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Kidal assault: French jets bomb northern Mali

YoopyaFeb 4, 20130

French warplanes have carried out air strikes in Mali’s far north as they try to secure the final rebel stronghold of Kidal after a three-week

Oprah Hit with Discrimination Lawsuit

YoopyaFeb 4, 20130

Oprah’s OWN network is being hit with a discrimination lawsuit by a former female employee who claims she was let go after she became pregnant,

France protects Niger uranium mine

YoopyaFeb 4, 20130

Niger has confirmed that French special forces are protecting one of the country’s biggest uranium mines. President Mahamadou Issoufou told French media that security was

Cambodia mourns as `king-father’ Sihanouk cremated

YoopyaFeb 4, 20130

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Cambodia’s capital Monday awaiting the cremation of former King Norodom Sihanouk, the revered

Mexico probes if blast was attack or accident, 33 dead

YoopyaFeb 2, 20130

(Reuters) – Mexico’s government vowed on Friday to find out whether an explosion that killed 33 people at the headquarters of its state-run oil monopoly

Decoding facial hair in the Arab world

YoopyaFeb 2, 20130

During the Mubarak-era, beards were a no-no in Egypt – but now they’re back in fashion with a vengeance. In the Arab and Muslim world,

Timbuktu’s art of saving its manuscripts

YoopyaFeb 2, 20130

The images of scattered and torched storage boxes at the Ahmed Baba Institute in Timbuktu raised fears that thousands of the city’s famous manuscripts had

Fear, threats and bad food: life aboard a sanctions-hit Iranian ship

YoopyaFeb 2, 20130

(Reuters) – The eight Indian crew members on board the MV Amina had no inkling they were trapped on the frontline of the West’s economic

Envoy makes “last appeal” for Syria as officials meet

YoopyaFeb 2, 20130

(Reuters) – Senior U.S., Russian and U.N. officials, along with the leader of the Syrian opposition, were all expected at a security conference in Munich

Mali conflict: UN ‘deeply disturbed’ by army abuse claims

YoopyaFeb 2, 20130

The UN anti-genocide envoy says he is “deeply disturbed” by reports of reprisal attacks by Malian troops as they retake control of the north. Such