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Militant Sunni group takes aim at minorities

YoopyaSep 25, 2013March 31, 20240

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Sunni militant group known for targeting rival Muslims has emerged as a dangerous new player in Pakistan, sending a pair of

More than 230 killed in major earthquake in Pakistan

YoopyaSep 25, 2013March 31, 20240

(Reuters) – The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Pakistan climbed to more than 230 on Wednesday after hundreds of mud houses collapsed on

Lawyer: Bahrain convicts American-born protester

YoopyaSep 24, 2013March 31, 20240

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — A defense lawyer in Bahrain says an American-born man has been convicted of attacking the police during anti-government protests in the

Rouhani says will present ‘true face of Iran’ at U.N.

YoopyaSep 23, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday he would use his visit to the United Nations this week to present the “true face of Iran” and to

Powerful typhoon kills 20 in southern China, swipes Hong Kong

YoopyaSep 23, 2013April 13, 20240

(Reuters) – A powerful typhoon hit Hong Kong and the southern China coast on Monday, killing at least 20 people on the mainland, crippling power lines and

Thai rubber protests injure dozens of police

YoopyaSep 17, 2013March 31, 20240

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, Thailand (AP) — The Thai government said Tuesday it could declare a security emergency in a district of southern Thailand to stamp

Iran restores blocks on Facebook, Twitter

YoopyaSep 17, 2013April 3, 20240

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The joy of Iran’s Facebook and Twitter fans was short-lived as authorities on Tuesday restored blocks on social networks after filters

Top policewoman shot in Afghanistan has died

YoopyaSep 16, 2013April 3, 20240

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A top policewoman in southern Afghanistan died early Monday after being shot by unknown attackers, months after her predecessor was also

Powerful typhoon lashes Japan, thousands evacuate

YoopyaSep 16, 2013April 7, 20240

TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon lashed Japan Monday, leaving one dead and dumping torrential rains, damaging homes and flooding parts of the country’s popular

Malaysia’s ex-communist leader dies in Thailand

YoopyaSep 16, 2013September 13, 20230

BANGKOK (AP) — Malaysia’s best-known former communist guerrilla, Chin Peng, who led a bloody insurgency against British rule in Malaysia in the late 1940s and