul

YoopyaOct 25, 2013March 10, 20240

North Korea has returned six South Korean men to their homeland, South Korean officials say, in a rare move. The men, between the ages of

Bus crash kills 22 on temple visit in Thailand

YoopyaOct 24, 2013February 14, 20240

BANGKOK (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers home from a temple at the end of Buddhist Lent plunged into a ravine in northern Thailand, killing

Brunei announces tough new code of Islamic law

YoopyaOct 22, 2013May 3, 20230

The sultanate of Brunei has announced it will enforce a tough new Sharia law penal code. The code to apply only to Muslims is expected

Saudi Arabia under fire at U.N. over women’s, migrant worker rights

YoopyaOct 21, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s human rights record came under fire at the United Nations on Monday with critics accusing the kingdom of jailing activists without due process