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Pakistan’s Khan: cricketer, playboy and now a political spoiler

YoopyaMay 9, 2013September 8, 20240

(Reuters) – When Imran Khan tumbled spectacularly off a mechanical lift at an election rally this week, a frenzy of media coverage erupted, the last

Bangladesh factory fire kills eight; collapse toll tops 900

YoopyaMay 9, 2013August 18, 20240

(Reuters) – Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh, police and an industry association official said on Thursday,

China reports four more bird flu deaths, toll rises to 31

YoopyaMay 8, 2013August 18, 20240

(Reuters) – Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing to 31 the number of deaths from the mysterious H7N9

China and India’s rivalry extends to the Arctic

YoopyaMay 8, 2013September 8, 20240

BEIJING (AP) — While the recent troop standoff in a remote Himalayan desert spotlights a long-running border dispute between China and India, the two emerging

Bangladesh garment disaster death toll reaches 761

YoopyaMay 8, 2013September 8, 20240

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The death toll from a collapsed building housing five garment factories rose to 761 on Wednesday as authorities started disbursing salary

Bomb targeting local political party leader in northwest Pakistan kills 5

YoopyaMay 7, 2013September 2, 20240

TIMERGARAH, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan has killed five people, including a local leader of a political party that

Clashes over Bangladesh protest leave ’15 dead’

YoopyaMay 6, 2013September 2, 20240

At least 15 people are reported to have been killed and more than 60 hurt after police and Islamist protesters clashed in the Bangladeshi capital,

Bangladesh building collapse toll tops 640

YoopyaMay 6, 2013September 2, 20240

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladeshi police are investigating possible murder charges against the owner of a shoddily built factory that collapsed nearly two weeks ago

Syria conflict: ‘Dozens executed’ in village

YoopyaMay 3, 2013September 8, 20240

More than 40 people have been killed by government forces in a village in north-western Syria, activists say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and

Bomb outside Sunni mosque kills six in Iraqi capital

YoopyaMay 3, 2013November 10, 20240

(Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed a Sunni cleric and five worshippers when they left a mosque in Bagdhad after Friday prayers, police and medics