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China’s economic growth wanes to 25-year low in 2015

YoopyaJan 19, 2016June 11, 20230

China’s economy cooled further in the latest quarter, dragging 2015’s full-year growth to a quarter-century low and deepening a slowdown that has fueled anxiety over

Iraq offers itself as a mediator between Saudi Arabia, Iran

YoopyaJan 6, 2016June 11, 20230

Iraq on Wednesday offered to act as a mediator to ease tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran that escalated after the kingdom’s execution of a

Iran president criticizes Saudi Arabia over severing ties

YoopyaJan 6, 2016June 30, 20230

Iran’s president said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia cannot cover up its crime of executing a leading Shiite cleric by severing diplomatic relations with the

North Korea Says It Is Bolstering Its Nuclear Arsenal

YoopyaSep 15, 2015June 30, 20230

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said on Tuesday that it was improving its nuclear arsenal in both “quality and quantity,” reaffirming that the country’s

North Korea sets clocks back 30 minutes creating its own time zone

YoopyaAug 10, 2015July 1, 20230

(CNN) — North Korea is its own world in many ways. Now, it is getting its own time zone to match. State news agency, KCNA,

Saud al-Faisal, former Saudi Arabia foreign minister, dies

YoopyaJul 10, 2015July 1, 20230

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s Prince Saud al-Faisal, who was the world’s longest-serving foreign minister with 40 years in the post until his retirement

Why Afghan Taliban Are Ready to Talk

YoopyaJul 10, 2015July 1, 20230

ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani’s high risk, high rewards gamble in reaching out to Pakistan in return for Pakistan delivering the Afghan Taliban to the negotiating

Karachi Heat Wave Death Toll Tops 650 During Ramadan Fast

YoopyaJun 24, 2015July 2, 20230

KARACHI, Pakistan — Karachi’s poor learned long ago to cope with the many adversities that afflict Pakistan’s most crowded and chaotic city, including flooding, street

Islamic State seen overtaking al Qaeda in South Asia social media war

YoopyaJun 19, 2015July 2, 20230

Islamist militant propaganda websites and social media accounts in South Asia are promoting Islamic State at the expense of al Qaeda, analysts said on Friday,

Al-Qaida’s No. 2 figure killed in US strike in Yemen

YoopyaJun 16, 2015April 8, 20230

CAIRO (AP) — A U.S. airstrike has killed Al-Qaida‘s No. 2 leader, who commanded its powerful Yemeni affiliate, dealing the global network its biggest blow