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Shelling kills Palestinian militant

kiemtarNov 11, 20120

An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian militant in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip today as a surge in cross-border violence entered its second day, local

Assad says will live and die in Syria

YoopyaNov 9, 20120

(Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad said he would “live and die” in Syria and warned that any Western invasion to topple him would have catastrophic consequences for

Syrian President Says He Will Not Leave Country

kiemtarNov 8, 2012November 8, 20120

Syrian President Bashar Assad vowed defiantly to “live and die” in Syria, saying in an interview broadcast Thursday that he will never flee his country

China’s Hu Jintao warns congress corruption could cause fall of state

kiemtarNov 8, 2012November 8, 20120

Outgoing leader begins farewell to power with speech to 2,200 delegates that sharply criticises official abuses. China‘s leader, Hu Jintao, has begun his farewell to power with

Syrian rebels fire at, miss Assad’s palace

YoopyaNov 7, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian rebels fired mortars at President Bashar al-Assad’s palace in Damascus on Wednesday but missed, in an attack underlining the growing boldness of

Saudi women must uncover faces for security checks, council says

YoopyaNov 6, 20120

(Reuters) – Saudi Arabian authorities have rejected a conservative proposal to allow women to keep their faces covered during security checks, local media reported on

U.S. soldier charged with killing 16 Afghans appears in court

YoopyaNov 6, 20120

(Note strong language in the 11th paragraph) By Bill Rigby (Reuters) – A U.S. Army soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians in a drunken rampage