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Syria crisis: PM Halaqi ‘survives Damascus car bombing’

YoopyaApr 29, 2013September 5, 20240

Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi has survived a car bomb attack in the capital, Damascus, reports say. The blast in western Mazzeh district targeted Mr

Fiery Afghan bus crash kills 45, Taliban blamed

YoopyaApr 26, 2013September 5, 20240

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) – A bus collided on Friday with the wreckage of a truck that had been attacked by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan,

Dhaka building collapse: Fears for hundreds still missin

YoopyaApr 26, 2013November 10, 20240

Hundreds of people are still missing after Wednesday’s collapse of a building in Bangladesh which killed over 300 people, local officials say. More than 40

South Korea ‘to withdraw staff’ from Kaesong zone in North

YoopyaApr 26, 2013November 10, 20240

South Korea says it is withdrawing its remaining workers from a jointly-run industrial complex in North Korea. The announcement came from the unification minister shortly

‘Growing evidence’ of chemical weapons use in Syria – UK

YoopyaApr 26, 2013November 10, 20240

There is “limited but growing” evidence that Syrian government troops have used chemical weapons, UK Prime Minister David Cameron says. “It is extremely serious, this

Indonesian president urges Myanmar to address Muslim violence

YoopyaApr 23, 2013March 18, 20250

(Reuters) – The president of Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, said on Tuesday he would urge Myanmar’s leaders to address Buddhist-led violence against Muslims

China orders military chiefs to serve stints as junior soldiers

YoopyaApr 23, 2013March 18, 20250

(Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered his top brass to spend two weeks as junior soldiers every few years as a way of

Israel says Syria used chemical arms, probably nerve gas

YoopyaApr 23, 2013March 18, 20250

(Reuters) – Syrian government forces have used chemical weapons – probably nerve gas – in their fight against rebels waging a two-year-old uprising, the Israeli

Japan PM Abe warns China of force over islands landing

YoopyaApr 23, 2013March 18, 20250

Japan would respond with force if any attempt is made to land on disputed islands, PM Shinzo Abe has warned. His comments came as eight

Kuwait court bails an ex-MP guilty of insulting emir

YoopyaApr 22, 2013December 31, 20240

A prominent Kuwaiti opposition leader has been granted bail pending appeal against a five-year jail sentence for insulting the emir. Mussallam al-Barrak, a former MP,